Federico Rios

The sport came to Beto Gomez’s small Indigenous town nearly two decades ago. Despite some resistance back home, he is now the world’s only professional kite surfer with Wayuu roots.

Robbery and rape have long been a risk for migrants crossing the Darién Gap, but recently, there has been a sharp rise in sexual violence directed at women and girls. Julie Turkewitz and Federico Rios of The New York Times captured a snapshot of that violence, speaking with 14 women who said they had experienced sexual violence, ranging from forcible touching to rape.

The New York Times interviewed more than 70 people who said they had been victims of armed robbery. Fourteen were women who said they had suffered sexual violence.

The treacherous migrant crossing in Panama is drawing packs of American activists who are distorting how immigration is perceived, and debated, at home.

Colombia’s main airport has become a hub for migrants heading to the U.S. in greater numbers. Some have been stranded for weeks, or forcibly turned back.

President Daniel Noboa’s new war on gangs has widespread support in a nation overwhelmed by violence. But experts warn it could endanger civil liberties.

Firefighters, many of them volunteers, have been confronting dozens of blazes amid high temperatures this month. The conditions have been linked to climate change.

Colombia created its latest, and perhaps last, national park by befriending the traditional ranching culture that surrounds it.

TikTok, Facebook and YouTube are transforming global migration, becoming tools of migrants and smugglers alike.

More than 24,000 Chinese citizens have been apprehended crossing into the United States from Mexico in the past year. That is more than in the preceding 10 years combined.