MÉRIDA, Venezuela- José Betancourt, 75, climbed to the glacier of Pico Bolívar, Venezuela’s highest peak, 158 times before it ...

For many, a modern-day ski resort might include towering peaks cloaked in fluffy snow, high-tech lift lines, luxurious hotels ...

South America is home to some of the world's biggest phenomena. Thanks to the 27 million liters per second, this country is ...

Costa Rica is no stranger to drug smuggling incidents, but on May 22, 2025, police in the Central American country ...

Mount Roraima is a colossal cathedral of stone, a tabletop mountain straddling the borders of Venezuela, Brazil ...

Read on to discover incredible places that look like they belong on another planet... The dramatic Tianzi Mountains are ...

In early February, in downtown Bogotá, Colombia, Luis Alfredo Acosta recited a line in a book from memory: “I am from the ...

As a bishop in Peru, Pope Leo XIV’s handling of two abuse cases was a study in contrasts, siding strongly with victims in one ...

The Everlasting Storm in Venezuela creates the world’s most intense lightning show. With over 1 million strikes yearly, it amazes scientists and lights up Lake Maracaibo nearly every night. The post ...

By Federico Piana The Peruvian city of Cuzco sits perched high in the Andes Mountains, where the climate is dry and mild and the local people are warm and welcoming. At over 3,000 meters above sea ...

The common capybara, on the other hand, lives all throughout South America in places like Venezuela, Colombia, Guyana, Suriname, Ecuador, Peru, Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, Uruguay, and Bolivia. One ...

For just the fourth time ever, researchers on an expedition in the Andes Mountains have recorded the Andean condor — the world’s largest flying bird — nesting in Peru. The team spent about ...