Venezuelan opposition parties and NGOs decried the arrests of a prominent press freedom activist and a well-known opposition figure, among others, ahead of planned protests against
January 08, 2025
Brazilian prosecutors on Wednesday ordered that social media platform Meta clarify whether recently announced changes to its fact-checking program in the United States will also be
January 08, 2025
Canadian Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc on Wednesday said he would not run in the race to be leader of the ruling Liberal Party in the wake of Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's
January 08, 2025
Mexico President Claudia Sheinbaum on Wednesday suggested North America including the United States could be renamed "Mexican America" - an historic name used on an early map
January 08, 2025
Justin Trudeau's successor as Liberal leader and Canada's prime minister will soon face a bruising election against a sharp-tongued populist riding a wave of
January 08, 2025
Venezuelan migrant Mariangela Lozano longs for her homeland, but ahead of Friday's planned inauguration for President Nicolas Maduro's third term, she has
January 08, 2025
Greenland may become independent if its residents want, but is unlikely to become a U.S. state, Denmark's foreign minister said on
January 08, 2025
Is bird flu the next pandemic? What to know after the first H5N1 death in the US
January 08, 2025
Prosecutors in Mexico say that authorities are offering famed regional singer Natanael Cano and other artists state protection after a drug cartel in northern Mexico publicly threatened them
January 07, 2025Joaquin Niemann is headed back to the Masters
January 08, 2025
Brazilians in 2024 withdrew more from savings accounts than they deposited for a fourth straight year, although the outflow fell significantly, central bank data showed on
January 08, 2025
By Fabio Teixeira and Luciana Magalhaes -Electric vehicle producer BYD brought hundreds of Chinese workers on irregular visas to build a factory in Brazil, a key labor inspector told Reuters on
January 08, 2025
Industrial production in Brazil fell for the second month in a row in November, data showed on Wednesday, in a sign the economy may be cooling as the central bank tightens
January 08, 2025Guyana's oil exports rose 54% last year to some 582,000 barrels per day (bpd), fueled by European refiners' demand for easy-to-process
January 08, 2025
Germany has taken note of U.S.
January 08, 2025
For many Americans, stricter immigration policy is not enough. Many would justify civilian and government violence against immigrants to seal the southern US border.
January 06, 2025
Canada’s Freeland has called Trump ‘a bully.’ She could be its next prime minister
January 08, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says he intends to step down as the country’s prime minister, leaving office once a new ruling party leader is chosen.
January 08, 2025
Trump team resurfaces plans to designate Mexican cartels as terror organizations
January 08, 2025
From China to Europe, Canada to Mexico, world markets are already reeling from Donald Trump's promise to jack up tariffs when he becomes U.S. president in less than two weeks.
January 08, 2025
Trump’s threats to Greenland, Canada and Panama explain everything about America First
January 08, 2025Officials say more than 5,600 people were reported killed in Haiti last year as a U.N.-backed mission led by Kenya struggles to contain rampant gang violence
January 07, 2025Roche on Wednesday said it planned to complete its purchase of U.S. biopharmaceutical company Poseida Therapeutics , a specialist in complex immune cell therapies to treat several
January 08, 2025
Thirteen Cuban soldiers are missing after explosions rocked an arms and ammunition depot in the eastern province of Holguin, Cuba's armed forces said late on Tuesday.
January 08, 2025The Miami Dolphins don’t appear to have any immediate plans to trade Tyreek Hill
January 07, 2025
Two U.S. citizens have been arrested in Venezuela, part of a group of seven who President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday branded as "mercenaries," in the latest roundup ahead of the
January 07, 2025
U.S. leaders on Tuesday paid tribute to former President Jimmy Carter -- who had the longest and most admired post-presidency in history -- as
January 07, 2025
Self-exiled Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo González, who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election, says that his son-in-law has been kidnapped in Caracas
January 07, 2025
Brazilian planemaker Embraer delivered 75 aircraft in last year's fourth quarter, similar to the same period in 2023, the company said in a securities filing on Tuesday.
January 07, 2025
Argentina's economy is seen expanding by 4.5% in 2025 while the country's inflation rate is estimated to end this year at 25.9%, according to the average forecast of analysts
January 07, 2025
Trump wants to redraw the map of the Western Hemisphere
January 07, 2025Fitch Ratings on Tuesday upgraded its rating for El Salvador to B- from its prior CCC+ status, along with a stable outlook, citing a reduction in financing needs helped by a recently
January 07, 2025
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva decided to replace his presidential spokesperson Paulo Pimenta in favor for Sidonio Palmeira, a former advisor who worked with Lula
January 07, 2025
Argentina's country risk index, an important reflection of how investors view the country's public debt, closed on Tuesday slightly below the previous day's
January 07, 2025
Man accused of setting woman on fire on subway told police he didn’t remember it, court documents show. Then he saw the video
January 07, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Tuesday dismissed a suggestion by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump that he might use "economic force" to make Canada the 51st U.S. state.
January 07, 2025
New Orleans combat veteran injured in terror attack undergoing surgery for injuries
January 07, 2025Mexico's annual inflation rate likely fell in December, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Tuesday, fueling bets the central bank will keep cutting its benchmark interest
January 07, 2025
E-commerce giants Amazon.com and MercadoLibre stand to benefit from new tariffs on low-cost imports into Mexico over Asian retailers like Shein and Temu, according to
January 07, 2025
Two weeks ahead of President-elect Donald Trump’s second inauguration, Mexico continues dissolving attention-grabbing migrant caravans and dispersing migrants throughout the country to keep them far from the U.S. border, while simultaneously limiting how many accumulate in any one place
January 07, 2025
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January 07, 2025The son-in-law of Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez was kidnapped by masked men on Tuesday morning and is still missing, Gonzalez wrote on X.
January 07, 2025Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday that the country's economic growth likely hit 3.6% in 2024, while the primary deficit for the year is
January 07, 2025
Attorneys say two sons of notorious Mexican drug kingpin “El Chapo” facing sweeping drug-trafficking charges in the U.S. are in plea negotiations with the federal government
January 07, 2025Post office to be renamed in honor of WWII veteran
January 07, 2025
The attack that killed 14 people in New Orleans comes at a difficult time for the FBI, as it finds itself buffeted by suspicion and public criticism from lawmakers, especially allies of President-elect Donald Trump
January 07, 2025
Brazil's federal tax revenue posted double-digit growth in November, the revenue service said on Tuesday, maintaining the strong momentum seen this year as the government works to
January 07, 2025
Cellphone video shows the moments a grill bursts into flames on a balcony; no injuries reported
January 07, 2025
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January 07, 2025
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa said in a decree on Tuesday that interim vice-president Cynthia Natalie Gellibert will serve as acting president from Thursday to Sunday so he
January 07, 2025
Storm surges often are the most deadly and destructive phenomena to accompany a hurricane or tropical cyclone. Here is an explanation of how they form and why they are so dangerous.
January 07, 2025
Canadian alleged drug lord Ryan Wedding still has access to 'network of hitmen': U.S. prosecutors
January 07, 2025The risk to the general population from H5N1 bird flu remains low, a World Health Organization spokesperson said on Tuesday, following the first death of a patient from the virus in
January 07, 2025
The number of migrants arrested illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border in December was lower than when President-elect Donald Trump ended his first term in 2020
January 07, 2025
Indonesia has been admitted as a full member of the BRICS bloc of developing economies
January 06, 2025
The volume of global crude exports in 2024 declined 2%, the first fall since the COVID-19 pandemic, shipping data showed, due to weak demand growth and as
January 07, 2025
Indonesia will formally join BRICS as a full member, Brazil's government said on Monday, further expanding the group of major emerging economies that also includes Russia, India,
January 06, 2025
A security guard at the Honduran consulate near Atlanta was shot dead on Monday by an armed man who refused to hand over his weapon before entering the building and instead fired on the
January 06, 2025Tensions rise in Venezuela as opposition leader González asks military to end Maduro’s reign
January 07, 2025
Biden says New Orleans ‘defines strength and resilience’ in visit to city after deadly attack
January 07, 2025
Authorities say a shooting at the Honduran consulate just outside Atlanta left one person dead and another injured
January 06, 2025Access to halal mortgages, which provide interest-free housing loans, has been growing in the US.
September 16, 2024
The Venezuelan opposition leader who claims to have defeated President Nicolás Maduro in last year’s presidential election has met with U.S. President Joe Biden
January 06, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is expected to announce that he will step down as leader of the ruling Liberal Party. CNN's Paula Newton reports.
January 06, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he won a July presidential election and is recognized by multiple countries as president-elect, said on Monday he
January 06, 2025
Minneapolis on Monday agreed to systemic reforms to its police department and to submit to outside oversight after a U.S. federal investigation spurred by the 2020
January 06, 2025
A former U.S. Marine and a Florida man who were imprisoned in Venezuela have sued President Nicolás Maduro for allegedly heading a vast “criminal enterprise” that uses American citizens as bargaining chips in negotiations with the U.S. The complaint filed Monday in Miami federal court by Matthew Heath and Osman Khan is similar to a slew of lawsuits that have resulted in major judgments for Americans imprisoned in Venezuela
January 07, 2025
The outgoing U.S. ambassador to Mexico says he anticipates “major changes” in the diplomatic relationship between the U.S. and Mexico during the incoming Trump administration
January 06, 2025
Two Indian chemical companies have been indicted for allegedly importing ingredients for the highly addictive opioid fentanyl into the United States and Mexico
January 06, 2025
The CIA has released documents showing it monitored Latino activists who had supported late civil rights icon Martin Luther King Jr. and who opposed police
January 06, 2025
America’s first bird flu death reported in Louisiana
January 06, 2025
A lead prosecutor on the criminal case accusing Donald Trump of illegally holding onto classified documents has left the U.S.
January 06, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation. What happens now?
January 06, 2025
The White House said on Monday that Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who announced that he will step down in the coming months
January 06, 2025
How cold does it need to get before iguanas start falling out of trees?
January 06, 2025Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual is set to announce the acquisition of Swiss private bank Julius Baer's local unit in a deal worth about 1 billion reais ($163.6 million),
January 06, 2025
The extraction of flight data from the Brazilian-made Azerbaijan Airlines plane that crashed in Kazakhstan last month was completed at a lab run by Brazil's air force, according
January 06, 2025
Two pharmaceutical companies based in India have been charged with smuggling chemicals used in the production of the deadly opioid fentanyl
January 06, 2025Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has announced his resignation after nearly a decade in power
January 06, 2025
Venezuela broke off diplomatic relations with Paraguay on Monday, with Paraguay expelling Venezuela's diplomats in the country in return, a day after Paraguayan President
January 06, 2025
Brazil's trade surplus shrank by nearly 25% in 2024 compared to the previous year, to $74.6 billion, official data showed on Monday, driven by higher imports as
January 06, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to pressure from
January 06, 2025
The motorcade carrying former President Jimmy Carter's casket takes him to his boyhood home in Plains, Georgia, one last time while on its way to Atlanta.
December 30, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau made the following public announcement on Monday: "Every morning I've woken up as prime minister, I've been inspired by the resilience, the
January 06, 2025
Justin Trudeau, who said on Monday he would resign as Liberal prime minister once the party names a new leader, led Canada for more than nine years before former
January 06, 2025
Man finds his biological family after 50 years
January 06, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced on Monday that he will step down as the leader of the Liberal Party and as prime minister once his party chooses a
September 05, 2024
Canadian Liberal Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Monday said he would step down in the coming months after nine years in power, bowing to legislators alarmed by the party's
January 06, 2025
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January 06, 2025
Drinking sugary drinks may increase your risk of death. Here are alternative options
January 06, 2025
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that 146 more people arrested after a July election are to be freed, taking the total number of prisoners released to 1,515 just days
January 06, 2025
'He won't be a John Doe anymore': OPP use new DNA testing to solve 21-year-old cold case
January 06, 2025Israeli soldiers face growing risk of arrest abroad after Gaza service
January 05, 2025
Man shot to death in front of young son at cartel-run checkpoint in Mexico, family says
January 06, 2025
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Monday that the government has no plans to raise the financial transactions tax, known as IOF, to address U.S. dollar outflow
January 06, 2025
Relative arrested following death of three women in Brazil Christmas cake poisoning
January 06, 2025
Canada's services economy deteriorated for the first time in three months in December as a postal workers' strike weighed on activity and work outstanding tumbled,
January 06, 2025
HSBC on Monday named Lisa McGeough as chief executive officer and president of its U.S. operations, making her the first woman CEO leading the bank's operations in the region in more than a
January 06, 2025
Copper production at Chile's Codelco, the world's largest producer of the metal, was "slightly higher" in 2024 from the previous year, Chairman Maximo Pacheco said in an interview
January 06, 2025
In the shopping malls of Santiago de Chile and the beaches of Brazil, Argentines are snapping up clothes,
January 06, 2025
Hideki Matsuyama makes PGA Tour history by shooting 35-under to win The Sentry
January 06, 2025
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is increasingly likely to announce he intends to step down, though he has not made a final decision, a source familiar with
January 06, 2025
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said security guarantees for Kyiv to end Russia's war would only be effective if the United States provides
January 05, 2025
A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole.
January 06, 2025
Teddy Stiga scored on a breakaway at 8:04 of 3-on-3 overtime to give the United States a 4-3 victory over Finland on Sunday night in the world junior hockey championship game
January 06, 2025
The FBI is looking into past visits to Egypt and Canada by the suspect in the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people after a truck was rammed into a
January 05, 2025
Ecuador's former Vice President Jorge Glas was returned to prison hours after he was temporarily evacuated for security reasons amid chaotic scenes inside the jail, the
January 05, 2025
The man responsible for the deadly truck attack in New Orleans on New Year’s Day visited the city twice before and recorded video of the French Quarter with Meta smart glasses
January 05, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado has urged supporters to demonstrate across the country, telling them in a video message that President Nicolás Maduro will not step down on his own and they “must make him leave.”
January 05, 2025
Republicans are stepping up their scrutiny of dozens of shelters run by aid groups on the U.S. border with Mexico
January 05, 2025
A soccer-loving nun from Brazil is believed to have become the world’s oldest living person at nearly 117 years old following the recent death of a Japanese woman
January 05, 2025
Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni said on Sunday she was ready to work with Donald Trump after making a surprise visit to Florida to meet the president-
January 04, 2025
U.S. rugby star Ilona Maher has made her debut for the Bristol Bears women’s team in front of a record home crowd of 9,240
January 05, 2025
A second group of 75 Guatemalan soldiers arrived in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince on Saturday to boost a United Nations-backed mission tasked with restoring order amid
January 04, 2025
Mexico opens possibility of receiving non-Mexican deportees from Trump
January 04, 2025They took a video celebrating NYE. Minutes later, they were run over in the New Orleans truck attack
January 04, 2025British police have named one of the victims of the New Year's Day attack in New Orleans as Edward Pettifer, a 31-year-old from London whose stepmother was a nanny to Prince William
January 04, 2025
About 150 military police officers from Central America have started arriving in Haiti
January 04, 2025
Prince William has expressed his shock and sadness at the news of the death of his former nanny’s stepson in the New Year’s truck attack in New Orleans that killed 14 people
January 04, 2025Four Indigenous people, including a child, were shot during an attack in southern Brazil late on Friday, federal police and an Indigenous rights organization said on Saturday, as
January 04, 2025The Venezuelan opposition leader who the United States recognized as the winner of last year's presidential election has kicked off an international tour that will also take him to the United States
January 04, 2025
It’s vastly different to work as an Asian actor in North American hubs such as Toronto, Los Angeles and New York — than in those in Asia, including Hong Kong and Taipei
January 04, 2025
He spent years shadowing smugglers in Mexico. This is what he learned
January 04, 2025
Costumes and high drama: Darts is now ready to break the United States
January 03, 2025
Guatemalan and Salvadoran forces arrive in Haiti to join fight against violent gangs
January 04, 2025
Hideki Matsuyama is leading The Sentry at the halfway point of the start to the new PGA Tour season
January 04, 2025
He says he won Venezuela’s presidential election. Now he’s returning to South America as his rival prepares for inauguration
January 03, 2025
Two family members convicted in the killings of eight members of an Ohio family have received lengthy prison terms for their roles in the 2016 shootings
January 03, 2025A contingent of security forces from Guatemala and El Salvador arrived in Haiti's capital on Friday to reinforce a long-delayed United Nations-backed mission tasked
January 03, 20252 dead, 5 wounded in mass shooting at New Year's Day party
January 03, 2025Authorities in Southern California are pleading with people to come forward with any information about the 2020 shooting deaths of seven Laotian workers at an illegal marijuana farm
January 03, 2025
Flu is taking off in the U.S., with 40 states reporting high or very high levels of flu-like illness last week
January 03, 2025
Venezuelan opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez is set to travel to Uruguay and Panama in the coming days ahead of the Jan. 10 inauguration of President Nicolas Maduro, after a July
January 03, 2025
Brazil's government said on Friday it has reached deals with two of the country's largest airlines, Gol and Azul, to settle some pending tax obligations totaling 7.5 billion reais
January 03, 2025
The FBI has identified the suspect who rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as a 42-year-old Texas man and Army veteran. CNN's Kyung Lah reports.
January 01, 2025
Rafael Campos might be the happiest player at Kapalua for The Sentry
January 03, 2025
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January 03, 2025Toyota Motor North America reported a 3.7% rise in annual U.S. auto sales on Friday, benefiting from higher demand for its hybrid vehicles.
January 03, 2025
The U.S. Surgeon General called on Friday for alcoholic drinks to carry a label warning consumers about their cancer risks.
January 03, 2025
Brazil’s air force says several of its investigators are working with colleagues from three other nations to analyze data from the Azerbaijani airliner that crashed in Kazakhstan on Dec. 25, killing 38 people
January 03, 2025
President Joe Biden will visit New Orleans next week, with the city still reeling from the deadly New Year’s rampage in which an Army veteran plowed a truck into revelers
January 03, 2025
Greenland's Prime Minister Mute Egede emphasised his desire to pursue independence from Denmark, its former colonial ruler, during his New Year speech, marking a significant
January 03, 2025
Argentina's state airline, Aerolineas Argentinas, is slimming down for a potential sale, shedding 13% of its staff, cutting money-losing domestic routes and
January 03, 2025
Norway's sovereign wealth fund said on Friday it had acquired a 45% stake in a portfolio of logistics properties in the United States from the Canada Pension Plan Investment
January 03, 2025Demand for global equity funds shrank in the week through Jan. 1, as higher U.S. Treasury yields led to caution and investors took profits during the year-end trading lull.
January 03, 2025
At least 15 people were killed and dozens injured when a driver identified as Shamsud-Din Jabbar of Texas rammed a pickup truck into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans. CNN's Omar Jimenez reports.
January 02, 2025
Boston College teammates James Hagens and Ryan Leonard each scored twice and the defending champion United States routed Switzerland 7-2 on Thursday in the world junior hockey quarterfinals
January 03, 2025
Dominican Republic deported more than 276,000 Haitians in 2024
January 02, 2025
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January 02, 2025
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January 02, 2025
Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, who says he resoundingly won a July presidential election but has been living in Spain after a warrant was issued for his arrest, said on
January 02, 2025
Argentina's government said on Thursday it had filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court against Venezuela for detaining a member of its gendarmerie, a branch of
January 02, 2025
Couple recounts deadly New Orleans truck attack, "That could have been us"
January 02, 2025
Jenniffer González Colón has been sworn in as Puerto Rico’s new governor as the island held for a normally ebullient ceremony overshadowed by widespread anger over a blackout that hit the U.S. territory days ago
January 02, 2025
Over 300,000 migrants crossed the Darien Gap into Panama in 2024, 42% fewer than the record number who made the perilous jungle crossing from South America a year earlier,
January 02, 2025
In their New Year predictions, high priests from Cuba's Afro-Cuban Santeria religion told followers on Thursday to watch their health and spending, care for their
January 02, 2025
Investigators now believe the driver who barreled through a crowd of New Year’s Day revelers in New Orleans acted alone
January 01, 2025
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa has decreed that Planning Minister Sariha Moya act as interim vice-president until Vice President Veronica Abad arrives in Turkey to represent
January 02, 2025
Aeromexico is the most on-time airline in the world, according to a data company that compiled figures for 2024
January 02, 2025
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January 02, 2025
Canadian manufacturing activity increased at the fastest pace in nearly two years in December as inventory accumulation by U.S. clients in anticipation of trade
January 02, 2025
Norway's Equinor said on Thursday it had secured a financing package of more than $3 billion for its Empire Wind 1 offshore wind power project in the United States.
January 02, 2025
At least 10 people were killed and 30 injured when a vehicle drove into a crowd during New Year’s celebrations on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, officials said. Follow CNN's live updates here.
January 02, 2025
WDSU reporter Fletcher Mackel reports from the French Quarter in New Orleans where police from special operations are working to detonate explosive devices.
January 02, 2025
Authorities say a man who drove a pickup truck at high speed into a crowd of people celebrating the new year in New Orleans was hell-bent on creating carnage
January 01, 2025
Russia said on Thursday it had attacked energy facilities in Ukraine that support Kyiv's military-industrial complex.
January 02, 2025A U.S.
January 01, 2025
A U.S. Army veteran driving a pickup truck that bore the flag of the Islamic State group has wrought carnage on New Orleans’ raucous New Year’s celebration
January 01, 2025
Ecuador orders detention of 16 air force members over disappearance of 4 children
January 01, 2025
An Ecuadorean judge has ordered the arrest of 16 soldiers charged with the disappearance of four children who went missing three weeks ago in the coastal city of Guayaquil
December 31, 2024El Salvador closed 2024 with a record low 114 homicides, continuing notable security gains under a second full year of a state of emergency that has given the government extraordinary powers and curtailed some fundamental rights
January 01, 2025Coco Gauff and Taylor Fritz have powered the U.S. into the semifinals of the United Cup mixed teams tennis event
January 01, 2025
Electric power has been restored to nearly all affected customers across Puerto Rico after a sweeping blackout plunged the U.S. territory into darkness on New Year’s Eve
January 01, 2025
A new chapter in mass attacks began in Nice, France, in 2016, when a man drove a heavy truck into crowds of Bastille Day celebrants.
January 01, 2025
10-year-old girl struck, killed by stray bullet while celebrating New Year's Day
January 01, 2025
Venezuela's economy grew over 9% in 2024, President Nicolas Maduro said, according to a transcript of an interview published by Mexican media outlet La Jornada on Wednesday.
