Emma Bubola, Patricia Sulbarán and Anita Pouchard Serra    Dire conditions in Venezuela prompted an exodus. In the wake of the attack that ousted its top leader, the question is whether things have changed...

Sachi Kitajima Mulkey    Scientists long believed it would take more than a century for animals to return to deforested land. New research shows that’s not always the case.

Luis Ferré-Sadurnà­, José Marà­a León Cabrera, Annie Correal, Eric Schmitt and Federico Rios    The Times visited a village where the United States and Ecuador said they destroyed an armed group’s training camp. Residents said it was actually a...

Alexa Robles-Gil    A newly discovered species of spider in the Ecuadorean Amazon mimics a pathogen, known as a zombie fungus, to protect itself.

Ana Ley    The arrest of Dylan Lopez Contreras was the first case of a public school student in the city being taken by federal agents last year. I still can’t...

Luis Ferré-Sadurnà­, John Ismay and Federico Rios    The Times photographed an unexploded munition in southern Colombia, near the Ecuadorean border. A high-stakes feud between both countries quickly...

Annie Correal and Shawn McCreesh    At a gathering in Florida, the president asked the leaders of a dozen Latin American and Caribbean nations to help the U.S. military crush armed...

Luis Ferré-Sadurnà­, Eric Schmitt and José Marà­a León Cabrera    Drug gangs have turned the South American country into one of the most dangerous in the region and the world’s leading exporter of cocaine.

Eric Schmitt and Luis Ferré-Sadurnà­    U.S. Special Forces soldiers are advising and supporting Ecuadorean commandos on raids across the country against suspected drug shipment facilities...

Aaron Boxerman and Lina Fisher    Representative Joaquin Castro said Liam Conejo Ramos appeared lethargic during a visit by lawmakers to the facility where he and his father are being...