The September 19 quake showed strides made since the last big one in 1985. “There is, of course, always room for improvement,” says 100 Resilient Cities’ Eugene Zapata-Garesché.

As Mexico and the Caribbean assess the damage from earthquakes and hurricanes, we look at where the region stands on disaster-related internal displacements.

With or without the United States in the Paris accord, Latin America can reap benefits from battling climate change, says Brown University’s Guy Edwards.

Deforestation in Brazil is at a nine-year high. President Michel Temer's political horse trading could make it worse.

Floods are expected to cost the country 1.6 percent of GDP in 2017, but with low debt and high reserves, Peru’s in better shape than most to up its infrastructure spending.