January 01, 2025
From Sydney to Mumbai to Paris to Rio de Janeiro, communities around the world are welcoming 2025 with spectacular light shows, embraces and ice plunges
December 31, 2024
TikTok fined $10 million in Venezuela as court cites deaths from viral challenges
January 01, 2025
They eat what? New Year’s food traditions around the world
December 31, 2024
About 25% of Puerto Rico remains in the dark after a massive power outage, fueling frustration over fragile infrastructure
December 31, 2024
Danny Nelson scored the eventual game-winner in the third period and Trey Augustine made 38 saves, leading the United States to a 4-1 win over Canada and into the top spot in Group A at the world junior hockey championship
December 31, 2024
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December 31, 2024Follow New Year celebrations around the world
December 31, 2024
Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power, although energy was
December 31, 2024
A blackout has hit nearly all of Puerto Rico as the U.S. territory prepares to celebrate New Year’s
December 31, 2024
Mexico's peso weakened nearly 23% this year to close the final day of trading at 20.82 pesos per U.S. dollar on Tuesday, the currency's deepest drop against the greenback since
December 31, 2024
Mexico's tax authority SAT issued new tariffs on Tuesday, which it said will strengthen the surveillance of goods from Asia, a measure that could impact popular online
December 31, 2024
A woman who died after being set on fire on the New York City subway earlier this month was identified as Debrina Kawam, 57, of Toms River, New Jersey, the New York medical
December 31, 2024
Four bodies discovered last week are a group of boys reported missing at the start of the month, Ecuador's attorney general's office
December 31, 2024
Puerto Ricans were without electricity on New Year's Eve after a grid failure left nearly all of the island without power.
December 31, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's health continues to improve after two emergency surgeries earlier this month to treat and prevent bleeding in his head, his
December 31, 2024
Colombia's armed forces seized 626 metric tons of cocaine chloral hydrate during 2024, the armed forces general command said in a statement on Tuesday, up 35% year-on-year.
December 31, 2024Authorities say the mother of a missing Alabama toddler told investigators that the boy is dead
December 31, 2024Family of 6-year-old boy who was taken by man outside of their home speaks out following suspect’s arrest
December 31, 2024
Police say six people have been shot at a New York City convenience store as attackers followed their targets inside
December 31, 2024Tributes to former President Jimmy Carter are pouring in from his small hometown of Plains, Georgia, and around the world
December 30, 2024
Sister of American teacher jailed in Russia hopeful for his release after US declares him ‘wrongfully detained’
December 31, 2024
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December 31, 2024Three suspects were arrested on Monday in the death of a Mexican migration agent who was found earlier in the day with no signs of life, state security and migration
December 31, 2024
A state funeral for Jimmy Carter, the former U.S. president who died on Sunday at the age of 100, will be held at the Washington National Cathedral on Jan.
December 30, 2024
Hundreds of migrants waited in long lines outside an immigration office in southern Mexico on Monday, hoping to secure safe passage north and enter the U.S.
December 30, 2024
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday that 413 more people arrested over election protests are to be freed, taking the total number of prisoners released to 1,369.
December 30, 2024
Brazilian miner Vale has reached an agreement with local authorities to pay up to some 11 billion reais ($1.78 billion) to renegotiate two railway concession contracts, the firm
December 30, 2024
State of emergency declared in Trinidad and Tobago amid exceptionally deadly year
December 30, 2024
A man charged in a drive-by shooting that killed a woman and her 4-month-old baby in Connecticut last month has been ordered held on $5 million bail
December 30, 2024Trinidad and Tobago declared a state of emergency on Monday as the government braced for reprisal shootings after an attempt on a gang leader's life, officials said.
December 30, 2024
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December 30, 2024
An Argentine judge argued that the manager of former One Direction singer Liam Payne and employees of the hotel where he was staying failed the popstar in the moments before
December 30, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva told his Emirati counterpart on Monday that Brazil will work to seal a deal between South American trade bloc Mercosur and the
December 30, 2024
Three women die after eating Christmas cake in suspected poisoning in Brazil
December 30, 2024
Former U.S.
December 30, 2024
A U.S. official says arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in December are little changed from a month earlier
December 30, 2024
A spike in deadly gang violence has prompted the Caribbean islands of Trinidad and Tobago to implement a country-wide state of emergency
December 30, 2024An Argentine judge has confirmed charges against five people in connection with the death of Liam Payne, a former member of musical group One Direction
December 30, 2024
Mexico says it is investigating officials in a town where a sign was posted thanking a drug lord for holiday season gifts for children
December 30, 2024Bird poop may be the key to stopping the next flu pandemic. Here’s why.
December 27, 2024
World leaders and U.S. politicians reacted to news that former U.S.
December 29, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping on Monday offered his condolences over the death of Jimmy Carter, saying the former U.S. president was the driving force behind the establishment of
December 30, 2024
Some 70 countries that are home to half the world’s population held elections in 2024, and voters' message was often: “You’re fired.”
December 30, 2024
Tuomas Uronen scored at 1:46 of overtime to give Finland a 4-3 victory over the defending champion United States on Sunday in the world junior hockey championship
December 30, 2024
Top ranked chess player Magnus Carlsen is headed back to the World Blitz Championship on Monday
December 29, 2024
Former U.S. President Jimmy Carter has died at his home in Plains, Georgia
December 29, 2024
Passengers report flames as Air Canada flight suffers ‘suspected landing gear issue’ after landing
December 29, 2024
The Transportation Safety Board of Canada is investigating an incident involving a plane at the Halifax Stanfield International Airport, which one passenger described as a rough landing that sparked flames
December 29, 2024
Rolex stolen from Keanu Reeves’ LA home turns up in Chile
December 29, 2024
The International Chess Federation says top ranked player Magnus Carlsen has left the World Rapid and Blitz Chess Championships after refusing to change out of the jeans he wore to the competition
December 29, 2024
Notre Dame forward Danny Nelson scored twice, Western Michigan’s Hampton Slukynsky made 25 saves and the defending champion United States beat Latvia 5-1 on Saturday in the world junior hockey championship
December 28, 2024
The Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas, where five members of the Venezuelan opposition are staying to avoid arrest, has become a "prison," one opposition member staying
December 28, 2024
A missing 14-year-old Tennessee girl has been found safe in the Louisiana woods, where authorities say she was left by a man who had picked her up from her home after the two met online
December 28, 2024The Amazon rainforest staggered through another difficult year in 2024
December 27, 2024
A missing dog returned to her home in Florida on Christmas Eve by ringing the doorbell. Athena the German Shepherd had been missing for 9 days.
December 28, 2024
People worldwide associate Brazil with Carnival, though in the northeastern city of São Luis is a little known to festival, now recognized by UNESCO, called ‘Bumba Meu Boi’ or ‘Dance My Ox.’ Passed down through oral tradition, dozens of groups perform in the spectacle across the city and state of Maranhão.
December 28, 2024
Eriks Mateiko scored the lone goal of a shootout in the eighth round to give Latvia a 3-2 victory over Canada on Friday night in the world junior hockey championship
December 28, 2024
We ‘have our head in the sand’: Health experts warn US isn’t reacting fast enough to threat of bird flu
December 27, 2024
Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers have met with President-elect Donald Trump’s nominee for commerce secretary at Mar-a-Lago as Canada tries to avoid sweeping tariffs when Trump takes office
December 27, 2024
The 163 Chinese workers found by Brazil's labor ministry in what it described as "slavery-like conditions" at a factory construction site owned by Chinese
December 27, 2024
Canada's new finance minister Dominic LeBlanc and Foreign Affairs Minister Melanie Joly met aides to U.S.
December 27, 2024
The man accused of killing a woman who was sleeping on a New York City subway car by setting her on fire was indicted by a grand jury on Friday of murder and arson charges,
December 27, 2024
Venezuelan authorities are investigating a detained member of Argentina's Gendarmeria national security force for links to international right-wing terrorism, Venezuela's attorney
December 27, 2024Brazil has stopped issuing temporary work visas for BYD, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs said on Friday, in the wake of accusations that some workers at a
December 27, 2024
A probe into the military’s role in the disappearance of four children in Ecuador this month was delayed for almost two weeks, even though police had access to surveillance videos implicating soldiers in the disappearance
December 27, 2024A Canadian parliamentary committee led by an opposition Conservative Party lawmaker will hold meetings during legislative recess in hopes of expediting the defeat
December 27, 2024
The man accused of burning a woman to death inside a New York City subway train has been indicted on state charges
December 27, 2024
Man goes overboard on cruise ship out of Port Canaveral during Christmas vacation
December 27, 2024Mexican security forces have detained about 475,000 irregular migrants since October, authorities said on Friday, as U.S.
December 27, 2024
Mexico is developing a cellphone app that will allow migrants to warn relatives and consulates if they think they are about to be detained by U.S. immigration officials
December 27, 2024
‘Our livelihood has just been stolen’: Farmer devastated after thieves take livestock
December 27, 2024Guatemala said it is open to engaging in a "constructive and respectful dialogue" with the new administration of incoming U.S.
December 27, 2024
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte on Friday announced that the minimum wage will rise 10% starting next year to just over $300 per month, as the Andean nation shows signs of an
December 27, 2024
Montenegrin Justice Minister Bojan Bozovic has ordered the extradition of Terraform Labs co-founder Do Kwon, also wanted by South Korea, to the United States, the ministry said on
December 27, 2024
Authorities hoping for "miracle" as search for missing Oklahoma girl continue
December 27, 2024
U.S. Customs and Border Protection seizes 22,000 counterfeit vehicle inspection stickers in Philadelphia
December 27, 2024
Guatemala is open to receiving
December 26, 2024
Brazil's consumer prices rose less than expected in the month to mid-December, government statistics agency IBGE said on Friday, an outcome insufficient, however, to lead
December 27, 2024
Brazil's jobless rate hit a fresh record low in the three months through November, official data showed on Friday, but job creation slowed to its lowest pace in nearly a
December 27, 2024
‘A whole different wiring system’: the extreme athletes who pushed limits in 2024 – and why they might not be crazy after all
December 27, 2024
Chile's
December 23, 2024
Brazilian planemaker Embraer has signed a contract to sell two C-390 Millennium military cargo aircraft to an undisclosed client, it said on Friday.
December 27, 2024
China's Jinjiang Group is in the spotlight after Brazil's labour authorities said workers at a factory it is building for electric vehicle maker BYD were victims of human
December 27, 2024
Chinese workers at a construction site in Brazil for a factory owned by China's electric vehicle producer BYD are victims of human trafficking,
December 27, 2024
Jaylen Raynor passed for 221 yards and two touchdowns to go with a rushing score, and Zak Wallace had 99 yards rushing and a TD to help Arkansas State beat Bowling Green 38-31 in the 68 Ventures Bowl
December 27, 2024From its headwaters in Brazil, the Paraguay River flows hundreds of miles south to where it joins the Parana River to form a single 2,100-mile waterway that carries much of the agricultural and mineral wealth of South America to the Atlantic
December 27, 2024Boston University defenseman Cole Hutson had five assists to help the United States open its world junior hockey title defense with a 10-4 victory over Germany on Thursday at Canadian Tire Centre
December 27, 2024
A justice on Brazil's top court on Thursday suspended a law from the country's top soy-producing state that would end tax breaks for firms following an agreement to not
December 27, 2024
Two top Canadian Cabinet ministers are visiting Palm Beach to talk border security and trade with officials in the incoming Donald Trump administration as Trump threatens tariffs on all Canadian products
December 27, 2024
Haiti on Thursday tapped the nation's security minister to fill in as interim health minister, the official gazette showed, two days after armed men fired on a planned
December 26, 2024Puerto Rican superstar Bad Bunny announced he will release a new album in early January
December 26, 2024
Investigators in Mexico have found 12 bodies in clandestine burial sites in the northern border state of Chihuahua
December 27, 2024Haiti’s health minister has been removed from his post following a deadly gang attack on the largest public hospital in the capital, Port-au-Prince
December 26, 2024A man has been arrested in the fatal shooting of a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month
December 26, 2024
Experts on politics in Canada, Germany, Chile, Belarus and the Philippines weigh in on what to expect as each country’s voters prepare to head to the ballot box.
December 26, 2024
Amada Cardenas, a Mexican American woman who lived in the tiny border town of Mirando City in South Texas, played an important role in the history of the peyote trade
December 26, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is decrying rising shipping fees Panama has imposed to use the Panama Canal
December 23, 2024
Jinjiang Group, a contractor for Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD, said on Thursday Brazilian authorities' portrayal of their employees as "enslaved" was inconsistent
December 26, 2024
A spokesperson for Chinese automaker BYD has objected to reports about poor conditions at a construction site in Brazil where it is building a factory, saying the allegations were aimed at “smearing” China and Chinese brands
December 26, 2024
A survivor of the worst gang attack on Haitian journalists in recent memory describes seeing colleagues cut down by bullets and reporters with head and chest wounds going without help
December 26, 2024
Trump names ambassador to Panama after suggesting US control of Panama Canal
December 25, 2024
Brazil’s iconic Christ the Redeemer statue is caught in a battle between church and state
December 25, 2024
Former Surinamese dictator Desi Bouterse has died at 79
December 25, 2024
Convicted murderer who escaped a Mississippi prison on Christmas Eve has been captured
December 25, 2024
Suriname's fugitive former President Desi Bouterse has died aged 79, the country's government said on Wednesday, almost a year after he fled authorities to avoid
December 25, 2024
The U.S. Census Bureau currently is getting public feedback about how it should tally responses from people into new race and ethnicity groups
December 25, 2024
The organizer of a Christmas fair in southern Mexico has been assassinated at his city's holiday event
December 25, 2024At least three people were killed and others injured on Tuesday when armed men opened fire on a group of journalists
December 24, 2024Ecuadorian police have found an undisclosed number of bodies in an area close to a military base
December 25, 2024
Haiti’s online media association says two reporters were killed and several were wounded in a gang attack on the reopening of Port-au-Prince’s biggest public hospital
December 24, 2024
Thousands of liters of chemicals dumped into Brazilian river during deadly bridge collapse
December 25, 2024
Ecuador's attorney general's office will seek charges against 16 military personnel over their suspected involvement in the forced disappearance of four minors, it said in a message
December 24, 2024The Canadian government condemned China on Tuesday for taking steps against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs
December 24, 2024
Colombia's minimum wage will increase by 9.54% in 2025, Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday, announcing the hike by decree after a deal was not reached between the
December 24, 2024
A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors says it has rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like” conditions at a construction site in northeastern Brazil, where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory
December 24, 2024Mexico's central bank board could discuss a rate cut of either 25 basis points or 50 basis points in its next decision in February, Deputy Governor
December 24, 2024
The man accused of killing a woman on a New York City subway train by setting her on fire was charged with murder and arson in an initial court appearance on
December 24, 2024
Brazilian state and federal authorities were assessing on Tuesday the risks of water contamination after trucks carrying sulfuric acid and agricultural pesticides plunged
December 24, 2024
13-year-old shot, killed South Carolina police dog after running from traffic stop, officials say
December 24, 2024
The FBI is offering a $10,000 reward for help finding a man suspected of fatally shooting a 7-year-old boy on a tribal reservation in Colorado earlier this month
December 24, 2024A boat explosion at a South Florida marina has left one person dead and five others injured
December 24, 2024
Amid a fresh wave of violence, Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum has sent her security chief and thousands of troops to stem a bloody escalation of drug
December 24, 2024
The return of the notorious drug trafficker Fabio Ochoa to Colombia, following his deportation from the United States, has reopened old wounds among the victims of the Medellin cartel, with some expressing their dismay at the decision of Colombian authorities to let the former mafia boss walk free
December 24, 2024
A Russian-born U.S. citizen already imprisoned in Russia on a bribery conviction has been handed a second 15-year jail term for espionage, Russian news agencies reported
December 24, 2024Brazilian authorities ruled to keep four Argentine soccer players in preventive detention on Monday after their alleged involvement in a racist incident during the Ladies Cup
December 23, 2024
A Montreal jewelry store owner fought back against armed robbers who crashed a car into his store and made off with tens of thousands of dollars in gold. CNN affiliate CTV reports.
December 24, 2024
Brazilian officials found 163 Chinese nationals working in "slavery-like conditions" at a construction site for a factory owned by Chinese electric vehicle
December 23, 2024
A 33-year-old Guatemalan citizen was charged with murder and arson on Monday after allegedly lighting a woman on fire and watching her burn to death on a New York City subway train
December 23, 2024
One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cartel has been deported back to the South American country, after serving 25 years of a 30-year prison sentence in the United States
December 23, 2024A Russian court has sentenced U.S. citizen Eugene Spector to a total of 15 years in jail after convicting him of espionage in a closed-door trial, Russian state news agencies
December 24, 2024Democracy looks bruised but not beaten as it heads into 2025.
December 24, 2024
5 hospitalized after two boats erupt in flames; search underway for missing person
December 24, 2024Trump is teasing US expansion into Panama, Greenland and Canada
December 23, 2024
Nicaragua's legislature is set to vote on a bill overhauling the Central American nation's banking system, which would give the state control over appointing the leadership at private
December 23, 2024
Venezuelan Attorney General Tarek Saab said on Monday another 223 people arrested over election protests months ago will be released, taking the total number of prisoners freed to
December 23, 2024
WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump on Sunday said he would nominate Mauricio Claver-Carone, who was fired from a previous position for allegedly having an affair with a subordinate, to serve as
December 22, 2024Donald Trump's surprise threat to retake control of the Panama Canal and his expansionist declaration that the United States should
December 23, 2024
President Joe Biden is commuting the sentences of 37 of the 40 people on federal death row
December 23, 2024
Arcadium Lithium said on Monday its shareholders have voted in favor of a $6.7 billion sale to Australian mining giant Rio Tinto.
December 23, 2024
BBVA said on Monday that Mexico's competition authority had given its approval for the Spanish bank to take indirect control of Sabadell's Mexican businesses.
December 23, 2024
Woman dies after being set on fire on NYC subway; Person of interest taken into custody, police say
December 23, 2024First it was Canada, then the Panama Canal
December 23, 2024
Latin American leaders on Monday rallied to Panama's defense after U.S.
December 23, 2024El Salvador's legislature overturned a seven-year-old ban on metals mining on Monday, a move that President Nayib Bukele had pushed for to boost economic growth, but that
December 23, 2024
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa said on Monday that Vice President Veronica Abad will be sent to work in Turkey, a decision that came the same day that a judge overturned her temporary
December 23, 2024
Federal prosecutors say a Brooklyn real estate magnate working with a Turkish government official to funnel illegal campaign contributions to New York City Mayor Eric Adams plans to plead guilty in the case
December 23, 2024At least 207 people were killed by members of the Wharf Jeremie gang in Haiti's portside neighborhood of Cite Soleil earlier this month, the United Nations said in a report on Monday,
December 23, 2024
China said it was taking countermeasures against two Canadian institutions and 20 people involved in human rights issues concerning the Uyghurs and Tibet.
December 22, 2024
2 men arrested after 14-mile chase of car stolen from home in Miami
December 23, 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, whose party looks set to lose power early next year, is under increasing pressure from his own legislators to step down
December 23, 2024
The United Nations has raised the death toll of a recent massacre in which dozens of older people and Vodou religious leaders were killed by a gang in Haiti
December 23, 2024Venezuelan opposition members say they’re under ‘siege’ as they take refuge in an embassy
December 23, 2024
Skiing in North America can be ‘extortionate.’ Here’s where to save money while not scrimping on snow and stoke
December 23, 2024
Brazilian airline Gol is ending 2024 with "good prospects" for adding capacity to its network, Chief Executive Celso Ferrer told Reuters, as planemaker Boeing
December 23, 2024
A biologist hid 350 audio monitors across Costa Rica’s tropical rainforests to spy on endangered spider monkeys in order to help protect them
December 23, 2024
Brazil's Transpetro, a unit of state-run oil firm Petrobras, said on Monday that local shipbuilding firms Ecovix and Mac Laren had won a tender to build four new coastal
December 23, 2024
Canada's economy exceeded market expectations with 0.3% growth in October, led by increases in oil and gas extraction and manufacturing, but gross domestic product likely contracted
December 23, 2024
Chilean miner Codelco has requested an environmental permit to extend the life of its Gabriela Mistral copper mine by more than 25 years with an $800 million investment, the state
December 23, 2024
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expressed support for Panama's government on Monday after U.S.
December 23, 2024
The asset management arm of U.S. insurer giant MetLife has agreed to buy PineBridge Investments from Hong Kong billionaire Richard Li's Pacific Century Group (PCG) in a deal valued at up to
December 23, 2024
An earthquake of magnitude 5.9 struck Cuba on Monday, the European-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said.
December 23, 2024Small plane crashes into Brazilian city, killing all 10 people on board
December 22, 2024
Lithium Americas said on Monday it has closed its joint venture with U.S. automaker General Motors to develop the Thacker Pass lithium mine in Nevada.
December 23, 2024
Hyatt Hotels is in exclusive talks regarding a potential takeover of Playa Hotels & Resorts N.V. among other strategic options for the $1.2 billion resort operator, the companies said on
December 23, 2024
Brazilian police say that that at least two people have been killed and a dozen others are missing after the collapse of a bridge that linked two northern states
December 23, 2024Dutch technology investor Prosus NV said on Monday it would buy Latin America-focused online travel agency Despegar.com Corp for about $1.7 billion in cash, as it looks to expand its
December 23, 2024
Brazil recorded a current account deficit of $3.1 billion in November, the central bank said on Monday, widening the 12-month shortfall mainly due to a weaker trade surplus.
December 23, 2024
Australia's Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus said on Monday he had approved a United States extradition request for former U.S.
December 23, 2024New Zealand has rejected a proposal by the Cook Islands, a self-governing nation in free association with the larger Pacific country, to allow the creation of
December 23, 2024
No sooner had the global economy started to put the aftermath of the COVID-19 pandemic behind it than a whole new set of challenges opened up for 2025.
December 23, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump threatened to reassert U.S. control over the Panama Canal on Sunday, accusing Panama of charging excessive rates to
December 22, 2024
A bridge connecting two states in Brazil's northern and northeastern regions collapsed on Sunday as vehicles were crossing, killing at least one person and spilling sulfuric acid into the
December 22, 2024
Colombia’s largest remaining rebel group has announced a unilateral truce to last until Jan. 3, the first since the previous ceasefire broke down in August
December 22, 2024Santa Claus has braved the sticky heat of the Amazon rainforest this weekend, taking two boats to bring gifts to the children of a small village near the Brazilian city of Manaus
December 22, 2024
A small plane carrying 10 people crashed into shops in the center of the tourist city of Gramado in southern Brazil on Sunday, killing everyone on board, state government
December 22, 2024
Authorities have now identified a pickup truck driver they say fled police and careened through the doors of a JCPenney store at a Texas mall, injuring five people before he was fatally shot by officers
December 22, 2024
Brazil’s Civil Defense Agency says a small plane has crashed into a Brazilian town that's popular with tourists and killed all 10 passengers and crew on board
December 22, 2024
Unifor said on Sunday that its members at Canadian National Railway have ratified a new four-year collective agreement, averting a potential strike action.
