The most popular insect repellants in the United States contain a controversial synthetic chemical, but a team of researchers in Argentina may have discovered a natural alternative.

Next time you fill your vehicle up at the gas pump, you may be contributing to increasing hunger problems in Guatemala.

Hispanics in the United States celebrate with a multitude of traditions brought back from Latin America.

Each year this celebratory custom meant to bring smiles and laughter, brings injury and sometimes death.

A youth-led non-profit brings artists together to help raise funds for families living in extreme poverty in Latin America.

NASA scientists have taken to the Internet to battle the rumors and calm the hype associated with the widespread misinterpretations of the Maya calendar. 

This year's White House "Blue Room Christmas Tree" arrived in the traditional horse-drawn carriage from a North Carolina farm, where Latinos had a hand in its cultivation.

A generation of "ninis" (they neither work nor study) in the small Central American country of El Salvador is attracting attention and causing concern.

Tequila, the distilled alcoholic drink made from blue agave, is now facing sibling rivalry from its historically less appreciated relative, Mezcal.

Cuidad Mitad del Mundo, or "Middle of the World City" is a piece of land approximately 8 miles north of Quito, Ecuador and home to a monument attracting thousands.