A longtime correspondent for Newsweek, Mac Margolis has traveled extensively in Brazil and Latin America. He has contributed to The Economist, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor, and is the author of The Last New World: The Conquest of the Amazon Frontier.
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Remembering Carlos Fuentes
The passionate novelist was Latin America’s literary father.... MORE
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Mexico’s Universal Man
Celebrated writer and leftist Carlos Fuentes, who died Tuesday, was a polyglot man of letters and a... MORE
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A Henchman Comes Clean
In the chilly 'Memories of a Dirty War', Cláudio Guerra recalls his days in Brazil's military... MORE
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Bad Behavior in Brazil
Three U.S. Marines were allegedly involved in an incident that hospitalized a stripper.... MORE
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Obama’s Latin Attention Disorder
Mac Margolis on Cartagena’s real scandal—the sour relations between the U.S.... MORE
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The Escorts’ Morning After
Exclusive: A cabbie recounts driving the Secret Service’s call girls.... MORE
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Brazil’s Shocking Cannibal Arrests
A Brazilian man and two women have been charged with murder and cannibalism, Mac Margolis reports. MORE
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Bolaño's Literary Ghost
Even ‘The Secret of Evil,' a posthumous collection of essays and short stories by the great Chilean... MORE
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Cartagena Minefield for Obama
At this weekend’s summit, the president faces clashes on the drug war, Castro, and more.... MORE
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Secret Deal for El Salvador Gangs?
Violence is epidemic in El Salvador, but a truce between gangs and the government brings some peace... MORE
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Romário De Souza Brazil’s Hard-Kicking Legislator
The irrepressible football hero could have settled into cushy retirement, but his daughter showed... MORE
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Will Castro Convert?
The Cuban strongman may rejoin the Catholic church, say rumors circulating in Rome. MORE
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Reheating the Falklands Dispute
The Argentines, still smarting over the last war, continue to covet the British-held islands. MORE
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World Cup Headache for Brazil
In the run-up to the 2014 World Cup, the collapse of three buildings puts a stain on the country,... MORE
