Americas

The United States and many Latin American countries said President Nicolás Maduro cannot claim victory without the full release of vote counts.

By Frances Robles

Venezuela’s presidential election was riddled with irregularities and was disputed by the opposition.

By The New York Times

Stark irregularities and suppression efforts could plunge the country back into instability and economic decline.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev

The result, which would give Nicolás Maduro six more years as president, was disputed by the opposition, and the United States said it had “serious concerns.”

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Frances Robles and Julie Turkewitz

Grudges from the World Cup and rugby union have spilled over to the Games. But is this new sports feud even real?

By Rory Smith and James Wagner

Sunday’s vote could end a generation of control by Venezuela’s socialist party. It could also usher in a period of profound uncertainty.

By Anatoly Kurmanaev, Frances Robles and Julie Turkewitz

About a third of the buildings in the mountain resort town have burned, raising questions about preparedness and the role of climate change.

By Ian Austen

Here is what we know about the presumptive Democratic presidential nominee’s views on issues like migration and the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.

By Eve Sampson

The improbable arrest of Ismael Zambada García, who for decades had evaded the authorities, at a small airport outside El Paso appears to be a tale of subterfuge and betrayal.

By Alan Feuer, Natalie Kitroeff and Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Most soccer fans long ago internalized the idea that truth is a slippery concept.

By Rory Smith

Blazes that generate such stormy conditions can be nearly impossible to put out and pose special dangers to firefighters.

By Austyn Gaffney

Fast-moving fires have destroyed a third of the buildings in the picturesque town of Jasper, Alberta, and its national park. But the mayor hopes to rebuild.

By Ian Austen

A Lincoln Center retrospective puts the spotlight on midcentury movies aimed at the masses that continue to influence filmmakers.

By Carlos Aguilar

The U.S. said it had arrested Ismael Zambada García, a co-founder, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another co-founder. Both are accused of involvement in fentanyl trafficking.

By Andrés R. Martínez

Ismael Zambada García and Joaquín Guzmán López helped run the Sinaloa Cartel, one of the most dominant criminal groups in Mexico.

By Alan Feuer and Natalie Kitroeff

Fires have burned hundreds of thousands of acres in the western United States and Canada, prompting evacuations and blanketing cities in smoke.

By The New York Times

As much as half of Jasper, Alberta, which lies inside one of the country’s most-visited national parks, has been destroyed, officials said.

By Ian Austen and Vjosa Isai

Thousands of tourists and local residents have been evacuated from the park in Alberta, Canada.

By The New York Times

Wildfire smoke from the Western United States and Canada is blowing across the Northeast, lowering air quality and endangering vulnerable populations.

By Austyn Gaffney

Active wildfires have forced communities to evacuate as the blaze left much of the region in ashes, including parts of Jasper National Park.

By AFP and Reuters

The authorities arrested a man believed to have started the fire north of Sacramento. A second fire in eastern Oregon, affecting more than 268,000 acres, is now the largest in the country.

By Heather Knight, Mike Baker and Amanda Holpuch

Scientists found an unexpected aging pattern in a mostly intact juvenile mammal skeleton from the paleontological period.

By Jack Tamisiea

Spurned by the country’s authoritarian president and even her own colleagues in the opposition, María Corina Machado has built the most significant voter mobilization since Hugo Chávez.

By Julie Turkewitz, Isayen Herrera and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez

Surveillance footage shows the moment of an explosion at a Jose Cuervo factory in Tequila, Mexico.

By Reuters

The explosion on Tuesday in the city of Tequila, near Guadalajara, killed six workers and left two others wounded, the authorities said.

By Miriam Castillo and Mike Ives

Large blazes in the province have led to the evacuation of thousands of people.

By Qasim Nauman

View the location of the quake’s epicenter and shake area.

By Matthew Bloch, William B. Davis, Madison Dong, John Keefe and Bea Malsky

James Brett Clibbery and his wife, Sarah Justine Packwood, had left Nova Scotia on June 11, bound for the Azores. The authorities recovered remains believed to be theirs earlier this month.

By Derrick Bryson Taylor

China and India have been accused of exploiting the opaque nomination contests of Canadian political parties to meddle in elections.

By Norimitsu Onishi

In Tapachula, Mexico, migrants en route to the United States are being forced to reroute their journeys after President Biden’s executive order suspending and limiting asylum requests, and human smugglers are profiting.

