More than three million Venezuelan refugees and migrants have fled poverty, hunger, violence, and persecution in recent years, journeying throughout the Americas and Southern Europe.

The staying power of Nicolas Maduro’s embattled government may hinge on three critical allies: Russia, China, and Cuba.

Political and economic unrest in Nicaragua could stoke the flames in a region where insecurity has forced tens of thousands to flee in recent years.

Federal investigators in Brazil have uncovered corruption at the highest levels of the government and in the country’s largest corporations.