In a new book, the Pulitzer Prize winner Greg Grandin tells the history of the hemisphere from south of the border.

Pope Francis and Mario Vargas Llosa were unique voices that transcended frontiers. Their deaths offer a sharp reminder of the ...

Argentine priest Guillermo Marcó, a close ally to Pope Francis and his spokesman for years when he was archbishop of Buenos ...

An expert on urban issues discusses trends to watch and argues cities are where the region's political future is being forged ...

Drawing on Latin American theology that emphasizes collaboration, developed in response to continued struggles with ...

F act and fiction circled each other in the works of Mario Vargas Llosa. Through realism, erotica, and even crude slang, the ...

Upon his election to the papacy, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to hail from Latin America. His impact, though, ...

Pope Francis, history’s first Latin American pontiff, who charmed the world with his humble style and concern for the poor ...

VATICAN CITY (AP) — Key events in the life of Jorge Mario Bergoglio, who became Pope Francis and died on Monday: Dec. 17, 1936: Jorge Mario Bergoglio is born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, the eldest of ...