By Alex Pena, Benjamin Alfaro and Amy Marino

While a listeria contamination of 18 nondairy milk alternatives has killed two people and sickened 10 more, Danone seems to be concealing a key fact.

By Ian Austen

The Biden administration helped prod the Venezuelan government to hold elections on July 28. Now, it is watching to see if the vote will be free and fair.

By Frances Robles

The boat was carrying over 80 people and bound for Turks and Caicos. The disaster underscores the gang-fueled crisis that has spurred many Haitians to leave.

By David C. Adams and James Wagner

The country’s struggle to reach an informal military spending target highlights how difficult it is for the alliance to quickly bolster its abilities.

By Matina Stevis-Gridneff

Euro 2024 memories, Copa América issues and the enduring allure of a winning goal.

By Rory Smith

The life of Varî Vãti Marubo shows how much life has changed for the rainforest’s Indigenous tribes — and how much has stayed the same.

By Jack Nicas and Victor Moriyama

There were no immediate reports of injuries or damage after the 7.4 magnitude earthquake.

By Andrés R. Martínez

View the location of the quake’s shake area and aftershocks.

President Nicolás Maduro will appear over and over again on Venezuela’s presidential ballot. That is by design, government critics say.

By Genevieve Glatsky and Gray Beltran

As many as one-third of Venezuelans would consider migrating if the country’s authoritarian leader is given another six years in power in an election set for July 28, one poll showed.

By Julie Turkewitz and Adriana Loureiro Fernandez

The Silk and Great Value brand drinks made from nuts, oats and coconuts were pulled from stores last week.

By Ian Austen

Javier Milei has developed a public devotion to Judaism unusual for a leader of a predominantly Roman Catholic country.

By Jack Nicas and Daniel Politi

Major roads and freeways were shut down in Canada’s largest city amid heavy rainfall and flash flooding.

By The New York Times

More than 167,000 customers lost power on Tuesday after severe thunderstorms.

By Yan Zhuang

The Biden administration declined to pursue a union complaint of labor abuses in Mexico, raising new concerns about offshoring.

By Noam Scheiber

For the first time, the government will set a cap on visas for temporary residents, including temporary workers and students, this fall.

By Vjosa Isai

Even as production surges, domestic and foreign shifts in the global drug industry have devastated many poor Colombians whose livelihoods are tied to cocaine.

By Genevieve Glatsky and Federico Rios

Huge blazes are spreading hundreds of miles across some of the most biodiverse parts of Brazil, with the worst of the annual fire season still weeks away.

By Ana Ionova

Uruguay Coach Marcelo Bielsa lamented that the sport was surrendering its appeal in service to its business. He’s right. And also wrong.

By Rory Smith

British Columbia’s partial retreat from an experiment to decriminalize drug possession reveals a political shift in Canada over combating the opioid crisis.

By Vjosa Isai and Alana Paterson

Hurricane Beryl set records as the earliest Category 5 storm ever. What does that mean for the rest of hurricane season? Here’s what travelers need to know.

By Christopher Kuo

Melting glaciers on Peru’s highest mountain helped uncover the body of Bill Stampfl, who disappeared while climbing the mountain with two friends.

By Yan Zhuang and Mitra Taj

The measure aims to close a loophole that officials said allowed metals made partly in China to come into the United States duty free.

By Ana Swanson

The sport, in which you strap on a 30-foot kite and skim across the waves, is about to make its Olympic debut. Here’s where non-Olympians can give it a try.

By Nora Walsh

Many Venezuelans who left their homeland oppose the country’s autocratic president, but strict requirements will prevent most from voting in a closely watched election.

By Genevieve Glatsky

About 400 Kenyan officers have deployed to Haiti as part of the first wave of a multinational contingent tasked with trying to restore order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.

By Frances Robles and Abdi Latif Dahir

With three children and a dog, the Aguilar Ortega family trekked through the jungle, hopped freight trains and toured Times Square. Significant challenges still lay ahead.

By Luis Ferré-Sadurní and Juan Arredondo

The Biden administration is trying to get foreign companies to invest in chip-making in the United States and more countries to set up factories to do final assembly and packaging.

By Edward Wong and Ana Swanson

Trey Cunningham said friends and peers reacted to his decision to come out with a shrug. He wishes the same was true for other men in elite sports.

By Rory Smith

A former State Department official, he resigned in protest in 1982 over Cuba policy, then spent decades trying to rebuild relations with the island nation.

By Clay Risen

Oil sands companies pushing a carbon capture project shut down their website after a law banning misleading environmental claims was passed.

