Mac Margolis

New evidence suggests that the Amazon may have been a hive of human industry thousands of years ago—and that it could potentially become that kind of hub again.

Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff has deftly used domestic and international crises to turn her declining popularity around.

In Colombia, the president lost his popularity after he sought to end a 50-year insurgency.

Father Marcelo Rossi has a No. 1 bestseller, legions of followers, and an unusual style of Catholicism.

Brazil's rainforest is going up in smoke. Again.

Where's the toilet paper in Venezuela?

As one of Brazil's biggest landowners, Kátia Abreu rides a horse to work and never shuns a fight.

No one has more domestic servants than the Brazilians. But a new law is designed to move those downstairs upward.

A pope and a rabbi begin a conversation ...

A war of words between their president and their 
biggest screen idol has mesmerized Argentines.

From the catwalk to the campaign trail, this stylish, self-confident nation of 197 million will shape Latin America in 2013 and beyond.

A teenager exposes Brazil's crumbling schools.

A black man in black wins Brazil's hearts and minds.

Turbocharging a nation's economy

Dilma channels her 'Inner Lula.'

He's known as the James Carville of Latin America. But can he help Hugo Chávez?

Bernardo Paz is creating a botanical Eden of sculpture.

Frumpy and short, with a double-barreled chin, she could have passed for the grandmother next door. But no one called Griselda Blanco a golden-ager. The 69-year-old Colombian made her name notching up felonies from drugrunning to multiple murders.

The opposition candidate in Venezuela is fit for a fight.

Politics and payola in the land of Lula.

But what's in it for Ecuador's President Correa?

Preparations for the 2016 Games will transform the city. By Mac Margolis. Map by Steve Walkowiak

Latin American democracy is in worse shape than you think.

How mixed martial arts took the fighting world by storm.

Brazil's favorite son is cancer-free. But will he run for office?

The passionate novelist was Latin America's literary father. But Mac Margolis says his footprint stretches far beyond literature.

In the chilly 'Memories of a Dirty War', Cláudio Guerra recalls his days in Brazil's military dictatorship. By Mac Margolis.

Even 'The Secret of Evil,' a posthumous collection of essays and short stories by the great Chilean writer, haunts the field. By Mac Margolis.

The irrepressible football hero could have settled into cushy retirement, but his daughter showed him he had more urgent things to do.

Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is set to sweep the polls for four more years as president.