December 22, 2024
Police identify driver who crashed into Texas mall before being shot by officers
December 22, 2024The US still has not had a woman leader – here are the countries that have
December 22, 2024
Guatemalan authorities rescued 160 children and adolescents from the fundamentalist Jewish sect Lev Tahor in southeastern Guatemala on Friday following allegations of child
December 21, 2024
Guatemalan authorities have searched the compound of an extremist ultra-orthodox Jewish sect and taken at least 160 minors and 40 women into protective custody after reports of abuse
December 21, 2024Santa Claus has arrived in Rio de Janeiro — under water
December 21, 2024
It's eggnog season
December 21, 2024
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum expects Congress to approve a ban early next year on planting genetically modified corn in the country, she said on Saturday.
December 21, 2024
Arrests made in killing of woman, 4-year-old daughter on Florida Turnpike
December 21, 2024
A packed bus collided with a truck and burst into flames early on Saturday in Brazil, killing more than 30 people, the fire department said.
December 21, 2024
Officials say 38 people have been killed in a crash between a passenger bus and a truck on a highway in Minas Gerais, a state in southeastern Brazil
December 21, 2024Journalist travels to Europe to follow in grandfather's heroic footsteps
December 21, 2024
El Salvador's Congress will begin debating a bill on Saturday from President Nayib Bukele that would overturn a 2017 national ban on metals mining, the head of the president's
December 21, 2024
Gang-related kidnapping at apartment puts Colorado city back in national immigration debate
December 18, 2024
El Salvador violated a woman's rights after denying her an abortion in 2013 despite doctors' calls to terminate her high-risk pregnancy, the Inter-American Court of
December 20, 2024
Police say 11 people, including some members of a Venezuelan gang, are facing potential criminal charges in connection with the violent abduction and beating of a couple at an apartment complex in a Denver suburb
December 21, 2024Tens of thousands of Cubans marched in front of the U.S. embassy in Havana on Friday to protest longstanding sanctions in the waning weeks of the
December 20, 2024
Two little piggies will not become Christmas Eve roast pork thanks to a holiday pardon they received from a Florida mayor
December 20, 2024
An Indiana man convicted in the 2017 killings of two teenage girls who vanished during a winter hike has been sentenced to the maximum of 130 years in prison
December 20, 2024
Three Black men who were lynched by mobs in Virginia during the 1800s and early 1900s have been declared innocent by a judge
December 20, 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s chances of staying on in power have become more tenuous after the opposition party that backed his government for years said it'll vote no confidence in the government when Parliament resumes
December 20, 2024
Argentina's economic activity fell 0.7% in October compared with the same month a year earlier, the fifth consecutive month the economy has contracted in year-on-year terms,
December 20, 2024
Venezuelan attorney general Tarek Saab said 200 more people arrested over election protests are to be freed, the latest in a series prisoner releases.
December 20, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Friday looked set to lose power early next year after a key ally said he would move to bring down the minority Liberal
December 20, 2024
Colombia's central bank on Friday cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 9.50%, a smaller move than expected by markets, as it
December 20, 2024
An Indigenous community in Peru has won the latest stage of a legal battle to reclaim lost rainforests
December 20, 2024
Seven inmates are dead after a prison riot in southern Mexico, where inmates resisted transfers to other jails and fought police with guns and knives
December 20, 2024Quebec woman convicted of killing partner, two children, sentenced
December 20, 2024Conservative leader to Trump: 'Canada will never be the 51st state'
December 20, 2024U.S.
December 20, 2024Brazil's Congress approved a government-proposed fiscal package on Friday that includes measures to contain spending aimed at putting the country's finances on a more sustainable
December 20, 2024
Netflix has secured the U.S. broadcasting rights to the Women’s World Cup in 2027 and 2031 as the streaming giant continues its push into live sports
December 20, 2024
Britain named Labour Party grandee Peter Mandelson as its ambassador to the United States on Friday, seeking to woo Donald Trump's administration, avoid a trade war
December 20, 2024
U.S. crude oil exports to northwest Europe are likely to slip early next year after hitting a record high in
December 19, 2024
Activist investor Browning West said on Friday it has built a 4.3% stake in CAE, pushing to have a say in hiring the flight simulator maker's new top boss.
December 20, 2024
Cruise operator Carnival Corp forecast strong bookings for 2025 ahead of the busy summer travel season, riding the wave of strong spending on experiences even as
December 20, 2024
One of the six Venezuelan opposition staffers who have been living at the Argentine diplomatic residence in Caracas has turned himself in to the
December 20, 2024Peruvian copper production is expected to remain flat in 2025 for the third straight year, according to the country's top mining association and industry analysts, as
December 20, 2024
Canada's retail sales in October were marginally lower than expected as a jump in new car sales offset consumers' reduced purchases at supermarkets, grocery
December 20, 2024
FIFA and Netflix have signed a deal to broadcast the 2027 and 2031 editions of the Women's World Cup in the United States, world soccer's governing body said on Friday.
December 20, 2024
‘Bizarre’ blob-headed fish and amphibious mouse among 27 new species found in Peru
December 20, 2024An "amphibious mouse" with partially webbed feet that eats aquatic insects was among 27 new species discovered during a 2022 expedition to Peru's Amazon, according to Conservation
December 20, 2024New discoveries from several archaeological sites in North and South America suggest that ancient people first arrived in the New World much earlier than scientists once thought
December 19, 2024
Christmas mystery to miracle: Louisville family reunited with lost gifts
December 20, 2024
Canadian wholesale trade most likely fell 0.7% in November from October, largely driven by lower sales in the motor vehicle and motor vehicle parts and accessories, and the building
December 20, 2024
Seven bullets pounded into Juan López outside a small white church on a sunny September afternoon
December 20, 2024Born in Ghana, Sister Seyram Mary Adzokpa had never encountered a nun until adulthood
December 20, 2024
Alleged interference by Colombian President Gustavo Petro in majority state-owned Ecopetrol and purges of hundreds of staff to make way for
December 20, 2024
Brazil expects the South American trade bloc Mercosur to speed up more free trade negotiations after clinching a deal with the European
December 20, 2024
Authorities say a 24-year-old man suspected of fatally shooting three people in central Illinois has been killed after firing shots at police in suburban Chicago
December 20, 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau will shuffle his Cabinet on Friday
December 19, 2024
Brazil's lower house and Senate were voting on Thursday evening on a government package of three proposals aimed at cutting spending, although some of the included
December 19, 2024
U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says it deported more than 270,000 people over a recent 12-month period, the highest annual tally in a decade
December 19, 2024
The IMF on Thursday said its executive board completed the first review of an extended fund facility for Ecuador, allowing for an immediate disbursement of around $500 million.
December 19, 2024
Texas is launching a visceral billboard campaign in Mexico and Central America to deter illegal immigration by highlighting sexual assault and other dangers, Texas Governor
December 19, 2024
Global aerospace company AAR Corp agreed to resolve U.S. charges in connection with schemes to bribe Nepalese and South African officials, the
December 19, 2024
Two new perentie lizards have hatched at the Los Angeles Zoo, the first of their species to be bred there
December 20, 2024
A Utah woman who police believe was shot and killed by her husband along with three of their children was a refugee who fled violence in Myanmar
December 19, 2024Colombia's government has set its spending budget for 2025 at 511 trillion pesos ($117.2 billion) according to a decree signed by Finance Minister Diego Guevara that was published on
December 19, 2024Canada's new Finance Minister Dominic LeBlanc said the country's financial reserves are enough to support businesses and individuals if the United States imposes a major new tariff.
December 19, 2024
Mexico's central bank lowered its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 10.00% on Thursday and signaled larger rate cuts could be
December 19, 2024
Cody Bellinger experienced a World Series title at old Yankee Stadium
December 19, 2024
El Salvador said on Thursday it would keep buying bitcoin, possibly at an accelerated pace, a day after the government reached a financing agreement with the
December 19, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, who is mulling his future amid a major political crisis, has the full support of his cabinet to stay on, new Finance
December 19, 2024
Man arrested after firing "hundreds of rounds" of ammunition in Rio Rancho
December 19, 2024As blackouts, food, fuel and labor shortages in Cuba grow more acute by the day, a trip to the Caribbean island has become a hard sell.
December 19, 2024
Police in a Salt Lake City suburb say they have no motive yet to explain why a man apparently killed his wife and three children before killing himself
December 18, 2024
‘Ours is the only city in Brazil where the Confederate flag flies,’ said a city council member in Santa Bárbara d’Oeste. A new law there bans ‘symbols that promote racist and segregationist ideas.’
December 19, 2024
Top dealmakers expect global mergers and acquisitions (M&A)volumes to surpass $4 trillion next year, the highest in
December 19, 2024
The Pentagon has transferred two Malaysian detainees at the Guantanamo Bay U.S. military prison to their home country
December 18, 2024
Naturalized US citizen accused of running ‘overseas police station’ in NY pleads guilty to conspiring to act as Chinese agent
December 19, 2024
An arson attack is suspected to have targeted a synagogue in a Montreal suburb, the second time it was hit by an incendiary device in a little more than a year
December 18, 2024The United States voiced alarm at the United Nations Security Council on Wednesday that Russia was close to accepting a nuclear-armed North Korea, as
December 18, 2024
Mexico's Security Minister Omar Garcia Harfuch confirmed on Wednesday the death of a staff investigator in the violence-racked city of Culiacan, where a deadly conflict pitting
December 18, 2024Brazil's real tumbled by the most in over two years to a fresh record low on Wednesday and stocks were also under pressure as financial markets put the Brazilian
December 18, 2024
The U.S. said on Wednesday it has requested the establishment of dispute settlement panels under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade deal after failing to reach agreement with Mexico
December 18, 2024Brazil’s real has fallen to its weakest level against the dollar since the currency was introduced in 1994, undercut by investors’ frustration with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's efforts to rein in government spending
December 18, 2024
Alberta’s premier responded to President-elect Donald Trump’s trolling of Canada by saying the trade deficit with the country is due to billions of raw materials being sent south which creates trillions of wealth in America
December 18, 2024
Couple arrested for beating, choking child over missing cushion, deputies say
December 18, 2024By Ted Hesson, Ben Kellerman and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON - President-elect Donald Trump plans to launch a mass deportation operation targeting millions of immigrants living in the U.S. illegally and
December 18, 2024
Health officials have confirmed the first case of severe illness in the U.S. caused by bird flu
December 18, 2024
Mexico's president has unveiled a bilingual “hymn” to Mexican migrants living in the United States, even as migrants from other countries continue to suffer abuses, delays and hostility in Mexico
December 18, 2024America’s first severe case of bird flu confirmed in Louisiana
December 18, 2024
A grand jury in Washington has returned an indictment against former Congressman David Rivera for failing to register as a foreign agent of a sanctioned Venezuelan media tycoon on whose behalf the Miami Republican allegedly lobbied the Trump administration
December 18, 2024
Economic activity in Argentina likely fell in October versus the same month a year earlier, a Reuters poll of market analysts showed on Wednesday, although
December 18, 2024
Scholars are hailing the discovery of a fossilized mastodon jaw discovered by a man who spotted two giant teeth while gardening at his upstate New York home this year
December 18, 2024
Whether it was spent feasting or plotting escapes, the week between Christmas and the new year offered a rare opportunity for enslaved men, women and children to reclaim their humanity.
December 18, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump is threatening tariffs on Mexico and Canada as he seeks to portray them as responsible for illegal immigration and drug smuggling
November 26, 2024
Birkenstock beat market expectations for fourth-quarter results on robust demand for its pricey footwear and forecast a recovery in margins in fiscal 2025
December 18, 2024
Community reacts to quadruple homicide in Belen
December 18, 2024A fur seal was spotted on Ipanema beach in Rio de Janeiro on Wednesday, attracting attention from locals and tourists
December 18, 2024
Economies in Latin America and the Caribbean are expected to grow by 2.4% in 2025, driven by domestic consumption but tempered by a risk of worsening global geopolitical and trade
December 18, 2024
Trump is going after Canada now – but everyone else is next
December 18, 2024Cannons abandoned by doomed Spanish expedition are thought to be oldest firearms found in US
December 18, 2024
Police say five family members have been found dead inside a home in Utah, including three children
December 18, 2024Miami-Dade man arrested after 10-year-old nephew accidentally shoots himself with unsecured firearm, police say
December 18, 2024Five members of a Utah family including children aged 2, 9 and 11 were found dead of gunshot wounds in their home on Tuesday, while one 17-year-old boy was injured, police
December 18, 2024Santa Clauses are coming to town
December 14, 2024
Helena Monteiro da Costa's father was brought from Angola to Brazil as an enslaved person in the 19th century.
December 18, 2024
Across the globe in 2024, Reuters photographers took hundreds of thousands of images of our changing world - its daily life, its disaster zones, the U.S. campaign trails that light up the
December 17, 2024
Japan's Seven & i Holdings said on Wednesday it plans to open 500 new convenience stores in the United States and Canada through 2027.
December 18, 2024
Everyone has a lucky number in Las Vegas
December 17, 2024
New Zealand will provide financial compensation to children and teens who were abused at a state psychiatric hospital in the 1970s and issue a written letter of
December 18, 2024The U.S. government has dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed
December 17, 2024Rayful Edmond, a notorious drug kingpin who controlled a significant portion of Washington, D
December 18, 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau faces growing pressure to resign from his own Liberal Party after his top minister abruptly quit and criticized his handling of the budget
December 17, 2024
Four police officers are dead after an attack by gunmen on a police patrol in the north-central state of Guanajuato
December 17, 2024A grand jury has recommended no charges be filed against seven Oklahoma City police officers who fatally shot a woman
December 17, 2024Four Canadian ministers publicly unveiled on Tuesday a border security plan they had privately presented to U.S.
December 17, 2024
Dozens of children with disability gathered on Rio de Janeiro’s Copacabana beach on Tuesday to receive presents — and joy — from the white-bearded man, a joint effort by the city’s firefighters and nonprofit associations
December 17, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is reflecting on complaints about his leadership by legislators from the ruling Liberal Party who are unhappy that Finance
December 17, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei on Tuesday demanded that Venezuelan authorities immediately free an Argentine soldier arrested earlier this month who Milei said entered
December 18, 2024
Armed men attacked and partially destroyed a hospital in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince, a hospital director told Reuters on Tuesday, amid a wave of escalating violence that
December 17, 2024
Chile's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 25 basis points to 5.00% on Tuesday, extending an easing cycle that began last year
December 17, 2024
Police say over a dozen people tied up and terrorized a man and woman at a crime-riddled suburban Denver apartment in what's being described as an apparent gang-related attack on two Venezuelan immigrants
December 17, 2024
Mastercard said on Tuesday that its board has approved a new share repurchase program, authorizing the company to buy back up to $12 billion of its Class A shares.
December 17, 2024
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December 17, 2024
At least 14 people are dead and hundreds more are injured after a magnitude 7.3 earthquake struck off Vanuatu, causing widespread damage across the South Pacific island nation
December 17, 2024
More world leaders are confirming they have been invited to President-elect Donald Trump’s inauguration
December 17, 2024
A Minnesota man has been sentenced to life in prison without the possibility of parole for killing his girlfriend, whose disappearance after she dropped off their kids at day care drew national attention and prompted thousands of volunteers to join a 69-day search for her
December 17, 2024The U.S. is still separating some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas
December 17, 2024
'She will not be missed': Trump on Chrystia Freeland's departure from Canadian cabinet
December 17, 2024'A light in the darkness': Theology historian explains background, popularity of Moravian Star
December 17, 2024
Canada imposed sanctions on five current or former senior officials of the Venezuelan government on Tuesday, saying the individuals undermined democracy, in a move rejected by
December 17, 2024
Mexico's defense secretary says an improvised land mine apparently planted by a drug cartel has killed two soldiers and wounded five others
December 17, 2024The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has been sentenced to two and a half years in prison for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon $1.2 billion from the state-owned oil company, some of which allegedly landed into accounts controlled by President Nicolás Maduro’s stepsons
December 17, 2024Air Canada said on Tuesday it was targeting a 36% jump in its 2028 operating revenue from the current year, riding a wave of strong demand for leisure travel across domestic and
December 17, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is facing the biggest test of his political career following the resignation of Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland, long one of his most powerful and loyal ministers
December 16, 2024
Anti-whaling activist Paul Watson was freed from prison in Denmark on Tuesday and will not be extradited to Japan, his lawyer said
December 17, 2024The abrupt resignation of Canada's finance minister leaves the government adrift less than a month before the inauguration of a new U.S. administration that could
December 17, 2024
Brazilian digital bank Nubank said on Monday it has invested $150 million in Tyme Group, a Singapore-based digital bank backed by China's Tencent with 15 million
December 17, 2024
Argentina exits recession in win for libertarian president Milei
December 17, 2024
Ecuador has completed its second debt-for-nature swap, this time unlocking $460 million to protect and manage the forests and wetlands of its Amazon rainforest,
December 17, 2024
Health officials in the Gaza Strip say more than 45,000 Palestinians have now been killed in the war between Israel and Hamas militants
December 16, 2024
The U.S. government deported drug lord Osiel Cardenas on Monday, transferring custody of the ex-Gulf Cartel chief known for hyper-violent tactics to Mexican
December 17, 2024
The Baltimore Orioles have agreed to a $13 million, one-year contract with Japanese star Tomoyuki Sugano
December 17, 2024
A German-Canadian resident of China was sentenced to 24 months in prison in the U.S. for stealing electric vehicle trade secrets from Tesla for his competing EV battery
December 16, 2024
US players will be paid to play at next year’s Ryder Cup, with more allocated to charity
December 16, 2024
Notorious drug lord Osiel Cárdenas has been returned to Mexico after serving a U.S. sentence and was quickly re-arrested and sent to a maximum security prison to face Mexican charges
December 17, 2024
Authorities in two states in southern Mexico have arrested more than 100 local police officers for various abuses and offenses
December 17, 2024Canada's government on Monday proposed C$1.3 billion ($913.05 million) for border security after U.S.
December 16, 2024
Brazilian investor Nelson Tanure has initiated preliminary discussions with French retailer Casino,about buying at least part of its shares
December 16, 2024
Venezuela's attorney general said in a statement on Monday that 533 people arrested for taking part in protests over a contested July election have been freed.
December 16, 2024
Market anxiety dragged Brazil's real currency to a historic low on Monday as significant central bank interventions again failed to
December 16, 2024
Prosecutors in Bolivia are seeking the arrest of former President Evo Morales in connection to a sexual abuse investigation involving his alleged fathering of a child with a 15-year-old girl
December 16, 2024
Canadian housing starts rose 8% in November, beating market expectations, driven primarily by multi-unit starts in Quebec, Alberta and British Columbia, data from the national
December 16, 2024
A man detained in Venezuela during the civil unrest that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election has died while in custody
December 16, 2024
Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland unexpectedly resigned on Monday, saying she was no longer on the same page with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau about the best path forward
December 16, 2024
Six Lego-like concrete blocks mark the end of a rural road at the U.S.-Canada border.
December 16, 2024
Canada's Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland resigned on Monday after Prime Minister Justin Trudeau asked her to take a lesser cabinet position, bringing more uncertainty to an
December 16, 2024
Mexico's antitrust watchdog Cofece said on Monday it could fine Walmart's local unit, Walmex, up to 8% of its income if it does not comply with a resolution prohibiting the
December 16, 2024
Argentina's economy in the July to September period notched its first quarter-on-quarter economic expansion since entering a technical recession at the end 2023, but
December 16, 2024
Cuban Economy Minister Joaquín Alonso Vázquez on Monday forecast the Caribbean island's economy would grow only 1% in 2025 after a dismal year marked by one of the country's worst
December 16, 2024
Interpol says a crackdown on suspected illegal deforestation in South America has netted 26 arrests
December 16, 2024
Authorities say security guards at the federal courthouse in Harrisburg shot and wounded a knife-wielding man who attempted to attack one of them
December 16, 2024In 2024, it often felt like it was flooding somewhere in the world.
December 16, 2024
Housewife Yola Chura worried about high food prices while shopping at a market in Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, where she and many others are struggling
December 16, 2024
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December 11, 2024
Exxon Mobil wants to preserve its right of first refusal in
December 11, 2024
The arrest of a four-star general in Brazil over the weekend shows courts are ready to play hardball with those accused of plotting to violently overturn
December 16, 2024
Americans will be getting paid to play in the Ryder Cup for the first time
December 16, 2024
Trump reversed the Cuba ‘thaw’ initiated by President Barack Obama. But second-guessing the incoming president’s policy on the island isn’t straightforward.
December 16, 2024
Authorities say gunmen have killed the mayor of a small Mexican town along with three other people in a highway attack on their vehicle
December 16, 2024U.S. President-elect Donald Trump is set to take office in January with a promise of carrying out mass deportations, leaving Honduras and other Central American countries bracing for a potential influx of vulnerable migrants — a situation they are ill-prepared to handle
December 16, 2024
Teenage boy accused of killing 4 family members in New Mexico home
December 16, 2024Police in Houston say two teens were killed and four were injured — including a 13-year-old girl — in a shooting at a makeshift club
December 15, 2024
A man from Memphis, Tennessee has been found guilty in a Fiji court of murdering his wife during their honeymoon in 2022, the prosecutor's office said Monday
December 16, 2024A judge in Las Vegas has sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona
December 14, 2024
Bolivia is the only country in the world that holds elections for top judicial posts
December 15, 2024
Argentina’s President Javier Milei given Italian citizenship during state visit
December 15, 2024
Rafael and Gloria Cardona, a California couple visiting Mexico for the holidays, were shot and killed when armed gunmen fired on their vehicle, according to authorities. CNN's Camila Bernal reports.
December 12, 2024
Authorities say a 16-year-old boy has been arrested in connection with the deaths of four family members in a rural area southeast of Belen
December 15, 2024Doctors discharged Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva from a Sao Paulo hospital on Sunday, after a pair of emergency surgeries last week to
December 15, 2024
Bulgarian customs officials have found about 420 pounds of cocaine hidden on a ship at the Black Sea port of Burgas
December 15, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has been discharged from the hospital after undergoing surgery to stop a brain bleed
December 15, 2024
China's CNOOC Ltd has sold its U.S. subsidiary, together with its upstream oil and gas assets in the Gulf of Mexico, to British chemicals group INEOS, according to a CNOOC
December 14, 2024
An American couple has been shot to death while visiting the western Mexico state of Michoacan
December 15, 2024U.S.
