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The U.S. Navy on Friday began testing two new aerial tools, borrowed from the battlefields of Afghanistan and Iraq, that officials say will make it easier to detect, track and videotape drug smugglers in action. (AP Photo/Ben Fox)

U.S. to turn to drones to stop drug smugglers in the Caribbean

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ABOARD THE HIGH SPEED VESSEL SWIFT (AP) — Drug smugglers who race across the Caribbean in speedboats will typically jettison their cargo when spotted by … Read More

Brazil's Odilo Pedro Scherer is a front runner to be the next pope amid a conclave occurring in the social media era. (Getty Images)

Countdown to Conclave: Will a Latino Pope emerge?

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The 115 Cardinals have all arrived in Rome, Italy. The Sistene Chapel is stocked with food and chefs; doctors and housekeepers have been sworn to … Read More

Cardinal Oscar Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga, the 70-year-old archbishop of Tegucigalpa, giving mass at the metropolitan cathedral in the city of Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

Honduran Cardinal Maradiaga: A complex figure who could be the next Pope

By Alberto Arce, Associated Press

TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — To many, Honduran Cardinal Andres Rodriguez Maradiaga embodies the activist wing of the Roman Catholic Church as an outspoken … Read More

Cardinal Oscar Rodriguez Maradiaga from Honduras poses in Toronto, 27 July 2002, during the 17th World Youth Day. (Gabriel Bouys//AFP/Getty Images)

Top 5 Papal Contenders from Latin America

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As former Pope Benedict XVI relaxes in his retirement gardens, cardinals in Vatican City prepare to take a vote on the 266th pope and many in Latin America are … Read More

Maribel Lieberman, owner of MarieBelle. (Photo/Olga Mironova)

Six Figures: A chocolate maker’s recipe to success is creativity and budgeting

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Maribel Lieberman was born to be a businesswoman. She says by the time she was 8, she was already selling sweets and caramels in her native Honduras. “I … Read More

As Latinos reacted to the resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, many talked about what the Latino community wants from the next pope. (Photo by Alex Wong/Getty Images)

Pope Benedict resigns: Latinos hope for more inclusive, giving church

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For many, it was a stunning turn of events. Pope Benedict XVI announced that he was resigning effective February 28, and while the scramble is on to ponder who … Read More

In this April 19, 2011, file photo, a member of the National Guard checks on his colleague inside a Border Patrol Skybox near the Hidalgo International Bridge in Hidalgo, Texas. (AP Photo/Delcia Lopez, File)

Arrests in the US borders up in the last year

By Alicia A. Caldwell, Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) -- A year after Border Patrol apprehensions of illegal border crossers plunged to the lowest levels in nearly 40 years agents have seen a slight … Read More

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Telemundo Latin America news roundup – January 25, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Mexican police captured eleven people they believe are connected to a drug cartel that’s killed sixteen … Read More

Political activist Frank Mejia, better known as "Commander Maya," reads a manifest in support of teachers protesting to demand months of unpaid salaries outside Congress in Tegucigalpa, Honduras. Teachers have been demonstrating almost every day because they haven’t been paid in six months, while doctors complain about the shortage of essential medicines, gauze, needles and latex gloves. (AP Photo/Alberto Arce)

Honduras government goes over fiscal cliff, neglects services, can’t pay bills

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TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (AP) — Street surveillance cameras in one of the world's most dangerous cities were turned off last week because Honduras' government … Read More

Telemundo Latin America news roundup - January 7, 2013

Telemundo Latin America news roundup – January 7, 2013

By NBCLatino Staff

The latest Latin America news in under 59 seconds. Authorities are searching for the plane of missing Italian fashion executive Vittorio Missoni. His plane … Read More