Is Caracas really the tough place they told you?

Along the Mexican border, in a city where desperate migrants and Americans in search of cut-price dental care cross paths

Long before official diplomacy, market reforms brought American-style capitalism to Havana, reshaping the city’s economy and lifestyles. A small, visible bourgeoisie has emerged, exposing deep contradictions between socialist ideals and growing social inequality

Rich in gold and officially part of the European Union, French Guiana is a major hotspot of environmental damage from gold mining in the Amazon. Legal and illegal extraction alike devastate rivers and forests, leaving land infertile despite reforestation requirements