After the 2010 earthquake that devastated the Caribbean nation, tens of thousands of people traveled to Brazil and Chile. Now they are looking to enter the US, but face many challenges on the journey
The authorities do not know how many people have died trying to cross the pass separating Colombia from Panama to head north to the United States. After years of tragedy, they are considering how to make this migration route safer
August 13 marks half a millennium since the fall of the Aztec Empire, and dozens of new books are casting doubt on the version of history written by the victors
A new study has revealed how discharges of the illicit substance are affecting brown trout in the rivers of the Czech Republic
The Mexican government has filed a lawsuit against manufacturers including Smith & Wesson and Colt, arguing they design guns with drug cartels in mind
Since 1945, Washington has not managed a clear victory with the exception of the Gulf War in 1991. The withdrawals from Afghanistan and Iraq reflect its trouble dealing with guerrilla warfare
BoostDM uses self-learning algorithms and is capable of searching through the mutational profiles of 28,000 genomes in 66 types of tumors
Biologist Manuel Talón has traced the origin of citrus fruits to the foothills of the Himalayas eight million years ago and mapped their evolution into modern edible varieties
A report by the Organization of Ibero-American States shows that 95% of all work published in journals last year was in that language, with only 1% in Spanish or Portuguese
The coronavirus pandemic has given El Salvador’s president the opportunity to sell his image in the region and present himself as having the solutions to its deep-seated problems
DeepMind, a company bought by Google, predicts with unprecedented precision the 3-D structure of nearly all the proteins made by the human body
Simpson’s paradox explains the risks of comparing data without taking all variables into account, which can spawn the kind of misleading headlines seen recently in the news
The 24-year-old champion is looking to win gold at the Tokyo Games and further cement her position as the greatest artistic gymnast of all time
For almost three years, Brazil’s president has chipped away at the social contract that has held the country together for 36 years as a democratic state. Following the cue of other far-right movements, this is how he wrote his very own authoritarian rules of the game
The winner of a satirical award for pseudo-science managed to get two papers published in medical journals claiming that masks are dangerous for children and that vaccines kill nearly as many people as they save
Young people who were detained at the recent demonstrations have been denouncing the abuse that they were subjected to, both on the streets and in precincts. They also fear stiff prison sentences
Carlos Luis Revete controls a large Caracas neighborhood. The government blames the opposition for his rise to power, but organized crime has now gripped the capital for years
Over 70 Spanish scholars have signed a manifesto underscoring the positive aspects of a period spanning nearly 1,000 years, including advances in law and politics
The strongest females pass on their privileged associations to their offspring, providing them with priority access to food and a greater support network in times of conflict
Average life expectancy is relatively easy to calculate but estimating what the maximum limit of a human lifespan could be is considerably more difficult
From mice and whales to birds and salamanders, many species are decreasing in size and experts are unsure as to the cause
A study published in ‘The Lancet Oncology ‘notes there is no safe consumption limit and that 15% of the 740,000 tumors recorded worldwide in 2020 were among people who did not drink heavily
The young internet personality was arrested during a live television interview on Tuesday. ‘They didn’t torture me. I am on the side of truth,’ she told her followers
Cubans have taken the streets back for themselves, as a people who are often invoked but rarely seen, writes the island journalist Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Investigators are wondering why President Jovenel Moïse’s security team was unharmed while he was being tortured and murdered by a group of armed men
The musician, actor, lawyer and social activist never fails to surprise – or to have an opinion. The multi-talented Panamanian, now 72, talked to EL PAÍS as he prepares the memoirs of an extraordinary life
EL PAÍS looks at the factors that have sparked the demonstrations, from food shortages to the regime’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic
