The first of three maps “visualizing the progress of President-Elect Herbert Hoover around South America appears this week in TIME. The Hoover Odyssey is chronicled in National Affairs.

Some regions are experiencing more days with ... the entire continent during the time frame, the data showed. Map of South America showing the change in the number of days of simultaneous heat ...

Unlike other parts of the world, Latin America is free of war. Yet it is a region plagued by inequality, crime, corruption, drug trafficking and social upheaval. Political stability and strong ...