December 14, 2024
Brazil’s federal police have arrested Gen. Walter Braga Netto, a member of former President Jair Bolsonaro’s Cabinet, in connection with an alleged coup plot, the Supreme Court said in a statement
December 14, 2024Police arrested Brazil's former Defense Minister Walter Braga Netto on Saturday and charged him with meddling in a probe into a
December 14, 2024
Wisconsin kayaker turned himself in after officials say he faked his death and fled to Eastern Europe
December 11, 2024
Inside the 93-year-old watchtower that's attracted Norwegian royalty
December 14, 2024Man to spend up to 10 years behind bars for kidnapping a woman
December 14, 2024Human remains discovered three months ago in a pickup truck in the Mississippi River have been identified as an Illinois man who was reported missing in 2019
December 14, 2024An Iranian court has sentenced Iranian-American journalist Reza Valizadeh to 10 years in prison for working at a U.S.-funded radio outlet, his lawyer Mohammad Hossein Aghasi said on
December 14, 2024California couple killed while on holiday in Mexico
December 12, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is expected to undergo a blood test later on Saturday as he remains hospitalized in semi-intensive care, according to a medical
December 14, 2024
CNN's Bill Weir witnesses a moment years in the making, as Rewilding Argentina and Tompkins Conservation, led by former Patagonia CEO Kristine Tompkins, take the next steps to release a female jaguar into northeastern Argentina, in the hopes of reviving a lost population.
December 14, 2024
Argentina's government said on Friday it strongly rejected what it called the arbitrary and unjustified detention of a non-commissioned officer of the country's Gendarmeria, a
December 13, 2024Telefonica is partnering with Epic Games to bring the "Fortnite" video game maker's marketplace app directly to millions of devices on the Spanish telecoms company's network, the companies
December 12, 2024Cubans still reeling from months of hours-long blackouts now have a new problem on their hands: fuel shortages.
December 13, 2024
After meeting with Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and other top Canadian officials, Doug Ford, the premier of Ontario, threatened to cut off energy to parts of the United States if President-elect Donald Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on Canada.
December 13, 2024
Walmart’s Mexico subsidiary says it plans to appeal a $4.6 million fine for alleged monopolistic practices involving suppliers
December 13, 2024Ottawa and the provinces will respond robustly if the incoming U.S. administration goes ahead with a promise to impose tariffs on imports from Canada, Finance
December 13, 2024
Prosecutors in Texas will seek the death penalty for two Venezuelan men who are accused of killing a 12-year-old Houston girl after they entered the U.S. illegally
December 13, 2024
Coca-Cola Brasil invested 550 million reais ($91 million) to expand a concentrate beverage plant in the Brazilian state of Amazonas, the company said in a statement.
December 13, 2024
Bank of Montreal is hiring Tony Sciarrino from JPMorgan Chase to lead its U.S. commercial banking business, replacing Ray Whitacre who will retire Jan. 1,
December 13, 2024
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December 13, 2024
Colombian authorities say they have arrested a suspected British drug trafficker they characterized as “invisible” due to the low-key lifestyle that they said allowed him to remain anonymous while working for a cartel
December 13, 2024Italy's government has granted citizenship to Argentina's President Javier Milei on account of his Italian family roots, a
December 13, 2024
Mexico's antitrust watchdog Cofece ruled that the local unit of U.S.-based retail giant Walmart, known as Walmex, engaged in monopolistic
December 13, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva posted an Instagram video on Friday where he can be seen walking for the first time since being rushed to a hospital earlier this
December 13, 2024
Foreign investors added a net $19.2 billion to their emerging market portfolio holdings in November, with selling of stocks more than offset by a continuing flow of cash
December 13, 2024
Top musician forced to cancel concert after Air Canada refused to give his priceless cello a seat on plane
December 13, 2024
The Kremlin praised U.S.
December 13, 2024
An Argentine tourist has been shot in the head and chest in Rio de Janeiro after he mistakenly drove his car into a low-income community, police said
December 12, 2024A U.S. couple was shot dead in the violence-plagued western Mexican state of Michoacan, state prosecutors said on Thursday, just after the country's president had wrapped up a
December 13, 2024An American who disappeared seven months ago into former Syrian President Bashar Assad’s notorious prison system says he was released by the “liberators” who arrived in Damascus a day after the longtime ruler fled the capital
December 12, 2024
Mexico's Senate on Thursday approved reforms to improve conditions for drivers with ride-hailing and delivery services such as DiDi, Rappi and Uber, ensuring access to social
December 13, 2024
A monster diamond, ancient lipstick and erotic Roman frescoes: 15 remarkable discoveries of 2024
December 13, 2024
The U.S. Department of Energy says $365 million is available to install solar and battery storage systems in homes and healthcare centers across Puerto Rico
December 12, 2024Missing US man found in Syria says he was kept in prison after entering country as a pilgrim
December 12, 2024
Global sales of fully electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles rose for a seventh consecutive month in November, jumping 32% year on year for a third consecutive record
December 13, 2024
A senior official in Canada’s most populous province says that Ontario could bar American-made alcohol and restrict electricity to three U.S. states if President-elect Donald Trump imposes sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products
December 12, 2024
A fireworks explosion in Mexico injured at least 30 people on Thursday during the Virgin of Guadalupe festivities at a church in the state of Guerrero, local authorities said.
December 12, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva had a drain removed from his head on Thursday evening, his doctors said, as he recovers from emergency surgery
December 12, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi ‘has been found safe,’ family says in new statement after police declared her voluntarily missing
December 11, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi, the Hawaii woman who’s been missing for more than three weeks after arriving in Los Angeles on a flight from Maui, has been declared a voluntary missing person, according to Los Angeles police who have videos and photos of her in various locations throughout the city. CNN's Julia Vargas Jones breaks down the timeline.
December 11, 2024
Argentina's economy is expected to have contracted 2.6% in the third quarter of 2024 versus a year earlier, the sixth straight such decline, but expanded
December 12, 2024
Venezuelan authorities said on Thursday that they have released 103 people this week who had been arrested amid anti-government protests following last July's contested presidential
December 12, 2024
A senior judge was assassinated in the Mexican resort city of Acapulco on Wednesday a day after the country's president convened security officials there to address a wave of
December 12, 2024
Paraguay formally opened its new Jerusalem embassy in Israel on Thursday in a ceremony attended by President Santiago Peña and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, following
December 12, 2024
The Western Canadian province of Alberta will spend C$29 million ($20.46 million) to create a new sheriff-led patrol unit to police its 298-kilometer (185-mile) border with
December 12, 2024
The wife of a Wisconsin kayaker who faked his own drowning so he could abscond to Europe has filed a court action to end the couple's marriage
December 12, 2024
Male humpback whale makes record-breaking migration
December 12, 2024
The trial against Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco, who has been charged with sexually abusing a minor, sexual and commercial exploitation against a minor, and human trafficking, has been postponed until June 2, 2025
December 12, 2024
Three taxi drivers have been arrested in Puerto Morelos in Mexico, just south of Cancun, for threatening a tourist for using a ride-share app
December 12, 2024Bolivia extradited its former anti-drugs director to the United States on Thursday to face cocaine trafficking charges, a milestone in the country's crackdown on narcotics smuggling
December 12, 2024The Inter-American Development Bank on Thursday announced the launch of a regional security alliance against crime that brings together 18 governments across
December 12, 2024
Paraguay has reopened its embassy in Jerusalem, a move that marks a diplomatic win for Israel as it faces increasing international isolation because of the Gaza war
December 12, 2024
Bolivia’s former anti-narcotics chief has been extradited to the United States to face federal drug trafficking charges in a New York court
December 12, 2024
The global diesel market will likely find price support in 2025 from the closure of about 1% of refining capacity,
December 12, 2024
Human Rights Watch expressed concerns on Thursday about two new laws in El Salvador related to cybersecurity and data protection, which the group said could threaten freedom
December 12, 2024
In Bolivia's highland city of El Alto, the row of colorful corrugated metal roofs - blues, oranges, reds and greens - for a moment distracts from the
December 12, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco is scheduled to go to trial Thursday in the Dominican Republic in a sexual abuse case involving a 14-year-old girl
December 10, 2024
The premier of Canada’s most populous says he will cut off energy to the United States if President-elect Donald Trump imposed sweeping tariffs on all Canadian products
December 11, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi has been found safe
December 11, 2024
Newmont's Mexican division said on Wednesday it sees an "openness for dialogue" from the Mexican government, amid the proposed increase in mining royalties,
December 11, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo a new procedure on Thursday morning to complement the surgery he went through this week to drain a bleed on his brain,
December 11, 2024
Brazil's central bank raised interest rates by a greater-than-expected 100 basis points on Wednesday and pointed to matching hikes for the next two meetings,
December 11, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva will undergo a new procedure on Thursday following up on an unplanned surgery earlier this week for a brain bleed
December 11, 2024
Haiti's government on Wednesday celebrated the reopening of the capital's Toussaint Louverture International Airport, shut since last month, even as the U.S. aviation
December 11, 2024
Authorities say an upstate New York man has been charged with murder after he tried to drop off his father’s bullet-riddled body at a sheriff’s office
December 11, 2024Mexico's central bank on Wednesday expressed confidence in the country's financial system despite the "notable weakness" of Latin America's second-largest
December 11, 2024
Haiti’s main international airport has reopened to commercial flights, one month after gangs opened fire on planes
December 11, 2024Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will undergo a new medical procedure scheduled for Thursday in order to prevent further bleeding in his brain, newspaper Folha de S.
December 11, 2024
Brazil's Federal Police said on Wednesday they had dismantled an illegal mining scheme that extracted gold from Indigenous lands worth 4 billion reais ($166 million).
December 11, 2024A Rio de Janeiro based stock exchange is expected to start testing early next year, signalling a shift in Brazil's financial landscape.
December 11, 2024Shares of Mexico's embattled financial services company and retailer Elektra gained nearly 20% on Wednesday, after an earlier suspension on trading on the local stock exchange
December 11, 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation rate slowed to 2.4% in November, the lowest in over four years, the official INDEC statistics
December 11, 2024
David Bonderman, the media-shy billionaire who co-founded the $239 billion alternative asset management giant TPG, has died at the age of 82.
December 11, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken has appeared before the House Foreign Affairs Committee to face questions for the last time regarding some of the darkest moments of Joe Biden’s presidency: the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan
December 11, 2024
A New Zealand man playing his first-ever competitive Scrabble game in Spanish, a language he doesn’t speak, has won the board game’s Spanish-language world title
December 11, 2024
A former TD Bank employee based in Florida was arrested and charged with facilitating money laundering to Colombia, New Jersey's attorney general said on Wednesday
December 11, 2024
World figure skating champion Deanna Stellato-Dudek became a Canadian citizen on Wednesday, making the Chicago native and her pairs partner Maxime Deschamps eligible
December 11, 2024
A majority of Brazilians do not believe the government's package of tax reforms and spending cuts will be enough to address their country's fiscal deficit, a poll published on
December 11, 2024
Criminal gangs are operating in over a third of municipalities in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest driving a boom in violence, according to a report published by the Brazilian Forum of Public Security
December 11, 2024
Biden faces mounting pressure to protect immigrants before Trump takes office
December 11, 2024
Mexico's lower house on Tuesday approved a reform that seeks to regulate labor conditions for delivery workers and drivers working for
December 10, 2024
Argentina’s Milei counts Trump and Musk as fans. Here’s what his ‘chainsaw approach’ has delivered
December 10, 2024
AlpInvest Partners, the secondary investments unit of buyout firm Carlyle Group, and Abu Dhabi's Mubadala Investment Company are forming a new partnership to provide
December 11, 2024TikTok's Canadian unit said it has filed an emergency motion with Canada's Federal Court seeking a judicial review of an order that the company shut down its operations in the country on
December 11, 2024
He won the Spanish Scrabble championships, yet he doesn’t speak Spanish
December 11, 2024
U.S. investor Acadia Infrastructure Capital and companies including Microsoft are looking to help develop a $9 billion pipeline of renewable energy projects across
December 11, 2024
British American Tobacco on Wednesday forecast stronger revenue growth in its new category, which includes vapes and oral nicotine products, and combustibles in the second half of the year,
December 11, 2024
The sheriff of the nation’s fifth-largest county on Tuesday defied a new policy to limit cooperation with federal immigration authorities, setting up a showdown over a new obstacle to President-elect Donald Trump’s mass deportation plans
December 11, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump has picked former U.S. ambassador to El Salvador, Ronald Johnson, as the next United States ambassador to Mexico, he said on social
December 11, 2024
The Texas Rangers and right-hander Nathan Eovaldi have agreed on a $75 million, three-year contract, a person with knowledge of the deal tells The Associated Press
December 11, 2024
Blackstone expects an improved environment for mergers and acquisitions and a pickup in the market for initial public offerings to help
December 10, 2024
At least 229 people detained in Nicaragua for political reasons have suffered various forms of torture and other "crimes against humanity" at the hands of the government over the past
December 10, 2024
A federal congressman was assassinated late on Monday in Mexico's Gulf Coast state of Veracruz, the latest killing in an outbreak of political violence in the country.
December 10, 2024
Brazil shaped regulations to fulfill budget commitments made to Congress, the official gazette showed on Tuesday, as the government aims to clear the way for a vote on a package of
December 10, 2024
Mom speaks out after daughter's naked body found on side of I-95
December 10, 2024
Air France-KLM is optimistic about the Brazilian market for 2025 after posting positive results in the country this year, executives for the European carrier in
December 10, 2024
Brazilian and Italian authorities said they launched two joint operations on Tuesday aimed at dismantling a transnational plot to transport cocaine from South
December 10, 2024Authorities say eight people and two law firms have been charged in a more than decade-long scheme that allegedly began with staging vehicle crashes in the New Orleans area to submit fraudulent insurance claims
December 10, 2024Doctors say Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva is recovering in an intensive care unit after undergoing surgery for a brain bleed
December 10, 2024
Reported cases of dengue in the Americas nearly tripled to a record high of over 12.6 million this year, including 21,000 severe cases and over 7,700 deaths, the Pan American
December 10, 2024
An Argentine court has dropped aggravated sexual assault charges against two professional French rugby players accused of raping a woman after a match in the country earlier this year
December 10, 2024
A U.S. official says the Biden administration is opening an investigation into labor and human rights abuses in Nicaragua
December 10, 2024
Two bodies have been recovered amid debris from a fishing boat that reportedly capsized with five people aboard in rough seas in waters off southeast Alaska earlier this month
December 10, 2024
UBS plans to overhaul its wealth management business in the United States, splitting the operation into six divisions and focusing more on clients that are not super wealthy,
December 10, 2024
Warburg Pincus, a private equity firm with about $86 billion in assets under management, is not planning to explore an initial public offering
December 10, 2024
A coastal community in Haiti’s capital is reeling days after a gang leader was accused of killing more than 100 people to avenge his son’s death
December 10, 2024
Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year
December 10, 2024
Emergency surgery to relieve a cranial hemorrhage has raised questions in Brazil over President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's short-term agenda - and the vacuum he
December 10, 2024
Venezuela’s political opposition is signaling a shift toward a flexible timeline for a government transition that it had long insisted would come next month when the new presidential term is set to begin
December 10, 2024
Truck drivers have blocked some major highways in central Mexico to protest the fact the government hasn't paid them for work they did on a tourist train line
December 10, 2024Argentina's monthly inflation is likely to have remained under 3% in November, near its lowest level of the year but slightly up from the month before,
December 10, 2024
Venezuela's opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said on Tuesday he was convinced he would return from Spain to his country in time to be sworn in as president on Jan. 10.
December 10, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was recovering in an intensive care unit on Tuesday, doctors said, after being rushed to a
December 10, 2024
Authorities in Mexico say a total of 17 children have died in central Mexico from suspected contamination of IV feeding bags, after four more deaths were confirmed
December 10, 2024An Argentine court dismissed aggravated rape charges against French international rugby players Hugo Auradou and Oscar Jegou on Tuesday,
December 10, 2024
Woman arrested with 10 kg of meth wrapped as Christmas presents at New Zealand airport
December 10, 2024
In 2024, people voted in countries that were home to almost half the world's population.
December 10, 2024
From HCC to Stanford: Avey Etaghene’s Bold Journey to Empower the World Through AI
December 10, 2024Shohei Ohtani is expected to be ready to hit when the reigning World Series champions open their season in Japan against the Chicago Cubs in March but is doubtful to pitch
December 10, 2024
United States and Guatemalan authorities have announced the arrest of six people charged with human smuggling linked to a semi-trailer truck crash in Mexico in 2021 that killed more than 50 migrants
December 09, 2024
A gang leader who controls a key port in Haiti’s capital is accused of massacring older people and Vodou religious leaders in his community to avenge his son's death
December 09, 2024
The U.S.
December 09, 2024Mississippi authorities are searching for a 45-year-old man who escaped the state's maximum security prison in Sunflower County, where he was serving more than 60 years on a variety of charges including armed robbery, burglary and kidnapping
December 09, 2024Haiti gang massacre leaves over 180 dead after Voodoo accusations, say UN and rights groups
December 09, 2024
Colombia's Interior Minister Juan Fernando Cristo on Monday said the government's proposed 12 trillion peso ($2.73 billion) fiscal reform was "not viable," but added that a smaller
December 09, 2024Around 180 people were killed over the weekend in Haiti's Cite Soleil area, Haiti's prime minister's office said on Monday, after attacks that an NGO said were ordered by a
December 09, 2024
Mexican authorities say a passenger on a domestic flight in Mexico who tried to divert an aircraft to the United States by force said that he was under threat by criminals who had kidnapped one of his relatives
December 09, 2024Gold miner Newmont let go of nearly a dozen managers, including a member of its executive team, as part of a corporate overhaul, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar
December 09, 2024
The Canadian government will present its fall economic statement on Dec. 16, the finance ministry said on Monday, announcing a date for the budget update that will
December 09, 2024
United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres on Monday condemned gang violence and loss of life in Haiti, his spokesperson said, after more than 180 people were killed
December 09, 2024
Mexico's president says much of the money gained by eliminating independent oversight and regulatory agencies will go to the army to fund a rise in soldiers’ pay
December 09, 2024
Corpus Christi teen indicted in the June 2023 murder of 15-year old Eriya Ruiz
December 09, 2024Authorities say a 70-year-old man has been arrested on suspicion of bludgeoning a man to death in a Southern California home more than four decades ago
December 08, 2024Cadbury-parent Mondelez International is exploring the acquisition of chocolate maker Hershey, Bloomberg News reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the matter, in what would
December 09, 2024
The United Nations human rights watchdog has in part resumed its activities in Venezuela, its chief said on Monday, after it was forced to leave the country nearly 10 months ago
December 09, 2024
Fluctuating rates of illegal migration to the US over the past few decades show that the government’s approach of trying to stop migrants with more security has not worked.
December 09, 2024
AC Milan has announced that United States midfielder Christian Pulisic has a torn muscle in his right calf
December 09, 2024
It’s not just soccer anymore
December 09, 2024
The Kremlin said on Monday that it had so far had no contact with Donald Trump or his team after the U.S. president-elect called for an immediate ceasefire and
December 09, 2024
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei laid out a bleak vision in his maiden speech a year ago amid an economic crisis.
December 09, 2024
Bitcoin smashing the $100,000 barrier raises the prospect of the cryptocurrency going mainstream, U.S. inflation data will show how much pressure there is on the Fed to adjust rates and
December 06, 2024
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck near Conchagua, El Salvador, on Sunday, the United States Geological Survey said.
December 09, 2024A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck some 9 km (6 miles) south-west of La Union in El Salvador, the Euro-Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said late on Sunday.
December 09, 2024Police in Missouri shot and wounded a suspect who authorities say opened fire after crashing his vehicle
December 08, 2024Lewis Hamilton left Mercedes with one last overtake and a heartfelt message to the team where he won the Formula 1 title six times
December 08, 2024
Lando Norris ended McLaren’s 26-year wait for the Formula 1 constructors’ title as he won the season-ending Abu Dhabi Grand Prix
December 08, 2024
Analysis: How Marco Rubio could raise the stakes for Cuba if he becomes secretary of state
December 08, 2024Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is jubilant about President-elect Donald Trump's return to the White House
December 08, 2024
Joseph Paintsil and Dejan Joveljic scored in the first half, and the LA Galaxy won their record sixth MLS Cup championship with a 2-1 victory over the New York Red Bulls
December 07, 2024
One man has been killed and six juveniles injured in a Friday night shooting in coastal Alabama
December 07, 2024A Florida prosecutor says he will seek to vacate as many as 2,600 convictions of people who bought crack cocaine manufactured by the Broward County Sheriff’s Office between 1988 and 1990
December 07, 2024
The Dominican Republic on Friday reported its largest ever cocaine seizure, saying it found some 9.5 metric tons of cocaine hidden in a banana shipment that arrived at a port
December 07, 2024Woman suspected to be linked to transnational gang arrested after break-in
December 07, 2024
A police officer shot and killed a woman at a South Florida condominium complex on Friday after police said the woman charged the officer with a knife
December 07, 2024Pope Francis led a ceremony in St.
December 07, 2024
Pope Francis has installed 21 new cardinals, many of whom are key figures in his reform agenda
December 07, 2024
Amber Glenn has become the first American to win the women’s Grand Prix Final competition since Alissa Czisny 14 years ago
December 07, 2024
The Hospital de Jesus in Mexico City’s bustling historic center covers most of a city block
December 07, 2024
Mexico is doing everything it can to protect a regional trade agreement with the U.S. and Canada, the Latin American nation's deputy economy minister said in an
December 06, 2024
Video of military police officer throwing man off bridge sparks anger in Brazil
December 07, 2024
A judge sentenced a man to 22 years in federal prison for kidnapping a woman from Michael Bloomberg’s Colorado ranch
December 06, 2024A Georgia man accused of killing three people and injuring a fourth has been arrested
December 07, 2024South America's agricultural sector, a key source of global food, celebrated on Friday as the regional Mercosur bloc and the
December 06, 2024
An apartment building that was the scene of a viral video that led former President Donald Trump to claim a Denver suburb had been taken over by a Venezuelan gang will likely close early next year, according to the city attorney in Aurora
December 06, 2024Authorities have identified the Florida-bound Greyhound bus passenger who was shot and killed by Atlanta police
December 06, 2024New Orleans police have arrested a man accused of killing two people during a large parade where two separate shootings within an hour left two dead and at least 10 wounded
December 06, 2024Shares in Mexican retailer Grupo Elektra rose by nearly 20% on Friday, erasing a part of the losses it has accumulated during the week.
