The city of New Orleans became one of the earliest hot zones for COVID-19.  

Consider this sobering statistic. More people have now died from the Coronavirus than were killed by Hurricane Katrina 15 years ago.  

While the crisis is abating, doctors and nurses are worried about a second wave, on...

A year ago, Mexican president Manuel Lopez Obrador promised that military forces, then highly criticized by Human Rights advocates, would leave the streets.  

The newly-created National Guard, a sort of alternative to the police and the military, were tasked with the protection of the Mexican pe...

Having the world’s largest economy as your next-door neighbor can be a challenge. Mexico has managed to have a good partnership with the United States. But in recent years the rules for trade have changed.

Polo is called the “sport of kings” and Argentina's players are considered royalty ranking among the world´s best.  The same goes for their horses with a new strategy.  Argentine cloned horses are designed to win. 

Joel Richards has the story on how science changed the nature of the sport forever.

In 2016, Colombia ended a 5-decade armed conflict with the FARC. Many of the rebels tried to re-enter civilian life. But dozens of them were shot and killed under mysterious circumstances.  

Correspondent Michelle Begue reports on these former combatants who met a violent end after the country e...

Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, was hit hard by COVID-19. In fact, it’s faced one of the region’s worst outbreaks. As their healthcare system began to collapse, tons of help flowed into the city in the form of donations.

The death of George Floyd while in custody of Minneapolis Police triggered a wave of activism around the world. Correspondent Mike Kirsch went to the state of Minnesota to report first-hand about inequality, police brutality and a community demanding change.

The fight against COVID-19 in the most overwhelmed areas of the United States, put a huge strain on the resources of hospitals in the country’s poorest areas.  

Roseland Community Hospital in Chicago, Illinois, was already tending to a community plagued with a myriad of poverty-related diseases,...

In Guatemala, one in every 6 cases of coronavirus has come from abroad. But those infected aren’t tourists, expats or visitors. They are deportees sent back from the United States. Some have become the target of bullying and rejection for allegedly spreading the disease to their hometowns.

Scientists around the world are working against the clock to develop a vaccine for COVID-19. But hundreds of thousands of people in the US oppose it. They believe immunization is not always a good thing. So where do they stand “now” and why?

According to U.S. law, someone eligible for asylum may be permitted to remain in the country for the duration of the process. But that can take years and most asylum seekers are not allowed to obtain a work permit.

Lake Chapala, in Mexico's Jalisco state, used to be a place to go for a quick, seasonal trip in Mexico for thousands of Canadian and European tourists. But many of them fell in love with the beauty and tranquility of the place and decided to stay forever and call it home.   

With COVID-19 ending...

As the Coronavirus pandemic continues to spread around the world, indigenous groups are especially worried.  

They tend to be more susceptible than the general public to viral infections.   

And often they have little or no access to modern healthcare.  

They fear COVID-19 could decimate their...

The Coronavirus pandemic has brought huge economic uncertainty to countries across the globe. And for many Venezuelan migrants it has presented them with a tough decision: To leave the place where they have re-located or return home to a country that is broken.

Venezuelans migrated to neighborin...

‘The wall’ between the United States and Mexico has become as divisive politically and socially as it is literally. A key platform during Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, ‘the wall’ has continued to make global news. But as construction continues to reinforce sections of the barrier, the num...

It all began at a nursing home in Washington state. Or at least that is what it was known at the time. When the first deaths from the coronavirus took place researchers began testing and scientists sounded the alarm. But the invisible enemy was already spreading throughout the community.

MS-13 is one of the most dangerous gangs in Central America.

In El Salvador, almost one out of every 10 people is involved in gangs and criminal activity. The gangs are well-armed but where are they getting their weapons?

Correspondent Mike Kirsch went to San Salvador looking for answers.

Rushing to the hospital has become a familiar scene during the pandemic. But for those living in rural areas, getting to the closest medical center can be a “big” challenge. It’s true all around the world including the United States where dozens of hospitals in the countryside have been shut down...

2020 has been a year of demonstrations and political turmoil in the US. The answer from the White House to the protests has been a “law and order” campaign that included the deployment of federal forces. Mike Kirsh went to Kenosha, Wisconsin during an explosive week of riots.

As the largest and most inhabited country in South America, Brazil has also the largest population of people in jail. The number of inmates rises so fast, that the prison system can't properly accommodate them, leading to overcrowding and violence. Correspondent Maria Vals explain why hundreds ar...

Among those most severely impacted by Covid-19 in the United States are Hispanic migrants who’ve been losing their jobs in significant numbers A few months ago just five percent of them were unemployed. Today nearly 20 percent are out of work.
Perhaps suffering the most are undocumented workers...