Americas

Chile’s president traveled to the South Pole, the first visit of any sitting Latin American president, according to his office.

By Eve Sampson

The former American president, who died this week at 100, was among those who came to clean up a partial meltdown at Chalk River, Ontario.

By Ian Austen

Russia and other hostile states have become increasingly brazen in adopting “gray zone” attacks against Europe and the United States, leaving defense officials with a dilemma: How to respond?

By Lara Jakes

Tens of thousands of people have vanished in northern Mexico, many because of cartel violence. An unlikely partnership offers families a form of closure.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Fred Ramos

In pushing back against President-elect Donald J. Trump’s plan, President Xiomara Castro threatened that a base hosting U.S. troops could “lose all reason to exist in Honduras.”

By Annie Correal

To return the canal to Panama, President Jimmy Carter worked to change minds and build a bipartisan coalition that put aside short-term political considerations.

By Peter Baker

The U.N. agency known as UNRWA has been the backbone of aid to Gaza. Now, Israel is moving to ban it over accusations that it shielded Hamas militants.

By Jack Nicas

Jason Peña, now 14, was shot in the head on a highway in the state of Durango, a family spokeswoman said. His father and uncle, both U.S. citizens, and a Mexican relative were also killed.

By Annie Correal

A New Year’s Day attack in New Orleans killed at least 15 people.

By Eve Sampson

A former undocumented resident of California who now runs a town in Mexico, Crispín Agustín Mendoza has survived one assassination attempt. But he says, “I have to learn how to survive.”

By Simon Romero and César Rodríguez For The New York Times