December 06, 2024
Chevron , the only U.S. oil producer now working in Venezuela's oilfields, has not held any discussions with President-elect Donald Trump's team over the
December 06, 2024
Nearly 20 of the roughly 400 Kenyan police officers serving in Haiti on a U.N.-backed anti-gang force have submitted letters of resignation from the mission over the
December 06, 2024
Deaths of 13 children in Mexico may be linked to IV bag contamination, authorities say
December 06, 2024
A Mexican labor reform for drivers and delivery workers using applications like Uber, Didi and Rappi appears to be ready to be pushed through both chambers of the legislature
December 06, 2024
The oldest-known wild bird in the world has laid an egg at the ripe age of 74, her first in four years
December 06, 2024
A surprising study of temperature-related deaths in Mexico upends conventional thinking about what age group is hit hardest by heat
December 06, 2024
The European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc dragged a long-delayed free trade deal over the line
December 06, 2024
The European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc struck an agreement on a long-delayed free trade deal on Friday, though it faces a lengthy battle for approval in Europe, where there
December 06, 2024
The European Union and the South American bloc Mercosur of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay finalised a free trade agreement on Friday, although it faces a tough battle
December 06, 2024
Mexican authorities will investigate an incident at a gold mine in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero which killed three workers, President Claudia Sheinbaum said on Friday.
December 06, 2024
Canada will appoint a new Arctic ambassador and open two new consulates in the region
December 06, 2024Father who prevented daughter from getting COVID-19 vaccine sentenced
December 06, 2024Canada plans to work more closely with the United States in the Arctic to ensure regional security in the face of an increasingly aggressive Russia, Ottawa said on Friday.
December 06, 2024
Celebrating the end of the 100th anniversary Year of Czech Music, an event held every decade in the year ending in 4, Semyon Bychkov is conducting through pain in leading the Czech Philharmonic on a North American tour to New York and Toronto
December 06, 2024
An armored vehicle carrying Kenyan police rumbles through Haiti’s capital with a shattered window that a high-caliber bullet failed to penetrate, a permanent sign of the violence confronting the United Nations-backed force almost daily in Port-au-Prince
December 06, 2024
Man leaps on polar bear to save wife from attack
December 06, 2024Lionel Messi is the MVP of Major League Soccer for 2024
December 06, 2024
Three climbers from the United States and Canada who went missing on New Zealand's highest mountain last week are believed to have died, police said on Friday.
December 06, 2024The European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc have finalised a free trade agreement, the European Commission said on Friday but it faces a tortuous battle for
December 06, 2024
The Brazilian central bank will step up its campaign to raise interest rates with a big 75 basis point hike on Dec. 11, possibly also hinting at more
December 06, 2024Mexico's migration agencies are facing a budget crunch that leaves them poorly placed to handle the mass deportations promised by President-elect Donald Trump, two
December 06, 2024
Margo Martindale ‘howled with laughter’ when learning of maple syrup heist that inspired ‘The Sticky’
December 06, 2024
Three climbers from the US and Canada are believed to have died in a fall on New Zealand’s highest peak
December 06, 2024
American vlogger abducted in Philippines presumed dead, police say
December 06, 2024
Ancient Americans chowed down on mammoth steak, study finds
December 06, 2024
An American teen sent a letter to a random address across the world. It led to lifelong friendship
December 06, 2024
Holcim will list shares in its North American business on the SIX Swiss stock exchange in addition to the planned New York flotation when it is spun off to shareholders next year,
December 06, 2024
Investors ploughed $136.4 billion into cash in the week to Wednesday, the biggest weekly inflow since March 2023, when markets were rattled by a regional banking crisis, according
December 06, 2024
Paraguay said on Thursday it had canceled a low-level Chinese diplomat's visa and ordered him to leave, after the envoy appeared to encourage lawmakers to
December 05, 2024
American tenor Brian Jagde was just wrapping up Verdi’s “La Forza del Destino” in Barcelona last month when he got a very much last-minute offer to sing the same role in La Scala’s gala season premiere this Saturday, arguably the opera world’s most prestigious gig
December 06, 2024
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele is triumphant about his big bet on bitcoin as the cryptocurrency reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first time
December 05, 2024
California Governor Gavin Newsom stressed the importance of trade with Mexico and immigrant labor at a press conference near the border on Thursday, striking a contrast with
December 06, 2024
Mexican health officials on Thursday reported the deaths of 13 children in medical centers in central Mexico due to the possible contamination of IV bags in four health centers
December 06, 2024Thirteen children under the age of 14 have died at hospitals in central Mexico, and authorities suspect contaminated IV feeding bags
December 05, 2024Citigroup on Thursday announced the promotion of 344 executives in 29 countries to managing directors, known as MD, the bank's higher officer title.
December 05, 2024
Italy believes there are no conditions for signing off on a trade deal between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc, officials from Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni's
December 05, 2024
Argentina's central bank on Thursday lowered its benchmark interest rate to 32% from 35%, as the South American nation makes headway in its fight to tame triple-digit inflation.
December 05, 2024
Mexico wants a deal with Trump to avoid receiving non-Mexican deportees
December 06, 2024
Brazilian labor prosecutors charged Volkswagen's local unit with subjecting farm workers to conditions akin to slavery decades ago and are seeking 165 million reais ($27.5
December 05, 2024
Paraguay has accused a Chinese diplomat of interfering in its domestic affairs and given him 24 hours to leave the country, escalating tensions over the South American nation’s long friendship with Taiwan
December 05, 2024A baby survived a high-speed police chase in New York City that ended with a passenger in the car being fatally shot by officers and the driver wounded
December 06, 2024Georgia authorities are searching for a man suspected in the deaths of three people and injuring of a woman
December 06, 2024The Canadian government is outlawing another 324 firearm varieties — guns the public safety minister says belong on the battlefield, not in the hands of hunters or sport shooters
December 05, 2024
A powerful earthquake of magnitude 7 hit off the coast of a sparsely populated area of northern California on Thursday, prompting coastal towns to
December 05, 2024
McKinsey and Company Africa Ltd, a subsidiary of McKinsey & Company, will pay more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. investigation into a
December 05, 2024
The first humans who spread across North America during the last Ice Age put mammoths at the top of their menu, according to scientists who secured the first
December 04, 2024
HSBC promoted Lisa McGeough to become its CEO for the United States at the start of next year, the bank said on Thursday in a statement first seen by Reuters.
December 05, 2024
When Brazilian Rebeca Mendes became pregnant in 2017, she fought for the right to have an abortion in her home country.
December 05, 2024
Mexico is seeking an agreement with U.S.
December 05, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen has arrived in Uruguay for the final stages in years-long negotiations to clinch a trade deal between the 27-nation EU and the South American Mercosur trade bloc that would create a trans-Atlantic market of some 700 million people
December 05, 2024
It didn’t take much to stir Jack Eichel’s national pride in looking ahead to representing the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off tournament
December 05, 2024
The United States Federal Aviation Administration has returned Mexico’s aviation safety rating to the highest level two years after downgrading it
September 14, 2023
The Biden administration will withhold less military aid from Egypt over its human rights abuses this year
September 14, 2023
The Brazilian prosecutor in charge of a homicide case involving Danilo Cavalcante says he thought the now-captured fugitive might try to head back to his home country
September 14, 2023Renowned Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero, whose depictions of people and objects in plump, exaggerated forms became emblems of Colombian art around the world, has died
September 15, 2023
Guatemala's President-elect Bernardo Arévalo says he plans to call people into the streets next week to protest efforts to derail his presidency before he can take office
September 15, 2023
The Brazilian government is reinstating a stricter greenhouse gas emissions target first announced in 2015 as part of the Paris Agreement
September 15, 2023
Mexico has extradited Ovidio Guzmán López, a son of former Sinaloa cartel leader Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzmán, to the United States to face drug trafficking charges
September 15, 2023
Man pleads guilty to kidnapping Texas Lyft driver, forcing 1,300-mile trip to South Florida
December 05, 2024
The president of the Dominican Republic is defending his decision to close air, sea and land traffic with neighboring Haiti in a dispute over construction of a canal targeting a river that runs through both countries
September 17, 2023
Ovidio Guzmán López, son of Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Chapo,’ pleads not guilty to US drug, money laundering charges
September 18, 2023Authorities say a father is being accused of fatally shooting his adult son with Down syndrome at a home in East Texas after claiming he had mistaken him for an intruder and then later burning his body
December 05, 2024More than 30 Atlantic countries on four continents have committed to bolster coordination on economic development, environmental protection, maritime issues and more
September 19, 2023
India expels Canadian diplomat after Indian diplomat expelled in escalating rift over Sikh's killing
September 19, 2023Argentina is celebrating a decision by a United Nations conference to include a former clandestine detention and torture center as a World Heritage site
September 19, 2023
Colombia’s government and one of the nation's last remaining rebel groups have announced that they will start peace talks next month
September 19, 2023A U.N.-backed panel investigating human rights violations in Venezuela says the South American country’s government has intensified efforts to curtail democratic freedoms with use of threats, surveillance and harassment as President Nicolás Maduro faces a re-election contest next year
September 20, 2023
Trudeau reiterates Canada is not looking to provoke or cause problems with India in diplomatic row over Sikh's killing
September 21, 2023Haiti’s government is doubling down on the construction of a canal on Haitian soil that prompted the neighboring Dominican Republic last week to shutter land, air and sea borders that both countries share
September 21, 2023
Amber Glenn of the United States has continued her breakout season in figure skating by taking the lead in the short program at the Grand Prix Final as world champion Kaori Sakamoto fell
December 05, 2024
Drug cartel turf battles have cut off towns in southern Mexico state of Chiapas, near the Guatemala border, Mexico's president acknowledged Monday
September 25, 2023A Mexican mother bravely shielded her son after a bear leapt on a picnic table and devoured the tacos and enchiladas meant for the boy's birthday dinner, inches from his face
September 26, 2023An imprisoned far-right extremist group leader who was the top target of the federal investigation of the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol has balked at answering a prosecutor’s questions about the attack
December 05, 2024
Lionel Messi and Inter Miami will open the Club World Cup against Egyptian club Al Ahly, with Palmeiras and Porto also part of that group for the tournament that will take place in the U.S. next year
December 05, 2024
Digging crews have resumed efforts to try to locate a woman who authorities fear died after falling into a sinkhole above an abandoned Pennsylvania coal mine
December 05, 2024
The police commissioner of the Bahamas has resigned after two officers and a sergeant were recently indicted in the U.S. in what federal authorities have described as a case of massive drug trafficking
December 05, 2024Man severely injured saving his wife from a polar bear attack in Canada's Far North
December 05, 2024An African subsidiary of the consulting firm McKinsey & Company Inc. will pay a criminal penalty of more than $122 million to resolve a U.S. Justice Department investigation into a yearslong scheme to bribe South African government officials
December 05, 2024A U.S. national abducted in the southern Philippines in October has reportedly been killed, Philippine police said on Thursday, citing a witness and one of the suspects.
December 05, 2024The Israeli military killed at least 39 Palestinians in strikes across the Gaza Strip overnight, medics said on Thursday, including at
December 05, 2024
After a nationwide blackout left millions without electricity for several hours in Cuba, the power grid has been restored, authorities said, adding that scheduled power outages will now resume
December 05, 2024
European Commission President Ursula von der Leyen landed in Uruguay on Thursday seeking to finalize a long
December 05, 2024
Soccer’s biggest ever global club tournament comes to the United States next year and the 32-team group stage is drawn Thursday
December 04, 2024
Mexico will help Cuba, including providing it with oil, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Monday.
October 16, 2023
Alphabet's Waymo said on Thursday it will expand its autonomous ride-hailing services to Miami, Florida, adding another city to its operations as it seeks to gain an edge in an
December 05, 2024
Brown-Forman beat second-quarter sales and profit estimates on Thursday, helped by steady demand for its ready-to-drink beverages and spirits.
December 05, 2024Cuba said it had reconnected its national electrical grid on Thursday, though generation remained well below demand one day after a plant failure knocked out power
December 05, 2024
Canada recorded in October a bigger-than-expected trade deficit with the world and its surplus with top trading partner the United States fell to its lowest this
December 05, 2024
Taiwan hopes to reach a long-mooted tax agreement with the United States next year, Finance Minister Chuang Tsui-yun said on Wednesday, which both sides have said will foster more
October 25, 2023
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's first finance minister has issued a stern verdict on his former boss's energy policies, describing them
October 27, 2023
French President Emmanuel Macron's office said on Thursday a draft agreement clinched between the European Union and South America's Mercosur bloc was "unacceptable".
December 05, 2024
Canada's second-biggest lender TD Bank reported a fall in fourth-quarter profit on Thursday, hurt by weakness in its U.S. business due to the impact of anti-money laundering issues.
December 05, 2024
Philippine police officials say they are checking reports that a kidnapped American died after being shot twice while resisting his Oct. 17 abduction by gunmen in the country’s south
December 05, 2024President-elect Donald Trump in late November pledged tariffs on the United States' three largest trading partners - Canada, Mexico and China - detailing how he will implement campaign
December 05, 2024
Mexican migration authorities said on Monday they had rounded up 246 migrants from around a major bus terminal in the north of the capital city, including more than 50 children
November 13, 2023
A proposal by U.S.
December 04, 2024
Woman who stowed away on plane to Paris arrested, expected to face federal charge after returning to the US
December 04, 2024
Conservationists say five Hawaiian crows have been released on Maui for the first time as part of an ongoing effort to return the species to its home
December 05, 2024One of Colombia’s legendary drug lords and a key operator of the Medellin cocaine cartel has been released from a U.S. prison and is expected to be deported home
December 05, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially recognized three more Indigenous territories on Wednesday, pushing to 13 the number of lands to which he has granted
December 04, 2024
Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura&Co will once again start to weigh what to do with its Avon business outside Latin America, it said in a securities filing on Wednesday.
December 05, 2024
The U
December 04, 2024
A U.S. attorney in Texas says three U.S. Army soldiers have been arrested on human smuggling charges
December 04, 2024Cuba said it was generating only enough electricity to cover about 1/6th of peak demand late on Wednesday, hours after its national grid collapsed
December 04, 2024
South America's Mercosur trade bloc will meet in Uruguay on Thursday with fresh signs the group could use the
December 04, 2024
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei, increasingly a poster child for rightwing politics and free-markets, is hosting allies of U.S.
December 04, 2024
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez on Tuesday will urge a U.S. judge to appoint him a new lawyer and delay his drug trafficking trial, after arguing the
January 23, 2024
Puerto Rico legislators are holding a public hearing on a bill that seeks to prohibit discrimination against certain hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory, sparking a heated debate
January 23, 2024
Mexican security forces said on Wednesday they had made the largest fentanyl seizure in the country's history, impounding 1,100 kilograms of the synthetic opioid in the state of
December 04, 2024
The Bahamas' legislature was forced to suspend its session on Wednesday after a heated debate about a police corruption scandal escalated, with one opposition lawmaker grabbing the
December 04, 2024Yuengling, nation's oldest brewery, expanding to Illinois in 2025
December 04, 2024Mexico makes record fentanyl bust days after Trump tariff threat
December 04, 2024
Mexican authorities detained more than 5,200 migrants across the country on Tuesday, officials said on Wednesday, in a major sweep as the nation is under pressure from the
December 04, 2024
One of Venezuela’s most popular bands has canceled its homecoming tour after President Nicolas Maduro criticized the group for what he said were sexist lyrics
December 04, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi’s family insists their ‘search is not over’ despite police saying she is a voluntary missing person
December 04, 2024
Archaeologists discover key tool that helped early Americans survive the ice age
December 04, 2024
Air Canada said on Wednesday it would start charging for bigger carry-on bags from passengers opting for its lowest-priced basic fare for North American routes starting on Jan. 3, drawing
December 04, 2024A new, widespread power outage has plunged Cuba into darkness after one of the island’s major power plants failed
December 04, 2024
Cuba plunged into darkness as electrical grid suffers fresh collapse
December 04, 2024
Global commodities trader Cargill began laying off employees across its vast operations on Tuesday in a drive to slash headcount by 5%, sending U.S. workers from
December 03, 2024
The new head of the U.N. humanitarian aid agency is calling for “ruthlessness” when prioritizing how it spends money
December 04, 2024
Canada's services economy expanded for a second straight month in November as firms added staff, but incoming new work was subdued and the threat of U.S. tariffs
December 04, 2024
Mexico's government announced on Wednesday that it will raise the minimum wage by 12% starting next year in a bid to help the poorest workers, as the new leftist president
December 04, 2024
Royal Bank of Canada, the country's biggest bank, beat quarterly profit expectations, helped by its acquisition of HSBC's domestic business and
December 04, 2024
A New York jury on Wednesday heard clashing descriptions of former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernandez as his U.S. drugs trial opened, with prosecutors saying
February 21, 2024
A judge ruled that a Virginia man accused of killing his wife, whose body has still not been found, will go trial in September
December 04, 2024Italy wants changes to agricultural sections of the draft EU-Mercosur trade deal with South American countries, Foreign Minister Antonio Tajani said on Wednesday.
December 04, 2024
Mexico has decided to increase its still strikingly low daily minimum wage by 12% next year
December 04, 2024Wolf Blitzer and Coy Wire discuss the Buffalo Bills defeating the San Francisco 49ers on the way to clinching the AFC East Division title.
December 04, 2024
The Calgary Flames paid tribute to longtime star Johnny Gaudreau before their game against the Columbus Blue Jackets, months after the All-Star was killed while biking on a New Jersey road this summer
December 04, 2024
Trump making 'joke' about Canada becoming 51st state is 'reassuring': Ambassador Hillman
December 04, 2024Lily Yohannes: The 17-year-old star of the US women’s team, by those who know her best
December 04, 2024
“Not Like Us,” it’s like them
December 03, 2024
If Trump starts a trade war with Mexico and Canada, where will Americans get all their stuff from?
December 04, 2024
Unrelenting gang attacks in Haiti have paralyzed the country and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods
March 09, 2024
Greater Toronto Area home sales rose for the fourth straight month in November and prices climbed to a one-year high as lower borrowing costs encouraged buyers to move off the
December 04, 2024
After the military kidnapped their children during Argentina's dictatorship in the 1970s, each Mother of Plaza de Mayo made a commitment: I will search for you until my last breath
March 21, 2024
Greece and Italy denied on Friday a report that said they had agreed with the United States to resettle some migrants from Latin America on their territory in an effort to
June 17, 2024Brazil’s federal police arrested on Sunday the men suspected of ordering the killing of Rio de Janeiro councilwoman Marielle Franco in 2018
March 24, 2024
Argentina’s annual March 24 commemoration of the 1976 military coup that ushered in the country’s violent right-wing dictatorship is acquiring new urgency under the government of President Javier Milei
March 24, 2024
The U.S.-Mexico CONCACAF Nations League final match was suspended in the late stages for the second straight year because of homophobic chants by pro-Mexican fans
March 25, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris will meet with President Bernardo Arévalo of Guatemala as the U.S. grapples with an influx of migrants to its southern border, including thousands from that Central American nation
March 25, 2024
A Spanish court says Brazilian soccer star Dani Alves has paid 1 million euros in bail to be released from prison while appealing a rape conviction
March 25, 2024
Claudia Poblete and Pedro Alejandro Sandoval are two of the 133 “recovered grandchildren” of Argentina
March 25, 2024
United Nations chief Antonio Guterres called on Monday for reparations over the transatlantic trafficking of enslaved people as a way to tackle its legacy in today's
July 02, 2024
Throng of supporters of President Nicolas Maduro rallied Monday at a giant stage outside the downtown electoral council headquarters where he is expected to make official his candidacy for a third term
March 25, 2024
Brazil’s Federal Police on Monday launched an investigation into former President Jair Bolsonaro’s two-night stay at the Hungarian embassy in Brasilia, amid widespread speculation from his opponents that he may have been attempting to evade arrest
March 25, 2024
A U.S. judge on Monday ruled that the Mexican government could move forward with a lawsuit accusing five Arizona gun dealers of participating in the trafficking of weapons
March 25, 2024Puerto Rico has declared an epidemic following a spike in dengue cases
March 25, 2024The main Venezuelan opposition coalition has said that electoral authorities didn’t let it register its candidate for the presidential election as the deadline ended, in what it called the latest violation to the citizens’ right to vote for a change in the South American country
March 26, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro has threatened to break off diplomatic ties with Israel if the country doesn't comply with a U.N. Security Council resolution that calls for an immediate cease-fire in the Gaza Strip
March 26, 2024
Gangs have intensified their rampage in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital, setting fire to a school and looting pharmacies near the country’s largest public hospital
March 26, 2024
The United States and South Korea this week launched a new task force aimed at preventing North Korea from procuring illicit oil, as deadlock at the United Nations
April 26, 2024
The Brazilian and the French presidents announced on Tuesday a plan to invest 1 billion euros ($1.1 billion) on the Amazon, including its part in neighboring French Guiana
March 27, 2024
Judges overseeing a high-profile human rights trial in Argentina have convicted 11 former officials of crimes against humanity
March 27, 2024
Venezuela presidential hopeful Manuel Rosales said on Wednesday he is willing to hand over his place on the ballot to a unity candidate, amid uncertainty over who
April 26, 2024
The missing workers from the Baltimore bridge collapse all hailed from Mexico or Central America before they settled in the Maryland area
March 27, 2024
Members of a transitional presidential council who will be responsible for selecting a new prime minister for Haiti have issued their first official statement
March 27, 2024
Nearly 500 immigration and human rights organizations signed a letter urging the U.S. government to halt deportations of Haitians and expand migration protections as a
April 26, 2024
An immigration crackdown in Mexico has hit Venezuelans especially hard
March 28, 2024
Relaxing ‘rules of origin’ restrictions in an existing trade deal could add tens of thousands of jobs in Central America.
March 28, 2024
China has initiated dispute consultations with the United States regarding tax credits under the Inflation Reduction Act to promote the production of electric vehicles and renewable
April 26, 2024
Dengue is surging across the Americas early this year from Puerto Rico to Brazil
March 28, 2024
They came to the United States for a chance at a better life.
