Alex Leff

Now in its 3rd season, 'Homeland' has taken a surprise turn for South America — and some of the backstory sounds very real.

Detroit last week became the largest American city to file for bankruptcy. A great many people have given up on the city; its population has shrunk about 250 percent since 1950, and its jobless and murder rates consistently soar well above the national average. But Detroiters shouldn’t give up. They can turn it around and they wouldn’t be the first.

Venezuela and Paraguay pick presidents this month, and Chile and Honduras gear up for votes in November. Some will swing left, others right.

The Associated Press moves away from the illegal label as US inches toward immigration overhaul. The style change touches on the immigration debate that’s heating up in communities and political corners across the country.

Google’s building a data center, mobile providers are rolling out 4G networks, but that’s not all that’s in store.

GlobalPost's far-flung correspondents often hear some verbal gems while reporting in the field. Here is a selection of their best quotes of 2012.

Ecuadorean President Rafael Correa is running for a third term in the South American country’s February 2013 election, and he will probably win. It’s a sign that Julian Assange has proved he can make allies with staying power.

If Mexico were a battleground state in the US election, President Barack Obama would win the state with 58 percent over Romney’s 16 percent, a new poll shows.

If everyone else in the world besides U.S. citzens voted in the U.S. 2012 election, Barack Obama would beat Mitt Romney 65 percent to 18 percent.

Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos is due on Wednesday for surgery to remove a tumor on his prostate, putting the 61-year-old on an alarming list of Latin American leaders who have fought cancer in recent years. But cancer is a growing problem among the general Latin American population as well.

Here is a look at how US religious leaders, from Jews to Muslims to Copts, have responded to the anti-US violence and the video that sparked it.

The US squabbles over voter IDs and other perceived hurdles for its own of-age citizens. But Argentina's government proposes widening its voter base to include foreigners and 16-year-olds.

As the US takes stock of parched farmland, Chile declares 'catastrophe areas' after a more than two-year drought.

Dissident Oswaldo Paya is rattling the island, even in his death.

The administration of Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez, one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad's few allies, 'vigorously condemns the terrorist attack' in Damascus.