A Colombian official says more than 80 people have been killed in the country’s northeast region following failed attempts by the government to hold peace talks with the National Liberation Army.

This gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published in the past week by The Associated Press from Latin America and the Caribbean. The selection was curated by AP photographer Esteban Félix,

The mayor of Cúcuta, Jorge Acevedo, said Monday that the situation due to the violence in the Catatumbo region has already overwhelmed all the capacities of this Colombian city on the border with Venezuela,

As rich-world adoption has plummeted, demand for surrogacy has grown. It has also been fuelled by rising infertility, an increase in the acceptability of singles and gay couples choosing to have children, and the spread of information on the internet.

"It's unprecedented," Licon said Tuesday of Mexico's plan to build shelter and reception centers in nine cities south of the U.S.-Mexico border. Authorities at the site will reportedly provide ...

Mexican government outlines strategy for potential mass deportations from US Some raise concerns over Mexico's readiness for mass deportations Economic impact feared from potential deportations ...

WASHINGTON, Jan 21 - The Trump administration said on Tuesday it was reinstating the "remain in Mexico" program, resuming an initiative that forced non-Mexican asylum seekers to wait in Mexico for ...

WASHINGTON — Mexico denied a U.S. military plane access to land Thursday, at least temporarily frustrating the Trump administration's plans to deport immigrants to the country, according to two ...

The US-Mexico border is effectively closed off to migrants seeking asylum in the United States within hours of President Donald Trump taking office, an extraordinary departure from previous ...

“The golden age of America begins right now,” Trump declared in his Inaugural Address delivered at the Capitol, shortly after he took the oath of office. Much as he did eight years ago, Trump painted a grim portrait of a country on its knees that only he could revive.

Freezing foreign aid. Withdrawing from the Paris climate agreement. Prohibiting nonprofits that receive U.S. foreign aid from providing abortions. Then Monday, the new Trump

Colombia’s government is offering a roughly $700,000 reward for information that leads to the arrest and conviction of four leaders of a rebel group behind the deadly violence affecting a coca-growing region bordering Venezuela.