Three under–the–radar stories from the Americas highlight Haiti’s election struggles, Chile’s new biodiversity park, and ...

Religion serves as a powerful organizing force for crime gangs in Brazil and much of Latin America, offering a mixture of ...

BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) - Patricia Bullrich, Argentina's security minister, is on a mission to stamp out drug gangs in the ...

Closely tied to Italy’s ’Ndrangheta and organised crime groups across the Balkans, the Primeiro Comando da Capital is thought to be Latin America’s largest gang.

Add articles to your saved list and come back to them any time. One of South America’s most feared crime gangs is dramatically increasing its supply of cocaine into Australia, a top Brazilian ...

Around 33% of the prison population is made up of pretrial detainees. Along with severe overcrowding and gang violence, riots and breakout attempts in Brazil's prisons are not uncommon.

Internationally recognised Brazilian cinema is almost always centred on inner city violence and poverty, but one film from recent years upends every cliché.

The criminal gang originated in a Venezuela prison and has slowly spread ... a notorious organized crime group in Brazil,” ...

After months of rapprochement, El Salvador’s president is offering his prisons and hoping for financial support in his ...

In this edition, how amid grief comes strength. Mothers in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro who lost their children due to gang violence, form a support network which also fights for justice.