South America

The crack and rumble of rifle fire reverberates through the jags of cobalt blue ice. I freeze for a moment and my crampons claw and gnash into the slippery surface beneath me.I am perched on Perito Mo…

President Trump’s decision to build a wall along the length of the United States’ southern border with Mexico erupted into a diplomatic standoff on Thursday, leading to the cancellation of…

When it comes to clothing, many people tend to purchase clothing for hiking and spending time outdoors and then other clothes for a night out on the town. Gore-tex, tor-gex, etc-ex, all the other weir…

This week’s roundup of the top Latin America travel deals includes a whopping 50-percent discount at the luxurious Casa de Campo resort in the Dominican Republic, as well as an even flashier 60-…

Luxury tour operator Cox & Kings has named Warren Chang chief operating officer of its Americas division in Los Angeles and promoted Patrick Richards to president.Chang joins Cox & Kings after…

Two of the world’s largest emerging economies had very different years when it came to business travel.A pair of new reports from the Global Business Travel Association show the disparate trajec…

Visitors are flocking to the all-women San Diego prison in this popular Caribbean tourist town — to dine at Cartagena’s trendiest new restaurant.Convicts, some of them found guilty of murd…

In an interview for UN News, Simonetta Di Pippo, Director of UN’s Office for Outer Space Affairs (UNOOSA) spoke about UNOOSA’s plans to help developing countries to access space and to get…

The Las Lajas Sanctuary, a church located at an altitude of 2900 metres in the Colombian Andes, has become a major draw for tourists, with some calling the neo-Gothic basilica the world’s most b…