March 28, 2024
A mob in the Mexican tourist city of Taxco has brutally beat a woman to death because she was suspected of kidnapping and killing a young girl, rampaging just hours before the city's Holy Week procession
March 28, 2024
Netanyahu arrest warrant tests Western commitment to international law
December 04, 2024Televised images have swept Peru of government agents from an investigative team breaking into the president’s residence with a sledgehammer
March 30, 2024
Each Holy Week, thousands of residents of the colonial, volcano-fringed city of Antigua participate in some of Guatemala’s oldest and most popular Easter traditions
March 30, 2024
Ecuador's Interior Ministry says armed gunmen have attacked a group of people in the coastal city of Guayaquil, killing eight people and injuring eight others
March 31, 2024
The American company that owns Formula 1 is adding to its global racing portfolio with the purchase of the MotoGP motorcycle racing series by the end of the year
April 01, 2024
Florida residents are raising concerns about family and friends in Haiti amid ongoing violence in the Caribbean island nation
April 01, 2024
The mayor of Colombia’s second largest city has issued a six-month ban on prostitution in two of the city’s most famous neighborhoods, arguing that it is a necessary step to prevent the sexual exploitation of children
April 01, 2024
Argentina won the dismissal of six lawsuits by Aurelius Capital Management and other hedge funds accusing the South American country of skipping payments on securities linked to
April 01, 2024Heavy gunfire erupted in the downtown area of Haiti’s capital as police battled gang members near the National Palace for several hours
April 01, 2024
Home Depot will invest 2.86 billion pesos ($172.16 million) in Mexico in 2024 in a bid to expand its market share in the country, the home improvement chain said on Monday.
April 26, 2024
Mosques in New York City are struggling to house and feed migrants as the country’s latest immigration surge becomes increasingly more African and Muslim
April 02, 2024
Peruvian President Dina Boluarte has replaced six ministers after they resigned as her government is rocked by a political crisis fueled by an alleged illicit enrichment scandal involving luxury watches
April 02, 2024
More than 53,000 people have fled Haiti’s capital in less than three weeks as deadly gang violence continues
April 02, 2024
Human Rights Watch says Colombia and Panama are failing to protect the hundreds of thousands of migrants who cross the Darien jungle on their way to the United States and have become increasingly exposed to robberies and sexual violence
April 03, 2024
Argentina says that it had cut 15,000 state jobs as part of President Javier Milei’s aggressive campaign to slash spending
April 03, 2024
U.S. Sen. Rick Scott is spending millions of campaign dollars on ads focused on Florida’s Hispanic voters
April 03, 2024
A $62 million project to dredge Puerto Rico’s biggest and most important seaport has started amid fierce opposition from environmentalists and a pending lawsuit
April 03, 2024
Jorge Rodríguez scored the go-ahead goal in the 89th minute as Mexico’s Monterrey rallied past Inter Miami — playing without Lionel Messi — for a 2-1 win in the CONCACAF Champions Cup quarterfinal
April 04, 2024
A judge has ruled that migrant children in makeshift camps along the U.S.-Mexico border waiting to be processed by Border Patrol are in the agency’s custody
April 04, 2024
A study conducted in Brazil found that Yanomami people examined from nine villages have been contaminated with high levels of mercury
April 04, 2024
Family members described an American tourist who was killed in Africa when a bull elephant charged the truck she was riding in as an adventurer
April 05, 2024President Andrés Manuel López Obrador took office in 2018 hoping to recover Mexico's old reputation as the diplomatic leader of Latin America
April 05, 2024
It was a monumental week for Brazil’s Krenak Indigenous group after decades of being overlooked at best, and at worst, subjugated and tortured
April 05, 2024
As two women candidates lead the polls in the race toward Mexico's June 2 presidential election, one question has been splashed across polls, debates, media and conversations across Mexico
April 06, 2024
Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian vice president who has sought political asylum there after being indicted on corruption
April 06, 2024
On Friday night, diplomatic relations between Mexico and Ecuador dramatically imploded after Ecuadorian police burst into Mexico’s embassy in Quito and arrested Jorge Glas, Ecuador’s former vice president
April 06, 2024
Ecuadorian authorities have taken the extraordinarily unusual step of breaking into a foreign embassy to arrest a former vice president facing corruption charges
April 06, 2024
International leaders have condemned Ecuador after police in the country's capital broke into the Mexican Embassy on Friday to arrest a former vice president who had been granted political asylum
April 07, 2024
A spat between Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa and Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador spiraled into a full-blown diplomatic crisis when Ecuadorian police raided Mexico’s embassy Friday night in an extremely rare show of force that international law experts, presidents and diplomats have deemed a violation of long-established international accords
April 07, 2024
A crusading Brazilian Supreme Court justice is adding Elon Musk to an investigation over the dissemination of fake news and investigating him separately for alleged obstruction
April 08, 2024
In Mexico’s first presidential debate ahead of June 2 elections, former Mexico City Mayor and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum appeared comfortable with her lead, remaining calm amid ex-Senator Xóchitl Gálvez’s personal attacks
April 08, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida is making an official visit to the United States this week
April 08, 2024
A total solar eclipse crossing North America will darken skies along a path through Mexico, the United States and Canada
April 08, 2024
Panama has started the trial of 27 people charged in the worldwide “Panama Papers” money laundering case
April 08, 2024
While world leaders have expressed shock over Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa’s decision to raid Mexico’s embassy, the unusual move — and Noboa’s relative silence about it — is unlikely to hurt him with constituents
April 08, 2024
Haiti’s National Police says it has recovered a hijacked cargo ship laden with rice following a gunbattle with gangs that lasted more than five hours
April 08, 2024
A retired three-star Venezuelan army general who twice tried to mount coups against Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has been sentenced to over 21 years in prison after he admitted providing weapons to drug-funded rebels
April 08, 2024More than half of the foreign-born population in the United States lives in just four states — California, Texas, Florida and New York
April 09, 2024
Mexico has released security camera video of the moments when Ecuadorian authorities forced their way into Mexico’s embassy, pushed a Mexican diplomat to the ground and carried out Ecuador’s former vice president who had been holed up there
April 09, 2024
Venezuela’s government says the country’s former oil minister has been arrested on allegations of corruption
April 09, 2024
In the small town of Comitancillo in Guatemala’s mostly Indigenous highlands, two murals memorialize the nearly two dozen local migrants who died in mass tragedies en route to the United States recently
April 10, 2024
The Green Bay Packers will play the Philadelphia Eagles when the NFL holds its first regular-season game in Brazil on Sept. 6
April 10, 2024
President Javier Milei of Argentina has kicked off a visit to the United States, where he'll meet with tech billionaire Elon Musk, as the libertarian leader seeks an infusion of cash to overhaul Argentina’s embattled economy
April 10, 2024
A confrontation between Argentine authorities and anti-government protesters outraged over President Javier Milei’s deep cuts to state spending has escalated, as protesters blocking the capital’s key thoroughfare were forcibly dispersed and eight of the movement’s participants arrested
April 10, 2024
The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the creation of a transitional council responsible for choosing Haiti’s next leaders is imminent
April 10, 2024
Elon Musk is clashing with a bald, athletically built Supreme Court justice in Brazil over free speech, far-right accounts and misinformation on X
April 11, 2024
A Haitian human rights group has released a new report that details the horrific violence unleashed this year by gangs who kill, rape and maim with impunity amid a political vacuum
April 11, 2024
Mexico’s president says his country wants the United Nations to suspend Ecuador from the world body as part of a complaint to the top U.N. court over Ecuador’s police raid last week on the Mexican embassy in Quito
April 11, 2024
Argentina’s highest criminal court has reported a new development in the elusive quest for justice in the country’s deadliest attack in history — the 1994 bombing of a Jewish community center headquarters
April 12, 2024
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida drew cheers and applause from U.S. lawmakers on Thursday when he announced a plan to donate 250 cherry trees to the U.S. capital to
April 26, 2024
Billionaire Elon Musk and Argentina's libertarian president promised to work together on Friday to promote free markets as well as potential lithium
April 26, 2024
Brazil's federal police carried out an operation on Thursday to dismantle a criminal scheme in several cities in Minas Gerais state that helped Brazilians enter
April 11, 2024Arrests for crossing the U.S. border illegally fell slightly in March, bucking a usual spring increase amid increased immigration enforcement in Mexico
April 12, 2024
A severe drought has pushed Colombia's capital to start rationing tap water
April 12, 2024
The United States on Friday announced an entry ban on former Surinamese President Desi Bouterse and six former military officials, citing alleged involvement in the extrajudicial killings
April 26, 2024
Several people on the Hawaiian island of Kauai needed to be rescued from floodwaters during heavy rain, but there were no immediate reports of injuries
April 13, 2024Hundreds took to the streets of Niger's capital on Saturday to demand the departure of U.S. troops, after the ruling junta further shifted
April 26, 2024
More than half of the estimated 7.7 million Venezuelans who have left their homeland during the complex crisis that has marked Nicolás Maduro’s 11-year presidency are estimated to be registered to vote in Venezuela
April 14, 2024
One of women’s hockey’s fiercest and longest-running rivalries — United States versus Canada — is adding yet another chapter at the world championships
April 13, 2024
Cuba on Monday said it would insist the U.S. ease sanctions and end special treatment of Cubans illegally entering its territory at high level migration talks
April 26, 2024
The mayor of Colombia’s capital has announced new measures to reduce water consumption in the city of eight million people, where a drought associated with the El Niño weather pattern has already prompted officials to ration water in most neighborhoods and ask residents to change their showering habits
April 15, 2024
Brazilian police investigating the discovery of a boat full of corpses say the dead were likely African migrants from Mali and Mauritania
April 16, 2024
Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has spoken with China’s national defense minister in the latest in a series of U.S. steps to improve communications with the Chinese military and reduce unsafe and aggressive incidents in the Indo-Pacific
April 16, 2024
A United Nations forum on people of African descent opened on Tuesday with calls for extra funding to support its work and progress towards reparations for transatlantic
April 26, 2024
Ice-cream production in this quiet Ecuadorian town began in the mid-20th century in a convent for Franciscan nuns
December 04, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has ordered the closure of his country’s embassy and consulates in Ecuador in solidarity with Mexico in its protest over a raid by Ecuadorian authorities on the Mexican embassy in Quito
April 16, 2024
China and the United States should explore ways for a pragmatic and cooperative relationship between their militaries, and "gradually accumulate mutual trust", the Chinese defence
April 26, 2024
Ecuador has started to ration electricity in its main cities as a drought linked to the El Niño weather pattern depletes reservoirs and limits output at hydroelectric plants
April 16, 2024
Chile plans to invest about $83.18 billion from this year through 2033, state-run agency Cochilco said in a study cited in a newspaper report on Tuesday, an increase of 27% from
December 04, 2024
The U.N. population fund says in a new study that an African woman is roughly 130 times more likely to die from pregnancy and childbirth complications than a woman in Europe or North America
April 17, 2024
A high-level Caribbean ambassador said on Wednesday it was crucial to establish a new international special tribunal to seek reparations for transatlantic slavery and
April 26, 2024
The United States has barred four former officials of the Malawi government from entry because of their involvement in significant corruption, the State Department said on
April 17, 2024The Biden administration has reimposed crushing oil sanctions on Venezuela in a rebuke to President Nicolas Maduro’s attempts to consolidate his rule just six months after the U.S. eased restrictions in a bid to support now fading hopes for a democratic opening in the OPEC nation
April 17, 2024
America stands with Japan until all Japanese abducted by North Korea decades ago return home to end their painful separation
April 18, 2024
Mexico's federal government, under pressure from the U.S., is keeping Chinese automakers at arm's length by refusing to offer such incentives as low-cost public
April 26, 2024
Paraguay is headed for a record soybean harvest but exporters are worried about low river levels that are slowing shipments along the key
April 26, 2024
Texas farm groups warn of a disastrous season ahead for citrus and sugar as Mexican and U.S. officials try to resolve a dispute
April 26, 2024
Brazil's presidency of the G20 will submit a roadmap for reforming multilateral development banks for approval by member countries at the finance track meetings scheduled for
April 26, 2024
Argentina has requested to join NATO as a global partner, a status that would clear the way for greater political and security cooperation at a time when the right-wing government of President Javier Milei aims to boost ties with Western powers and attract investment
April 18, 2024
Chicago is one of several big American cities grappling with a surge of migrants
April 19, 2024
Eight years after 11 million leaked secret financial documents revealed how some of the world’s richest people hide their wealth, more than two dozen defendants are on trial in Panama for their alleged roles
April 19, 2024
Stronger macroeconomic policy is partly behind the resilience of economies across Latin America and the Caribbean, the International Monetary Fund said Friday in its
May 06, 2024
Mexican presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum on Friday said that if elected, her administration would focus on water management and renewable energy as
May 06, 2024
Federal prosecutors want to revoke the U.S. citizenship of a South Africa man convicted of killing two Alaska Native women for allegedly lying on his naturalization application for saying he had neither killed nor hurt anyone
April 19, 2024
The United States will withdraw its troops from Niger, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters late on Friday, adding an agreement was reached between
April 19, 2024U.S. officials said that they will begin to withdraw troops from Niger but there is no timeline
April 20, 2024
Secretary of State Antony Blinken will travel to China this coming week as Washington and Beijing try to keep ties on an even keel despite major differences on a range of issue, from the Middle East to opioids
April 20, 2024
The Inter-American Development Bank on Saturday said leaders of 10 multilateral development banks committed to take action in five critical areas, including
May 06, 2024
Ecuadorians head to the polls in a referendum touted by the country’s fledgling leader as a way to crack down on criminal gangs behind a spiraling wave of violence
April 21, 2024
Thousands of Colombians have taken to the streets in the latest rebuke of leftist President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda
April 21, 2024
Conservative Brazilians heaped praise on Elon Musk at a rally in the capital of Rio de Janeiro supporting far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro
April 21, 2024
Armed gangs launched fresh attacks on parts of Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince ahead of the installation of a transitional council set to usher in a new
May 07, 2024
By mid-2024, Claudia Sheinbaum will most likely become Mexico’s first female president
April 22, 2024
Venezuela's state-run oil company PDVSA plans to increase digital currency usage in its crude and fuel exports as the U.S. reimposes
May 08, 2024
The United States and Mexico on Monday announced a course of remediation to address denials of rights at avocado producer RV Fresh Foods, the U.S.
April 22, 2024Thousands of Indigenous people are gathering in Brazil's capial for what is expected to become a protest against President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's unfulfilled promises to create reserves and expel illegal miners and land-grabbers from their territories
April 22, 2024
A family in Quebec is searching for answers after discovering that their father’s remains didn’t make it to Canada from Cuba, where he died while on vacation, and instead received the remains of another man
April 22, 2024
Chile's state-run copper miner Codelco is poised to improve production this year and begin to climb from its lowest dip in a quarter century,
May 07, 2024
A Peruvian psychologist who suffered from an incurable disease that weakened her muscles and had her confined to her bed for several years, died by euthanasia, becoming the first person in the country to obtain the right to die with medical assistance
April 22, 2024
Cuban writer Leonardo Padura has managed to turn his series of detective novels into a social and political chronicle of Cuba, especially his native Havana
April 23, 2024
Montana legislators on Tuesday rejected an attempt to ban a transgender member of the state House of Representatives from using the women's restroom at the state Capitol, with some
December 04, 2024
A transitional council charged with selecting a new prime minister and Cabinet for Haiti is demanding that its members be sworn in at the National Palace, raising concerns about their safety
April 23, 2024
Haitian police deployed tear gas to move people back from a security perimeter around the National Palace while soldiers gripping rifles
May 08, 2024
A worsening budget crisis at Argentina's public universities is sending thousands of protestors into the streets as libertarian President Javier Milei pushes ahead with radical austerity measures
April 23, 2024
As Mexico’s drought drags on, angry subsistence farmers have begun taking direct action against thirsty avocado orchards and berry fields of commercial farms that are drying up streams in the mountains west of Mexico City
April 24, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has begun a critical trip to China armed with a strengthened diplomatic hand following Senate approval of a foreign aid package that will provide billions of dollars in assistance to Ukraine, Israel and Taiwan as well as force TikTok’s China-based parent company to sell the social media platform -– all areas of contention between Washington and Beijing
April 24, 2024
Puerto Rico will hold a Democratic presidential primary, the only opportunity for Democrats on the island to officially weigh in on the race for the White House
April 24, 2024
A company started by a Texas billionaire oilman has announced a deal with Venezuela’s state-owned oil company to rehabilitate five aging oil fields
April 24, 2024A top U.S. military official says there's been no final decision on whether or not all U.S. troops will leave Niger and Chad
April 24, 2024
Venezuela’s government has repeatedly broken its promise to provide vaccines against HPV for free, and many public-school teachers ignore the requirement to teach sex ed
April 25, 2024
Argentine jet fuel providers in Buenos Aires refused to service Cuban state airline Cubana this week citing concerns over U.S. trade sanctions on Cuba, the Havana-based carrier said
April 25, 2024Ariel Henry has resigned as prime minister of Haiti, paving the way for a new government to take power
April 25, 2024
European and American investors showed converse interest in sustainable funds during the first quarter, research firm Morningstar said on Thursday, with a record $8.8
May 10, 2024
Thousands of Indigenous people, frustrated with President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, are marching in Brazil's capital to demand official recognition of lands they live on
April 25, 2024
Guatemalan prosecutors have raided the offices of the charity Save the Children, citing a complaint alleging the violation of migrant children’s rights
April 26, 2024
The U.S. and Taiwan will hold another round of negotiations toward their "21st Century" trade agreement starting on Monday in Taipei, the U.S.
May 13, 2024
It’s been only a day since the transitional presidential council was installed in Haiti, and the list of demands on its members is rapidly growing
April 26, 2024
Rory McIlroy and Shane Lowry held onto a share of the lead Friday in the Zurich Classic of New Orleans, with the Irish duo shooting a 2-under 70 in alternate play in the PGA Tour’s only team event
April 26, 2024
Alejandro Fonseca stood in line for several hours outside a bank in Havana hoping to withdraw Cuban pesos from an ATM
April 27, 2024
If a woman wins Mexico’s presidency during the June 2 elections, would she rule with gender in mind
April 27, 2024
The coincidence of presidential elections in the U.S. and Mexico every 12 years provides a valuable way to compare the two countries
April 27, 2024
Meetings with Joe Biden and Donald Trump suggest Japan is hedging over the outcome of the US election.
April 29, 2024
The United States and Mexico plan to clamp down on illegal immigration at their shared border, leaders from both countries said on
July 02, 2024
Venezuela's use of digital currencies, expected to increase after the United States ordered a wind-down of oil deals with the sanctioned country by May 31, will require greater scrutiny by
May 14, 2024
Israel Vázquez, the Mexican fighter who won three bantamweight world titles, has died at 46
December 03, 2024
Ecuador has filed a complaint at the top U.N. court over what it called Mexico’s illegal decision to grant political asylum to a former Ecuadorian vice president, which led to Ecuador’s highly criticized raid on the Mexican Embassy earlier this month
April 29, 2024
Prosecutors say they will not retry an Arizona rancher whose trial in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property ended last week with a deadlocked jury
April 29, 2024
The U.S. Soccer Federation and its Mexican counterpart dropped their joint bid to host the 2027 Women’s World Cup and said they instead will focus on trying to host the 2031 tournament
April 29, 2024
A retired Roman Catholic Bishop who was famous for trying to mediate between drug cartels in Mexico has been kidnapped
April 29, 2024
The United States on Monday blasted a Cuban court's decision to sentence a group of protesters to as many as 15 years in jail, calling the recent judgment "unconscionable" and "
April 30, 2024The White House said on Monday it viewed the reported role of the Indian intelligence service in two assassination plots in Canada and the United States as a serious matter.
July 02, 2024
Mexico is taking Ecuador to the top U.N. court, accusing the nation of violating international law by storming the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former vice president who had just been granted asylum in Mexico
April 30, 2024
Mexico's taking control of its oil from U.S. and British companies is taught in schools and celebrated every year
April 30, 2024
Mexican lower house lawmakers on Tuesday overwhelmingly passed a proposal to alter the constitution to include a ban on e-cigarettes and vaping devices as well as a crackdown
December 03, 2024
Haiti’s newly installed transitional council has chosen a little known former sports minister as the Caribbean country’s prime minister, as it tries to establish a stable new government amid stifling violence
April 30, 2024
The Mexican consul general in Nogales says his foreign ministry is displeased with the decision not to retry an Arizona rancher accused in the fatal shooting of a Mexican man on his property
April 30, 2024
The leader of Canada's main opposition party was ejected from the House of Commons on Tuesday after he called Prime Minister Justin Trudeau "a wacko", in the latest clash between two
April 30, 2024
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro said on Tuesday that an inventory of military weapons showed over a million bullets, thousands of explosives, including grenades, and some missiles
May 15, 2024
Argentina's lower house of Congress gave President Javier Milei a boost on Tuesday by approving his sweeping reform bill ahead of a final
May 15, 2024
North American graphite miners are lobbying the US government to impose a 25% tariff on three graphite products sourced from China in order to counter Beijing's
May 15, 2024
Mexico has released Abraham Oseguera, the brother of Mexican drug lord Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera Cervantes of the powerful Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG)
May 15, 2024
Argentina's oilseed sector workers lifted their two-day strike late on Tuesday after the lower house of Congress approved contentious reforms backed by
May 15, 2024
Haiti's transition council on Tuesday named Edgard Leblanc, the former senate president, to head the body instated last week as it seeks to bring security back to the
April 30, 2024Mexico's economy posted better-than-expected first-quarter growth versus the previous three months but lost steam on a yearly basis, preliminary estimates from national statistics agency
May 15, 2024
With Panama's business-friendly reputation
May 15, 2024
A look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets from Mike Dolan World markets stalled on Tuesday as another heavy earnings week for megacap stocks cranked up, with renewed slippage in Japan's yen
May 15, 2024
Mexico told judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Tuesday that an armed raid on its embassy in Quito by Ecuador breached international law.
May 16, 2024
Ecuador said on Monday it is suing Mexico at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), asking the U.N. tribunal known as the World Court to rule that Mexico's
April 29, 2024
Argentina's oilseed and maritime worker unions kicked off a strike on Monday to protest a labor reform bill backed by radical libertarian President Javier Milei, which
May 15, 2024
India summoned the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner on Monday and expressed "deep concern and strong protest" after separatist slogans in support of a Sikh homeland were
May 15, 2024
Haiti's new transition council is set to choose the country's next president on Tuesday, but leaders of the gangs who have exerted increasing control are clamoring for
May 14, 2024
Brazil's government will soon create an interministerial commission chaired by the Planning Ministry to unlock projects for integration in South America, a top official said on
May 14, 2024
Jose Mujica, Uruguay's former president and one of Latin America's best-known leaders, announced a cancer diagnosis on Monday that doctors say will be
May 14, 2024
Argentina’s lower house has voted to approve a dramatically downsized version of President Javier Milei’s economic overhaul package, known as the omnibus bill
April 30, 2024
Vale, BHP and their joint venture Samarco have presented Brazilian authorities with a settlement proposal related to
May 14, 2024
Mexico's economy continued to grow at a weak rate in the first quarter, due largely to a drop in manufacturing and agriculture that was only partially offset by services,
May 14, 2024
Brazil's government believes it will achieve this year's fiscal target considering its tolerance margins, despite an unexpected budget deficit in March, where increased expenses
April 29, 2024Venezuela's opposition coalition said late on Sunday that three more activists have been detained, the latest arrests of opposition members ahead of a July presidential election.
