A group of artists, members of the Bolivian mime troupe Mimos Uni2, have gathered in La Paz to render homage to Roberto Gómez Bolaños with a new show entitled “Laughing Involuntarily Voluntarily.”

After months of pressure, increasingly intense investigation, and popular protests, President Pérez Molina stepped down on September 3, 2015, months short of the end of his term.  While corruption has long been considered a permanent given in Guatemalan politics, hard-wired into its institutions and impossible to completely eradicate, recent events have overturned the conventional wisdom. 

Agustín Basave “accepts the challenge of leading the PRD,” Mexico’s long-standing leftist party.

This is a tough and confusing moment for left-of-center voters. 

In a recent interview, Evo Morales discussed the ongoing dispute between his country and neighboring Chile over Bolivian maritime access that could potentially cut through Chilean territory.

Cuba was visited by 266,821 foreign tourists during July, an increase of 26.1% over the same month in 2014. 

They are some of the hidden treasures of South America. 

The government announced the creation of a special task force to develop a plan for the situation facing Honduras, with the hope of reducing potential damage due to El Niño. 

The plight of a Kemp’s Ridley sea turtle that biologists found with a plastic straw stuck in its nose highlights the need to reduce the use of the synthetic material, since millions of tons of plastics are dumped in the oceans each year. 

Ash has fallen in coastal areas, while Cotopaxi is still producing ash at a constant rate.