'We have no choice': Indigenous guards take on cocaine gangs in Peru's Amazon Deep in the Peruvian Amazon, the Kakataibo Indigenous Guard patrols their ancestral land armed with spears, machetes and a drone — risking their lives to keep cocaine producers out of the forest. Simeon Tegel
U.S. official says the 'table is being set' for possible military action against Venezuela The country's largest aircraft carrier is expected to join thousands of service members in the northern Caribbean Sunday. But it's unclear if President Trump will use military force. Laura Sullivan
Pope Leo returns 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada The Vatican returned 62 artifacts to Indigenous peoples from Canada, a historic restitution that is part of the Catholic Church's reckoning with its role in helping suppress Indigenous culture. The Associated Press
Chile's election sets up a stark left–right showdown Chile heads to the polls on Sunday, in a fiercely polarized election that mirrors the region's struggles with crime, inflation, and economic stagnation. John Bartlett
Tragedy looms 40 years after a volcano wiped out a Colombian village Forty years after the Nevado del Ruiz volcano wiped out the town of Armero, the ghosts of Colombia's deadliest tragedy still haunt its slopes, and families are still searching for lost children. John Otis
Greetings from the Arctic Circle, where an icebreaker ship drew polar bears' attention Far-Flung Postcards is a weekly series in which NPR's international team shares moments from their lives and work around the world. Jackie Northam
Trump says boat crews are narco-terrorists. The truth is more nuanced, AP finds In interviews in villages on Venezuela's northeastern coast, from which some of the boats departed, residents and relatives said the dead men had been running drugs but were not narco-terrorists. The Associated Press
Trump administration announces 16th deadly strike on an alleged drug boat The attack Tuesday killed two people aboard the vessel, Hegseth said, bringing the death toll from the Trump administration's campaign in South American waters up to at least 66 people. The Associated Press
It's not for Halloween — it's Comic Con, where Black and Caribbean cosplayers find community Black and Caribbean cosplayers are redefining what community looks like at New York Comic Con. Nikki Birch
A day after a deadly police raid in Rio de Janeiro, 2 very different stories emerge More than 130 people were killed in Rio de Janeiro's deadliest-ever police raid targeting a major drug cartel. Carrie Kahn