By Ian Austen

As more foreigners, especially Americans, visit or move to Mexico City, some taco shops have lowered the heat in their sauces. Not everyone is happy.

By James Wagner and Luis Antonio Rojas

The Category 2 storm brought strong wind gusts and heavy downpours to the Yucatán Peninsula of Mexico.

By Storyful, Reuters and The Associated Press

A new analysis shows increasing frequency and intensity of hurricanes could cause more devastating interruptions to the power grid.

By Austyn Gaffney

Brazil’s former president, Jair Bolsonaro, may soon face criminal charges for stealing gifts he received from foreign leaders.

By Jack Nicas

The U.S. collapsed under the weight of expectations at the Copa América. Its next move could determine if there is a repeat, or a revival, at the 2026 World Cup.

By Rory Smith

The hurricane caused destruction across the Caribbean, but some were relieved that it hadn’t been worse.

By Jovan Johnson, Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Eric Nagourney

British Columbia recognized the Haida’s aboriginal title to their islands decades after the Indigenous group launched a battle on the ground and in the courts.

By Norimitsu Onishi and Amber Bracken

The powerful storm, which devastated communities in the eastern Caribbean earlier this week, was headed next to the Cayman Islands.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega and Maria Abi-Habib

Grenada’s prime minister said Hurricane Beryl caused near total destruction on the islands of Carriacou and Petite Martinque.

By Reuters

As the storm headed for Jamaica, officials were assessing what Grenada’s prime minister called “total” devastation on two of the country’s islands.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

Haiti’s newly selected prime minister, Garry Conille, met with Democrats on Capitol Hill as well as Biden administration officials, seeking more help to combat the unrest in his country.

By Robert Jimison

A look at the destruction caused by Hurricane Beryl as it lashes its way across the region.

By The New York Times

Four passengers were in intensive care after the flight from Spain to Uruguay hit turbulence that injured dozens. The plane made an emergency landing in Brazil.

By Jack Nicas and Lis Moriconi

The storm, now a Category 4 hurricane, left extreme damage in its wake as it headed toward Jamaica.

By Emiliano Rodríguez Mega

The storm grew very quickly after it formed, reflecting hot ocean conditions that could bring more dangerous hurricanes.

By Judson Jones

Pabllo Vittar has become an A-list pop star and L.G.B.T.Q. activist in Brazil. Can she conquer the world?

By Jack Nicas and Victor Moriyama

After a last-minute setback, the Canadian Canoe Museum has finally opened its new building in Ontario.

By Ian Austen

The case focused on the law firm at the heart of the 2016 scandal, in which leaked documents revealed a vast network of offshore tax havens.

By Leila Miller

A tsunami alert was lifted about an hour after the quake struck off the coast of the southern region of Arequipa.

By John Yoon

The plan giving temporary protected status to people from the Caribbean island who arrived after November 2022 comes amid a flurry of recent immigration moves by the president.

By Hamed Aleaziz

After facing down the general who tried to oust him, President Luis Arce is battling a more formidable figure, Evo Morales, a former president who wants to reclaim power.

By Julie Turkewitz, María Silvia Trigo and Genevieve Glatsky

Footage showed security forces in riot gear occupying the country’s main political square, Plaza Murillo, and trying to storm the presidential palace on Wednesday.

By Reuters

The general declared he was leading an effort to “re-establish democracy,” but he and other members of the armed forces later pulled back after trying to storm the presidential palace.

By Julie Turkewitz, Genevieve Glatsky and María Silvia Trigo

The country’s Supreme Court voted to remove criminal penalties for possession of up to 40 grams of marijuana.

By Jack Nicas and Ana Ionova

The arrival of 400 Kenyan officers came on a day of deadly violence in Kenya. The international force was sent to try to restore order in the gang-plagued Caribbean nation.

By Frances Robles and Abdi Latif Dahir

Four former officials in the government of President Nicolás Maduro describe his options between now and an election that could remove him from power — or solidify his grip.

By Julie Turkewitz and Anatoly Kurmanaev

Researchers discovered painted ladies on a South American beach and then built a case that they started their journey in Europe or Africa.

By Monique Brouillette

With the sea creatures making up a growing share of illegal animal seizures around the world, U.S. officials are working to overcome struggles to safely house them.

By Jason Bittel

Edmonton’s mayor says that the issues behind homelessness, opioid overdoses and mental health crises cannot be fixed by cities.

By Ian Austen