THE dream of uniting North and South America by a convenient means of overland communication has long been popular. At first those who entertained this vision looked to the railroad for its fulfilment ...

PIJIBASAL, Panama — Painted chin to toe with the black juice of the jagua fruit, the bare-chested 19-year-old mother sits atop her raised wooden hut and wonders about a place far away. Marta Manjoma ...

Gidget writes for the latest news section of AS USA, covering breaking news and current affairs. She previously worked for TV for many years, both on and off-camera, as anchor, producer, and writer, ...

The Pan-American Highway was designed to connect the entire Western Hemisphere by land. In theory, it would allow uninterrupted travel from Alaska to the southern tip of South America. But that ...

Pan-American Highway: India has some of longest highways in the world that connect distant parts of the country, with National Highway 44 (NH 44) being the longest, with a total length of 4,112 ...