Hone bargaining skills at São Paulo, Brazil’s many farmers markets and crafts fairs

The early bird may get the worm, but Camila Barrera Daza and boyfriend Kristian Kalva got the best deal by being among the last, not the...

Dancing to the beat of another country

Margit Edwards vividly remembers the exact moment she understood how to dance the samba.

In Panama, a taste of the tropics and a new state of mind

Racing through a Panamanian archipelago by sport boat, I couldn't help but feel like James Bond. It was just me and a mustachioed driver,...

A tourist and a participant in Brazil's Carnival

It was near midnight and the rain-drenched streets had already stained my white satin slippers. A Napoleon-style hat, adorned with golden...

The Lost World of Venezuela's Mt. Roraima

No dinosaurs or ape men, just plenty of eerie landscapes and odd flora and fauna on remote Mt. Roraima.

Lima more than a stop en route to the Andes

From the food to the museums to the landscape to the architecture, Lima is stunning if you know where to look.

Che Guevara's legacy looms larger than ever in Latin America

It's been 40 years since the militant revolutionary was executed in a Bolivian schoolhouse. To leftist governments across Latin America, he'...

Festival purists bemoan Brazil's 'Carnaval Inc.'

The country's big event has become an ad for interests as diverse as airlines, milk producers, unions and organized crime.

In Belize, a celebration of liberation

Jonkonnu is a masquerade party observed in parts of the English-speaking Caribbean during the Christmas season.

Escape to a tropical Alcatraz in Costa Rica

Once a notorious prison, San Lucas Island has been transformed into a national park. It's a place of unparalleled beauty -- and ghosts.

Driving Chile: 4x4 by 4,000 miles

One car, 16 days and 4,500 miles of Chilean roads.... You call this a dream drive?

Chile's Garden of Eden, uncorked

Wine grapes thrive in the warmth and sun -- a vintner's dream climate. It's a lovely place to sniff, sip, swish, savor and swallow.

Patagonia: Two at the tip

The adventures begin in Ushuaia and Puntas Arenas.

Drinking in Argentina's El Calafate

Even from the airplane, we could tell that El Calafate was going to deliver exposure to a world utterly unlike anything we have ever seen...

Going to great heights in Valparaiso, Chile

In South America, splendid views of Valparaiso are just a tram ride away.

Tango craze gives the Argentine economy all the right moves

The popularity of the dance draws tourists and their cash to a nation on the rebound from a crash in 2002.