Central America
I Got Drunk and Joined Guatemala’s Wasted Horse Race
Every year, the Mayan villagers in Todos Santos throw a wild, week-long rager ending in a drunken—sometimes deadly—horse race.
Devastating Drawings by Immigrant Children Facing Deportation
Children born in El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras drew what happened the morning of federal immigration raids.
How Pablo Escobar's Legacy of Violence Drives Today's Cartel Wars - Part 1
In part one of our three-part documentary, we meet two DEA agents who spent years on the trail of the elusive king of cocaine and became the basis for Netflix's show, 'Narcos.'
Nicaragua's New Canal Comes at the Expense of Homes and Drinking Water
At the end of last year, a Chinese billionaire and CEO of a telecoms company began throwing money at one of the most colossal construction projects in history: a shipping canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans.
Guns in Puerto Rico: Locked and Loaded in the Tropics
At 91 percent, Puerto Rico has the world's highest overall percentage of homicides by firearms. But this statistic hasn't stopped the NRA from setting up shop.
The Trickle-Down Economics of Nicaragua’s Drug Trade
The cartels sometimes provide more economic stimulus than the government.
