The 39th President of the United States led a life marked by a deep commitment to human rights, international diplomacy, and humanitarian service, with significant ties to the region.

Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter defied the furor of U.S. conservatives to negotiate the handover of the Panama Canal to Panamanian control.

With a focus on human rights, US policy toward Latin America under Jimmy Carter briefly tempered a long tradition of interventionism in a key sphere of American influence, analysts say. "Latin America was fundamental and his global policy was oriented toward human rights,

Former President and humanitarian Jimmy Carter died at age 100. Carter spent only one term as president, but his time in the White House made a lasting contribution. Biographer Kai Bird joins us to talk about Carter: the man,

Experts say, Carter won’t be remembered for passing any groundbreaking legislation, but rather for the opportunities he created for African Americans.

Jimmy Carter, the Georgia peanut farmer who made history as the 39th president of the U.S. and later snagged a Nobel Peace Prize for his work in human rights, has passed away at the age of 100. “Our founder,