English has plundered words from languages around the globe, and the Americas are no exception. Check out ten common “English” words that aren’t actually English at all.
Machu Picchu is known as the “lost city” of the Incas, discovered by Western explorers in the early 20th century, but was the city ever really lost?
St. Óscar Romero, Archbishop of San Salvador, was murdered in 1980. Only one man has ever been held accountable.
The Spanish American mainland split into many independent countries. Brazil, however, remained whole. Why?
You probably know his face, but do you know who he really was? Che Guevara is famous worldwide due to his revolutionary convictions. Here are 10 surprising facts about him.
Theodore Roosevelt's Amazon adventure was a triumph of exploration but nearly cost the former President his life.
The green anaconda is a colossal snake found in the Amazon rainforest and a central figure in the region’s mythical and cosmological life.
Beyond Machu Picchu lie forgotten cities. These marvels of Inca architecture have baffled experts for centuries.