April 29, 2024Mexico's main opposition presidential candidate Xochitl Galvez called her rival, frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum, "the candidate of lies"
May 14, 2024
A bus crash on the outskirts of Mexico City killed 18 people on Sunday, while another 32 were injured, according to the state of Mexico's civil protection agency.
April 29, 2024Haiti's transition council on Saturday said it will vote for the country's next president on Tuesday as part of efforts to bring the Caribbean country under control amid rampant gang
May 14, 2024
A surprise announcement that revealed Haiti’s new prime minister is dividing a recently installed transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for the gang-riddled Caribbean country
May 01, 2024
The chief executive of Brazil's Embraer said on Friday that supply chain issues impacting planemakers have been improving but some challenges remain.
April 26, 2024U.S. car maker General Motors will close its manufacturing operations in Colombia and Ecuador, the company said in a statement on Friday, as part of its shift towards producing next-
May 13, 2024
At least 10 people died and 11 were injured in the early hours of Friday morning in a major fire at a guesthouse in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre, said the Rio Grande do
May 13, 2024
Brazil's consumer prices rose slightly less than expected in the mid-April reading, data from statistics agency IBGE showed on Friday.
May 13, 2024
Several thousand Indigenous demonstrators marched chanting to drum beats on Thursday to the seat of power in Brazil's capital to protest against the government's
May 12, 2024
Haiti's transition council took power in a ceremony on Thursday, formalizing the resignation of former Prime Minster Ariel Henry as the Caribbean country seeks to establish
May 11, 2024
The Colombian attorney general's office has suspended arrest warrants for nine leaders of the illegal armed group Segunda Marquetalia, it said on Thursday, as part of a process to
May 11, 2024
Colombia's parks agency, the Frankfurt Zoological Society and German fund Legacy Landscapes on Thursday launched a financial mechanism to fund Chiribiquete
May 10, 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Ecuadorean authorities have reached a staff-level agreement to underpin a four-year, $4 billion extended fund facility (EFF), the
May 10, 2024
Canadian miner Teck Resources reported a 74% rise in quarterly copper production on Thursday, helped by a ramp-up at its Quebrada Blanca (QB) mine in Chile, sending its
May 10, 2024
Mexican cement maker Cemex reported a 13% increase in first-quarter net profit on Thursday, bolstered by lower taxes and less exposure to
May 10, 2024
An outspoken couple weeks for Brazil's central bank chief, including criticism of budget policy and comments scrapping monetary policy guidance, have soured
May 10, 2024
A diplomatic crisis in Ecuador and uncertainty over Venezuela's political future have divided South American nations and
May 10, 2024
Mining company Vale expects to reach a final agreement with authorities for reparations for the collapse of the Samarco tailings dam by the end of the first half of
April 24, 2024A ceremony to install a stalled presidential transition council in Haiti will take place Thursday morning on the outskirts of the capital Port-au-Prince, the office of
April 24, 2024Mexico's Becle, the world's largest tequila producer, on Wednesday posted a 18% fall in first-quarter net profit from a year earlier, still landing above analyst forecasts, as
April 24, 2024Walmart's Mexico and Central America unit posted a 14.4% year-on-year rise in first-quarter net profit on Wednesday, fueled by strong sales across its markets which it
May 09, 2024
Brazil's government submitted proposed rules to Congress on Wednesday to carry out a historic tax overhaul approved last year, a key element of President Luiz Inacio Lula da
May 09, 2024
Brazilian Supreme Court justice Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday closed an investigation into whether former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro sought asylum at the Hungarian
May 09, 2024
Barbados will halt the acquisition of a former slavery plantation belonging to a British Conservative MP after locals said he should transfer land ownership to the state
May 09, 2024
A Canadian minister who attended a dinner between President-elect Donald Trump and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says Trump was joking when he suggested Canada become the 51st U.S. state
December 03, 2024
Ecuador is defending its storming of Mexico’s Embassy in Quito last month
May 01, 2024
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Wednesday he is committed to carrying out a transition that will allow exiled people to return to the
April 24, 2024
Brazil's central bank director Gabriel Galipolo said on Wednesday that the monetary authority should not get spooked with "short-term" market fluctuations and will need time to
May 09, 2024
Former Mexico City mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum increased her lead in the race for the presidency, an opinion poll showed on Wednesday, some 40 days
May 09, 2024
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro claimed victory in the country's presidential election in the early hours of Monday morning, even as the country's opposition said its candidate
March 27, 2024
Mexico's consumer prices unexpectedly rose in the first half of April, national statistics agency INEGI said on Wednesday, reinforcing bets that the country's central bank will hold its
May 09, 2024
Hundreds of thousands of Argentines took to the streets of Buenos Aires on Tuesday in an anti-government march against budget cuts to public universities,
May 08, 2024
Achieving her career ambitions in Spain has proved remarkably easy for Sara Hernandez, a systems architect from Venezuela who found her skills were in hot demand
May 08, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he is willing to receive an envoy from the United Nations' human rights office, after his government asked staff to leave the
May 08, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Tuesday he hopes to present a new fund aimed at boosting the lower pensions in the system on May 1, a month ahead of
May 08, 2024
Venezuela unity opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will appear as three parties' candidate on the ballot for July presidential elections, after two additional
April 23, 2024In Mexico, more states are legalizing abortion at the same time US states like Florida are imposing more restrictions.
May 01, 2024
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on leaders of militant groups over the taking of hostages, including Americans, in West Africa, the Treasury and State departments said.
April 23, 2024Mexican headline inflation likely ticked up in the first half of April as core inflation eased, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday, boosting expectations that Mexico's central
May 08, 2024
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei is revving up his attack on the country's deep fiscal deficit, doubling down on "chainsaw" spending cuts and "
May 08, 2024
Chilean telecommunications firm Entel plans to invest $618 million this year, the company said on Tuesday, slightly above its 2023 spending.
May 08, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei boasted on Monday that his government is successfully taming profligate public spending, touting a rare first quarter surplus that he argues
April 23, 2024
Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa said on Monday his party, which is now in opposition, will support security measures widely backed by voters in a
April 22, 2024
Mexican soldiers arrested Abraham Oseguera, the brother of Nemesio "El Mencho" Oseguera who leads the hyper-violent Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG), officials said on
April 22, 2024Ecuador's former President Rafael Correa said on Monday his party, which is now in opposition, will support security measures widely backed by voters in a weekend referendum but will
May 07, 2024
Panama recalled its ambassador to Nicaragua on Monday for consultations, citing the government's "energetic protest" against what it called the illegal protection afforded to a
May 07, 2024
Haiti's capital is almost completely cut off by air, sea and land blockades as gang violence intensifies, stopping aid
April 22, 2024
Operations at Haiti's main fuel import terminal were suspended on Monday as armed men seized trucks and demanded the port be shut down, according to a
April 22, 2024Argentina's economic activity likely plunged 5.9% year-on-year in February, a Reuters poll of market analysts showed on Monday, which would make a fourth
April 22, 2024Brazil's central bank governor reiterated on Monday that significant uncertainties made it difficult to provide guidance on monetary policy, indicating policymakers are no longer
May 07, 2024
Brazil's government will launch measures on Monday aimed at renegotiating debts and reducing the cost of new loans for small businesses and low-income families, besides
May 07, 2024
Ecuador's attorney general's office and national police said on Monday they have recaptured a well-known alleged leader of the Los Lobos gang - Fabricio Colon
April 22, 2024Mexico's economy is set to grow steadily after June's presidential election, in line with a decent performance in the United States, while the fiscal front
May 07, 2024
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa has won significant voter support for a raft of security measures he says will help him fight sharply increased crime, a quick
April 21, 2024
Tens of thousands of Colombians marched on Sunday to reject economic and social reforms being proposed by the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro, the
April 21, 2024
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro on Sunday rallied thousands of supporters in Rio de Janeiro in a bid to
April 21, 2024
Ecuadorean prison director Cosme Damian Parrales Merchan was killed on Sunday, the South American country's SNAI prisons agency said in a statement, even as citizens head to the
April 21, 2024Ten people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, with the local government warning that the situation is critical and could
July 02, 2024
Tens of thousands of people marched in Colombia's biggest cities on Wednesday to support reforms proposed by President Gustavo Petro which he says will tackle inequality, but which
May 16, 2024
Brazil will substantially increase income tax exemptions for individuals by the end of the current government's term and grant no tax breaks for companies lacking job commitments,
May 16, 2024
Panamanians will elect a new president on Sunday, with eight candidates set to appear on the ballot, and polls showing mixed rankings
May 16, 2024
Ecuador accused Mexico before the International Court of Justice (ICJ) of blatant interference in Ecuadorian internal affairs on Wednesday after Mexico
May 16, 2024
A Missouri man has been executed for sexually assaulting and killing a 9-year-old girl, then dumping her body in a sinkhole outside of town
December 03, 2024
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of "internal armed conflict".
May 16, 2024
Brazil's Senate on Tuesday approved a bill maintaining tax incentives for the meetings and cultural events sector until the end of 2026, which now needs President
May 15, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro says his government will break diplomatic relations with Israel effective Thursday in the latest escalation of tensions between both countries over the Israel-Hamas war
May 01, 2024
Gangs in Haiti have laid siege to several neighborhoods in the capital, burning homes and exchanging gunfire with police for hours in one of the biggest attacks since Haiti’s new prime minister was announced
May 02, 2024
Latin America e-commerce giant MercadoLibre said on Thursday its first-quarter net profit surged 71% from a year earlier, beating analysts' estimates as its performance in Brazil
May 17, 2024
The Venezuelan government is aiming to make up for the return of U.S. oil sanctions by raising tax revenues so it can increase spending on public workers and secure
May 17, 2024
Argentina's nuclear energy ambitions are coming under pressure from a tough austerity package and cost-cutting drive by libertarian
May 17, 2024
A group of children holding red, yellow and blue balloons – the colors of Colombia's flag – run to the playground of a newly-opened school built
May 16, 2024
Latin America's highest-income countries, with the exception of Argentina, will grow moderately this year and next because external demand will remain weak,
May 16, 2024
Public employees in Venezuela will receive $130 per month in bonuses, President Nicolas Maduro said on Wednesday, amid demands by workers for salary increases and
May 16, 2024
The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state has jumped to 29, with another 60 people missing, according to the state’s civil defense agency
May 02, 2024Colombia has become the latest Latin American country to announce it will break diplomatic relations with Israel over its military campaign in Gaza
May 03, 2024
As time was running out, Venezuela's opposition chose low-profile former diplomat Edmundo Gonzalez to run against President Nicolas Maduro in a July election that
May 06, 2024
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa declared a second state of emergency on Friday over an energy crisis that has already led to rationing in the South American country.
May 06, 2024
Japanese automaker Honda will invest 4.2 billion reais ($807.74 million) in its Itirapina plant in Brazil by 2030, an executive said on Friday, adding the company aims to develop a
May 06, 2024
Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa looks set to win a referendum on Sunday that asks voters to support new security measures to fight rising violence, although
May 04, 2024
Ecuadoreans go to the polls this Sunday to vote in a referendum put forward by President Daniel Noboa, who has asked voters to approve measures to
March 27, 2024The day after the United States announced it would reimpose costly limits on Venezuela's oil sector, the South American nation braced
May 03, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva officially recognized two more Indigenous territories on Thursday, but said he decided not to sign off on four others because they
May 03, 2024
Any national-security review of the deal for Japan's Nippon Steel to acquire U.S.
May 03, 2024
Latin American nations must be on high alert as the weather phenomenon known as El Nino rapidly switches over to La Nina, experts said on Thursday, leaving populations and
May 03, 2024
Mexican export cuts and a rerouting of Canadian output are shrinking already limited supplies of heavy crude in the Atlantic basin,
May 18, 2024
Mexican authorities said on Thursday they were searching at sea and on land for two Australians and one American reported missing in Baja California, one of the
May 18, 2024
Chilean carrier LATAM Airlines hiked its earnings forecasts for this year on Thursday, backed by a strong first-quarter performance
May 02, 2024Diego Maradona's children filed a request with the Argentine Courts on Thursday to move the former football great's body "to a much safer place" and for fans "to pay tribute"
May 17, 2024
Panama’s Supreme Court has rejected a constitutional challenge to the candidacy of leading presidential contender José Raúl Mulino
May 03, 2024
One-third of Americans think that “rule by a strong leader or the military would be a good way of governing their country.” Are they losing faith in democracy?
May 03, 2024
The civil defense agency in the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul says heavy rains have killed 39 people, with another 68 still missing
May 03, 2024
Brazil and the state of Espirito Santo have rejected a proposal by miners Vale and BHP regarding reparations for the deadly 2015 Mariana tailings dam burst, the federal
May 20, 2024
Heavy rains battering Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul have killed 39 people, local authorities said on Friday, and the death toll is expected to rise as dozens still have
July 02, 2024
Mexican authorities have located three bodies in the state of Baja California where one American and two Australian tourists were reported missing, the local
May 03, 2024
Ammunition and weapons missing from Colombia's army are far less than figures reported by President Gustavo Petro this week, a military report seen by Reuters showed,
May 20, 2024
The outlook for the soybean harvest in Rio Grande do Sul, which was on track to become the second largest producer in Brazil behind Mato Grosso
July 02, 2024
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Friday that President Nicolas Maduro's government would have already banned him from
July 02, 2024
Economists are unusually split over the size of a likely Brazil interest rate reduction on May 8, a Reuters poll found,
May 20, 2024
Two Americans, one Canadian missing after attempt to climb New Zealand’s highest mountain
December 03, 2024
Panama's top court on Friday ruled the presidential candidacy of ex-President Ricardo Martinelli's former running mate Jose Raul Mulino is constitutional, days before the election.
July 02, 2024
Mexico's peso is set to navigate between a relatively firm economy on one side and some political doubts on the other, with a small depreciation expected in
May 19, 2024
Global grains trader Archer-Daniels-Midland said on Tuesday the company is focusing on controlling costs as a "challenging" commodities cycle that has eroded profits
December 03, 2024
Venezuela's government is planning a budget of $22.7 billion for next year, the country's Vice President Delcy Rodriguez told lawmakers at the government-allied
December 03, 2024
Greater Toronto area home sales fell in April for a third straight month and prices crept up, as over two-decade high interest rates kept the lid on housing market recovery in
May 19, 2024
Brazil is set to achieve a primary deficit of 20 billion reais ($3.3 billion) this year, narrower than the maximum shortfall permitted under its fiscal rules,
December 03, 2024
Mexican authorities say three bodies have been recovered in an area of Baja California near where two Australians and an American went missing last weekend
May 03, 2024
The United States is gearing up for Cinco de Mayo
May 04, 2024
The state prosecutor’s office says three bodies recovered in an area of Mexico's Baja California state are likely to be those of the two Australians and an American who went missing last weekend during a camping and surfing trip
May 04, 2024
Heavy rains in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul this week killed at least 55 people, local authorities said on Saturday evening, while dozens remain unaccounted
July 02, 2024
The three dead bodies found in Mexico's Baja California state are highly likely to be the American and two Australian tourists who went missing last week, a
July 02, 2024
Madrid and Buenos Aires traded barbs on Saturday after Spanish Transport Minister Oscar Puente suggested Argentina's President Javier Milei was a drug user.
May 20, 2024
More than a million people thronged Brazil's Copacabana beach for a free Madonna concert on Saturday, braving the heat to see the end of her "Celebration" world tour.
May 04, 2024
Panama's former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential poll dominated by his old boss, the
May 05, 2024
The death toll from heavy rains that have caused flooding in Brazil's southern state of Rio Grande do Sul has risen to at least 78, local authorities said on
May 05, 2024
Authorities say massive floods in Brazil’s southern Rio Grande do Sul state have killed at least 75 people over the last seven days and another 103 are reported missing
May 05, 2024
The top United Nations human rights watchdog has ordered Venezuela to avoid destroying tally sheets as it opens an investigation into allegations that President Nicolás Maduro stole this summer’s election
December 03, 2024
New Jersey's top law enforcement official says authorities took down two human trafficking rings, including one that was forcing children as young as 13 to have sex with adults for money
December 03, 2024Searchers have recovered the body of a Wisconsin woman who vanished more than four years ago
December 03, 2024Mexican authorities on Sunday confirmed the American and two Australian tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last week are dead after
May 05, 2024
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro said on Sunday he had to be hospitalized again in the northern city of Manaus due to a skin infection caused by a bacteria, adding there
May 20, 2024
A U.S. official says authorities made about 46,700 arrests for illegally crossing the border from Mexico in November, down about 17% from October to a new low for Joe Biden’s presidency
December 03, 2024
Mexican authorities say relatives have positively identified three bodies found in a well as those of two Australian surfers and one American who went missing last weekend
May 05, 2024
Family members of three tourists who went missing in northern Mexico last month have identified their bodies, the state prosecutor's office in Baja California said in a
July 02, 2024
In a historic and tumultuous election in Panama, José Raúl Mulino has landed in the role of president-elect despite not even expecting to be the candidate a few months ago
May 06, 2024
Floodwaters in the Houston area and parts of Southeast Texas are starting to recede, allowing residents to begin returning to their homes and assess damages after days of heavy rainfall
May 06, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva asked Congress on Monday to recognize a state of public calamity for
May 06, 2024
Senior officials in Brazil's economic team are signaling a need to curb pension spending in order to shore up public accounts, although their
May 21, 2024
Panama's President-elect Jose Raul Mulino told a cheering crowd moments after he won Sunday's general election that he was "no one's
May 21, 2024
The U.S. issued visa restrictions against executives of several Colombia maritime companies allegedly linked to migrant transportation to the Colombia-Panama border
May 06, 2024An American soldier has been arrested in Russia's port city of Vladivostok and accused of stealing from a Russian girlfriend
May 06, 2024
Well before the year began, Associated Press journalists knew that surging migration through the Americas was a major story
May 06, 2024
Brazil's former far-right President Jair Bolsonaro is traveling to Sao Paulo on Monday for treatment of an intestinal obstruction and a bout of erysipelas, a bacterial skin
May 21, 2024
Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) on Monday said it would lift its suspension on kidnapping because the government had failed to live up to agreements
May 06, 2024Paraguay is advancing talks with energy firms and high-ranking government officials from Argentina and Brazil over a potential $1.5 billion gas pipeline to
May 21, 2024
Mexico's automotive industry saw a jump in production in April while exports also increased from a year earlier, data from national statistics agency INEGI showed on Tuesday.
May 22, 2024
In the high altitude Bolivian town of San Pedro de Macha, hundreds of Indigenous Quechua men and women take to the streets for a ritual
May 22, 2024
Argentina has a new largest banknote, the 10,000 peso, which is five times the size of the previous top bill but still only worth around $10 as the South American country grapples with the
May 22, 2024
Colombia's four main illegal armed groups grew during 2023 as they consolidated territorial control financed by drug trafficking and illicit gold extraction,
May 22, 2024
Two former officials of Colombia's National Unit for Disaster Risk Management (UNGRD) have requested immunity in exchange for their cooperation with prosecutors
May 07, 2024Rescuers rushed to evacuate people stranded by devastating floods across the southern Brazilian state of Rio Grande do
July 02, 2024
More than 80% of residents in Brazil's southern city of Porto Alegre don't have running water one week after major flooding
May 07, 2024
The Chinese state-owned company at the center of a dispute over operations of a megaport it is building on Peru's Pacific coast insisted on Tuesday on terms agreed
May 22, 2024
Brazilian telecommunications operator Telefonica Brasil posted on Tuesday a net profit below analysts' expectations, even though it increased by 7.3% in the first quarter from a
May 22, 2024
Chilean retailer Falabella on Tuesday posted a net profit for the first quarter, reversing a year-ago loss, boosted by operations in Peru.
May 22, 2024
The mother of two Australian surfers killed in Mexico has delivered a moving tribute to her sons at a beach in San Diego
May 07, 2024
Representatives from 22 Western Hemisphere countries gathered in Guatemala have renewed their commitment to continue offering legal pathways to enter their countries, to provide aid to communities most affected by migration and to coordinate their response to manage immigration flows
May 08, 2024A return to growth in the Americas helped Puma meet first-quarter sales forecasts and its order book for the rest of the year was looking "very good", the
May 22, 2024
Brazil's planning ministry is preparing to review government spending again, including changes in the calculation of pension and labor benefits
May 22, 2024
Brazilian opinion polls released this week show a mixed scenario for the approval ratings of President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's administration, with two surveys indicating a
May 22, 2024
Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the risk of lightning and
July 02, 2024
Two out of nine magistrates in Colombia's National Electoral Council have requested an investigation be opened into Colombian President Gustavo
May 22, 2024
Authorities in southern Brazil are rushing to rescue survivors of massive flooding that has killed at least 100 people, but some residents are refusing to leave belongings behind while others are returning to evacuated homes despite the risk of new storms
May 08, 2024
Argentina's industrial output plunged 21.2% in March from a year ago, the INDEC statistics agency said on Wednesday, the worst slide since the depths of the COVID-19 pandemic
May 22, 2024
Widespread recent power outages in Mexico were caused by unseasonably hot weather, the country's president said on Wednesday, assuring
May 22, 2024
A front of Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) has broken ranks with the group's central command, becoming the guerrillas' first dissident faction, as
May 22, 2024
Panama's president-elect, Jose Raul Mulino, said on Wednesday he will urge lawmakers to approve a law enabling the Panama Canal to build
July 02, 2024
A transitional council tasked with choosing new leaders for Haiti is changing the way it operates in a move that is surprising many as gang violence consumes the country
May 09, 2024
Ramon Fonseca, who co-founded the now defunct law firm linked to the Panama Papers scandal, died overnight in hospital, his lawyer told Reuters on Thursday morning.
May 24, 2024
Rescuers saved a horse on Thursday that had been trapped precariously for two days on a rooftop in a severely flooded town in southern Brazil, television images showed
May 24, 2024Beijing and Washington have quietly resumed cooperation on the deportation of Chinese immigrants who are in the U.S. illegally
May 09, 2024
The death toll from severe flooding in southern Brazil has risen to 107, civil defense said on Thursday, as rescue
May 24, 2024
Colombia's Supreme Court has ordered the country's interior minister to testify in a corruption probe and the Constitutional Court struck down the creation of the equality ministry
May 24, 2024
Venezuela is open to paying its debt to China - which according to independent data amounts to some $10 billion - lawmaker Nicolas Maduro Guerra, son of President
May 24, 2024
Brazil's markets fell on Thursday after the central bank cut rates in a split decision that saw appointees of the current government advocating for a larger reduction, sparking
May 24, 2024
Peru's poverty rate rose again last year, official data showed on Thursday, as South America's fourth biggest nation struggles to emerge from a painful recession amid
May 24, 2024
Western Union confirmed on Thursday it had resumed its remittance service from the U.S. to Cuba after the system collapsed more than three months earlier, restoring a vital lifeline
May 24, 2024
Mexican lender Bankaool expects to debut on the U.S. stock market by early 2026, a top executive said, as parent company Grupo OMNi looks to raise money to fund the lender's
May 24, 2024
Juan Orlando Hernandez, the former Honduras president convicted in March of drug and firearms offenses, failed to persuade a U.S. judge to grant a new trial.
May 24, 2024
A horse that was perilously stranded on a rooftop by Brazil's deadly floods has been rescued
May 09, 2024
A new U.S. asylum change announced on Thursday aims to more quickly reject asylum seekers caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border if they pose certain
May 24, 2024
Struck by the worst drought in five decades, Costa Rica announced an electricity rationing plan on Thursday, blaming a severe lack of rainfall that has hobbled
May 24, 2024Hundreds of volunteers have set up a makeshift dog shelter in an abandoned, roofless warehouse in the Brazilian city of Canoas, one of the hardest hit by floods in southern Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state
May 10, 2024
Brazil's annual inflation continued to trend down but slightly less than expected in April, official data showed on Friday, in the first consumer price readings after the
May 26, 2024
Constellation Brands said on Tuesday it would sell its Svedka vodka to New Orleans-based Sazerac, as the Corona beer maker looks to focus on its premium wine and spirits business.
December 03, 2024
The likely next president of Brazil's ruling Workers Party (PT)says the party has to reconnect with its rank and file and the new working class if it wants
December 03, 2024Investment firm Stonepeak launched an infrastructure fund on Tuesday targeting individuals with at least $5 million in investments as private equity firms expand their fundraising efforts
December 03, 2024Less than three months from the Olympic Games in Paris, Brazilian athletes from the devastated southern state of Rio Grande do
May 27, 2024
At least 60 people were injured on Friday when a seven-car passenger train collided with a locomotive and an empty train car in Buenos Aires, local authorities said, without
May 26, 2024
Former Mexico City mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum's lead has narrowed slightly ahead of Mexico's presidential election scheduled for June 2, an
May 26, 2024
Hundreds of mothers of missing people, other relatives and activists have marched through downtown Mexico City to mark a sad commemoration of Mother's Day
May 10, 2024
Brazil's orange production is expected to hit its lowest level in more than three decades in 2024/25, research center Fundecitrus said on Friday, as farmers grapple with adverse
May 27, 2024
Peruvian authorities said on Friday that they had launched an investigation into President Dina Boluarte for disbanding a special police force that had been
May 27, 2024
Ten cities in Mexico registered record-high temperatures in 10 cities, including the capital, authorities said on Friday, amid a searing heat wave that has prompted blackouts
May 27, 2024
Authorities in Argentina say at least 90 people were injured in Buenos Aires when a passenger train struck an empty box car on the tracks and derailed
May 10, 2024
Non-governmental organizations monitoring Cuban prisons are demanding an investigation into the death of a man imprisoned since 2021 after being arrested for participating in historic protests against shortages and blackouts
December 03, 2024The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state has climbed to 136, the local civil defense government body said on Saturday, up from 126 in the previous
July 02, 2024
The biggest geomagnetic storm in two decades, sparked by solar flares, caused dazzling lights displays in parts of Latin America overnight on Friday, including a rare
July 02, 2024
A court in Colombia granted conditional release to former paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, his defense team confirmed on Saturday.
May 27, 2024
A strong earthquake has shaken the border of Mexico and Guatemala driving frightened residents into the streets
May 12, 2024A magnitude 6.4 earthquake struck near the coast of Chiapas in Mexico on Sunday morning, the United States Geological Survey said.
May 27, 2024The death toll from heavy rains in Brazil's Rio Grande do Sul state rose to 143, up from 136 on the day before, the local civil defense government body
July 02, 2024
Less than two weeks after floods devastated Brazil's southern Rio Grande do Sul state leaving at least 143 dead, the state is again on alert
July 02, 2024
Authorities in Mexico say a mass shooting in a mountain township beset by crime just south of Mexico City resulted in several deaths
May 12, 2024Argentina's government is set to ramp up pressure on Venezuela to grant safe passage to six opposition aides who had sought
May 28, 2024
Staff of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Argentine authorities have reached an agreement on the eighth review of the country's $44 billion extended fund facility arrangement, as
July 02, 2024
Vice President Kamala Harris has used a profanity while offering advice to young Asian Americans, Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders about how to break down barriers
May 13, 2024
A top migration monitoring group says conflicts and natural disasters left nearly 76 million people displaced within their countries last year, a new record
May 14, 2024
Diego Maradona’s heirs want to stop the auction of a trophy he was awarded after the 1986 World Cup won by Argentina
May 14, 2024
Argentina's central bank cut the benchmark interest rate on Tuesday after inflation slowed for the fourth straight month and the annual rate
July 02, 2024
Chinese electric auto maker BYD expects to have chosen a site to build a plant in Mexico, where it will put out up to 150,000 cars a year, by the end of 2024, the firm's
May 29, 2024
Chinese automaker BYD unveiled the Shark, a mid-size hybrid-electric pickup truck, in Mexico on Tuesday, as its regional chief brushed off new U.S. tariff
July 02, 2024
Former Mexico City Mayor and ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum held a comfortable, albeit slightly narrower lead over her closest rival ahead of the nation's elections
May 29, 2024
Police in Peru reported 13 people killed in a crash on a highway in the South American country's Andean region, according to a radio announcement on Tuesday, marking the latest fatal
July 02, 2024
Argentine market traders are betting the central bank will cut its benchmark interest rate again this week given the slowdown in monthly inflation and a planned
May 29, 2024
Government data in Argentina says the country’s monthly inflation rate has eased sharply to a single-digit rate in April for the first time in half a year
May 14, 2024
Hundreds of residents in four neighborhoods in the southern end of Canada's oil sands hub of Fort McMurray, Alberta have been ordered out
May 14, 2024
President Joe Biden’s move to hike tariffs on Chinese goods should help U.S.-based medical mask and glove makers, a sector that has largely flamed out after surging
May 29, 2024
A video released over the weekend of Colombian rebel commander Ivan Marquez, who had reportedly died last year, is real, defense minister Ivan Velasquez said on
May 29, 2024
The partner of former Abercrombie & Fitch CEO Mike Jeffries who was indicted on sex trafficking charges along with Jeffries and another man has been released on $10 million bond
December 03, 2024
The chief executive of Brazil's Petrobras offered to step down, the state-run oil company said on Tuesday, as the government lined up
July 02, 2024
Authorities in Mexico say 11 people have been killed by shootings in a small town in the southern of Chiapas
May 15, 2024Brazil's southernmost state capital may suffer severe flooding for weeks to come, experts warn, compounding the struggles of half a million
July 02, 2024
The World Health Organization has authorized a second dengue vaccine, a move that could provide protection for millions worldwide against the mosquito-borne disease that has already sparked numerous outbreaks across the Americas this year
May 15, 2024
Yemen’s Houthi rebels have claimed targeting a U.S. Navy destroyer and a commercial ship in the Red Sea
May 15, 2024
Brazil's central bank is firmly committed to pursuing its 3% inflation target, board members said on Wednesday, noting that they share concerns about rising price
May 30, 2024
Brazil's economy exhibited a higher-than-expected contraction in March but still managed to clinch a positive performance in the first quarter, central bank data showed on
May 30, 2024
Javier Mascherano has arrived in Miami and is already at work as Inter Miami's new coach
December 03, 2024
South Africa's President Cyril Ramaphosa signed into law on Wednesday a bill that aims to provide universal health coverage, hailing it as a
May 30, 2024
The vast flooding that has devastated Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state has yet to subside
May 15, 2024
The son-in-law of a prominent Venezuelan opposition leader has pleaded guilty to money laundering charges for his role in a vast bribery conspiracy to siphon over a billion dollars from the state-owned oil company
May 15, 2024The U.S. removed Cuba from a short list of countries the United States alleges are "not cooperating fully" in its fight against terrorism, a State Department official said
July 02, 2024
The despair in Nilton Muradaz Junior's eyes is unmistakable as he looks at the vast lake that was once his farm and home
May 30, 2024
Chileans are bundling up with more clothes and clutching cups of hot coffee as the country faces the most intense cold snap in nearly 70 years, bringing winter weather in the
May 30, 2024
Brazil’s biggest pop star, Anitta, has released a music video depicting rituals of the Afro-Brazilian faith Candomble, sparking controversy in a country where religious intolerance is all too common
May 15, 2024
Chile's economic development agency CORFO on Wednesday said it reached an agreement with Albemarle to establish an option for the U.S. company to increase its production quota by
May 31, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte will travel to China in June to meet with her counterpart Xi Jinping, her agriculture minister announced on Wednesday, adding that beef exports to the
May 31, 2024
Argentina will post a budget surplus in April for the fourth consecutive month under the new government, the country's economy chief said Wednesday, touting
May 31, 2024
The number of minors crossing the treacherous jungle between Colombia and Panama known as the Darien Gap is on pace to rise by 34% to reach 160,000 this year, the United
May 31, 2024
At an intersection packed in four directions, rally-goers scream and light up cellphones in the evening as Venezuelan opposition figure María Corina Machado climbs onto a flatbed truck like a presidential candidate
May 16, 2024
Venezuela will not grant safe passage to leave the country to six opposition aides who have taken refuge in the Argentine embassy in Caracas, a ruling party
May 31, 2024
LATAM Airlines will increase the frequency of seven of its international routes connecting Brazil to the United States and countries in Europe and Africa, it
May 31, 2024
Panama President-elect Jose Raul Mulino on Thursday pulled business leaders and an economist into his ranks, the first cabinet selections in what Mulino has
May 31, 2024
U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin is expected to meet with China's defense minister during a conference in Singapore later this month, a U.S. official said on Thursday.
June 01, 2024
The Biden administration is creating a new process aimed at cutting the time it takes to decide the fates of newly arrived migrants in immigration courts from years to roughly six months
May 16, 2024
Peruvian lawmakers have begun yet another effort to remove President Dina Boluarte from office as authorities continue various investigations against her and her inner circle
May 16, 2024
As soaring violence and political turmoil grip neighboring Haiti, the Dominican Republic will hold elections Sunday that have been defined by calls for more crackdowns on migrants and finishing a border wall dividing the countries
May 16, 2024
Cartel violence haunted the central Mexican town of Huitzilac days after a mass shooting claimed the lives of eight men
May 17, 2024
U.S. figures show that San Diego became the busiest corridor for illegal crossings in April
May 17, 2024
A severe storm packing hurricane-force winds pummeled Houston on Thursday, killing at least four people, blowing windows out of high-rise buildings and leaving some 800,000 homes without
July 02, 2024
Argentina posted primary fiscal and financial surpluses in April, the economy ministry said on Thursday, driven by an austerity package under new libertarian President Javier
June 02, 2024
Panama's next government is considering erecting new checkpoints along a stretch of thick jungle on its southern border that has become a treacherous part of
June 02, 2024
Brazil's southernmost state is planning at least four "tent cities" to accommodate some 8,000 people currently in improvised shelters due to the
June 01, 2024
Chinese carmaker BYD Co has postponed plans to produce lithium cathodes for electric vehicle (EV) batteries in
June 01, 2024
South Africa’s election will determine how weary the country has become of the ruling African National Congress party, which has been in power since the end of apartheid 30 years ago
May 17, 2024
The Dominican Republic's Luis Abinader, an anti-corruption crusader who helped catapult the island nation's economy from pandemic lows to one of the fastest growing in
June 03, 2024
Tens of thousands of Haitians and Venezuelans who found refuge in southern Brazil after escaping hunger, violence and natural disasters are
June 03, 2024
The U.S. ambassador to Japan has stressed the importance of increased deterrence and his country’s commitment to its key ally as he visited two southwestern Japanese islands at the forefront of Tokyo's tension with Beijing
May 17, 2024
The governor of Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul said on Friday that the costs of rebuilding the state after devastating floods in recent weeks will be "much higher" than
June 03, 2024
Cloud cover and rain showers over the next few days are set to help crews battling a large wildfire near the Canadian oil sands city of Fort McMurray, Alberta, local authorities said on
July 02, 2024
Commuters in Buenos Aires are being hit by an abrupt 360% increase in subway fares
May 17, 2024
Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo were meeting Friday in this Mexican border city to tackle issues of shared interest, foremost among them immigration
May 17, 2024
Brazil estimates aid measures taken by authorities after deadly floods in its southernmost state will cost at least 13.4 billion reais ($2.6 billion) from its
June 03, 2024
The U.S sees it as a “very open question” whether Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro can win re-election if he holds a free vote in July,
June 03, 2024
Young Brazilian female footballers are hopeful that their country playing host to the 2027 Women's World Cup will boost the sport in the South American nation
May 18, 2024
Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez said on Saturday he will ensure all political parties are free to operate if he unseats President
June 04, 2024
Dominican Republic President Luis Abinader is headed to a second term following general elections
May 19, 2024
The Dominican Republic's hugely popular President Luis Abinader vowed unity and impartial leadership on Sunday as he soared to victory in
July 02, 2024
American and Nigerien defense officials say U.S. troops ordered out of Niger by its ruling junta will complete their withdrawal from the West African country by the middle of September
May 19, 2024
Spain recalled its ambassador to Buenos Aires for consultations on Sunday after Argentina's President Javier Milei made derogatory comments about Spanish Prime Minister Pedro
June 04, 2024
Less than two weeks from Mexico’s national elections, opposition presidential candidate Xóchitl Gálvez is trying to close the gap between herself and governing party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum
May 19, 2024
Mexico's major presidential candidates squared off Sunday night in a debate focused on security, with the ruling party hopeful defending the outgoing
June 04, 2024
The Dominican Republic's Luis Abinader, who is set for a second term after winning a preliminary 58.85% in Sunday's vote, inherited a nightmare scenario when he first took
July 02, 2024
In the fields of Pergamino in Argentina's grain heartland, farmer Adrian Farroni is revving up his soybean harvest late, delayed by rains that
June 04, 2024
Haiti’s main international airport has reopened nearly three months after gang violence forced authorities to close it
May 20, 2024
Dominican President Luis Abinader, a day after being re-elected for a second term , said on Monday that he will sit down with opposition leaders to discuss a potential fiscal reform.
June 04, 2024
Mexico's headline inflation likely ticked up in the first half of May for the third consecutive fortnight, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, fueling bets the Bank of Mexico will
June 04, 2024
Authorities in Congo are accusing three Americans of involvement in a brazen weekend attack on Congo’s presidential palace
May 20, 2024
Spain declared the withdrawal of its ambassador to Buenos Aires "permanent" on Tuesday in an escalation of its response to Argentine
June 05, 2024
It’s so hot in Mexico that howler monkeys are falling dead from the trees
May 21, 2024
Canadian authorities say serial killer Robert Pickton who brought his victims to his pig farm has been hospitalized and is in a life-threatening condition after an assault at a Quebec prison
May 21, 2024
Colombian President Gustavo Petro is weighing whether to fully suspend a ceasefire with the Estado Mayor Central (EMC) rebel group, Defense Minister Ivan
June 05, 2024
Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not to evacuate what they consider
July 02, 2024
As she runs to replace outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, Claudia Sheinbaum is struggling to construct her own image, leaving many wondering whether she can escape the shadow of the larger-than-life incumbent
May 22, 2024
Every day, Nidia Montenegro spends hours checking her cellphone, hoping to receive a long-awaited appointment with U.S. border officials to seek asylum in the United States
December 03, 2024
Bank of Nova Scotia reported fourth-quarter earnings below analysts' expectations and warned about modest economic growth in key international markets
December 03, 2024
Haiti's national police force will take charge of a much-awaited U.N.-backed security mission set to launch by the end of this month, Haiti's transition council said on
June 05, 2024
North Carolina man schemed millions from friends, close contacts then fled to Australia, officials say
December 03, 2024President Joe Biden has welcomed Kenyan President William Ruto to the White House to kick off a three-day state visit
May 22, 2024
From Brazil, Nigeria and Turkey to even some of the riskiest emerging markets such as Egypt and Zambia, evidence is growing that a decade-long deterioration in
June 06, 2024
Argentine laborer Pablo Vazquez was finishing a day's shift laying track for a train line near La Plata on the outskirts of Buenos Aires when the
June 07, 2024
Venezuela's opposition is carrying out an unusual presidential campaign starring two major figures, as primary winner Maria Corina Machado - who is barred from
June 06, 2024Brazil's Superior Court of Justice has denied state-run oil company Petrobras an appeal against the collection of some 987 million reais ($192.68 million) in taxes, the company
June 06, 2024
Hannah Kobayashi declared a voluntary missing person after video shows her crossing into Mexico, police say
December 03, 2024
Ecuador's attorney general's office is investigating eight extrajudicial killings reported to have taken place during the country's most
June 06, 2024
Argentina's black market peso weakened 3.91% against the dollar in the informal parallel market on Wednesday, hitting a record low of 1,280 per greenback as a
June 06, 2024
Health officials in Brazil say the first two deaths from waterborne bacterial disease have been reported in the country's south, where floodwaters are slowly receding
May 22, 2024
New York City is stepping up its efforts to push migrants out of its overwhelmed shelters as it begins enforcing a new rule that limits some adult asylum-seekers to a month in the system before they have to find a bed on their own
May 22, 2024
Police say a Hawaii woman who disappeared after landing in Los Angeles three weeks ago was seen crossing into Mexico alone with her luggage, but has not reached out to her family
December 03, 2024
El Salvador's Congress on Wednesday signed off on a $1.5 billion debt issuance to finance its credit portfolio and the Central American nation's general budget.
June 07, 2024Walmart plans to invest some $700 million in Guatemala over the next five years, the company's Central America head said on Wednesday.
June 07, 2024
Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Wednesday declared a new state of emergency in seven of the country's 24 provinces, as well as one area of a further
June 07, 2024
Argentina's economic activity fell 8.4% in March from a year earlier, the country's official statistics agency said on Wednesday, its fifth monthly drop in a row and the
June 07, 2024
At least nine people are dead and 121 more injured after the collapse of a stage during a campaign rally in the northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon
May 23, 2024
Judges at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) on Thursday rejected a demand by Mexico for emergency measures to protect its embassy in Ecuador, amid an ongoing diplomatic
June 08, 2024
A stage collapsed at a Mexican election campaign rally on Wednesday night, killing nine people and
June 10, 2024
Greek authorities have dismantled an international criminal group trafficking cocaine in shipping containers from Latin America to Europe, police said on Thursday.
June 07, 2024Argentina has big ambitions for the untapped copper riches in its Andean north.
June 07, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei looked more like a rock star than an economist-turned-politician on stage Wednesday night.
June 07, 2024
Extreme heat in Mexico, Central America and parts of the US South has left millions sweltering, strained energy grids and resulted in iconic Howler monkeys in Mexico dropping dead from trees
May 23, 2024
Flooding in Brazil’s Rio Grande do Sul state ravaged nearly everything needed for economic activity, from local shops to factories, farms and ranches
May 23, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum, front-runner in Mexico's presidential race, aims to overhaul water governance in the agriculture sector, the top
June 09, 2024
Brazil and China signed on Thursday a joint statement calling for peace talks in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine with the participation of both countries, a document seen by
June 09, 2024
Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel on Thursday replaced his minister of foreign commerce, Ricardo Cabrisas, a key cabinet member who has long spearheaded thorny debt negotiations
June 09, 2024
Heavy rains once again pounded parts of Brazil's southernmost state on Thursday, ruining days-long clean-up efforts and flooding areas which had
June 10, 2024
Officials say six people killed when a pickup ruck crashed into a passenger van in Idaho were agricultural workers from Mexico
May 24, 2024
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador swept into office nearly six years ago with a simple motto laying out his administration’s priorities: “For the good of all, first the poor.”
May 24, 2024
The northern Mexican state of Nuevo Leon will compensate the victims of a stage collapse that killed nine people and injured scores at an election campaign event on Wednesday, the governor
June 10, 2024
A family member says a U.S. missionary couple and a Haitian man who worked with them were shot and killed by gang members in Haiti’s capital who attacked them as they left a youth group activity held at a local church
May 24, 2024
An American arrested in the Caribbean for illegally carrying ammunition is returning to the United States after receiving a suspended sentence of one year and a fine of several thousand dollars
May 24, 2024Rescue teams looking for three climbers who went missing on New Zealand's highest mountain have found equipment belonging to the trio, police said on Tuesday, as a second day of
December 03, 2024Guatemalan President Bernardo Arevalo said on Friday that China had rejected entry to some shipments from the Central American nation, speculating that this could be due to
June 11, 2024
The U.S. and Kenya will hold a new round of trade talks next month, they said on Friday, as the two countries tout new business deals and look to boost
June 10, 2024
A family member of a U.S. missionary couple says the couple and a Haitian man who led a religious organization have been fatally shot by criminal gang members in Haiti’s capital
May 25, 2024
José Mujica, a one-time guerrilla, prisoner and later president of Uruguay who has cemented himself as an icon of the Latin American left, maintains that he
June 11, 2024
Hundreds of clowns have gathered in the streets of Peru’s capital to mark Clown Day, a holiday for which they have sought for years to gain official recognition
May 25, 2024
A volunteer firefighter and a Chilean forestry official have been formally accused by prosecutors with involvement in setting wildfires that engulfed central Chile this past February,
June 11, 2024
Mexico on Saturday extradited to the U.S.
June 11, 2024Argentine President Javier Milei said on Saturday he would apply a "significant" tax reduction if Congress approves a bill to reduce state intervention in the economy.
June 11, 2024
A Chilean judge has ordered a volunteer firefighter and a former forestry official detained for allegedly planning and causing a mammoth forest fire that caused 137 deaths and made 16,000 people homeless in February
May 26, 2024
A 60-year-old Argentine woman has watched her dreams to become the oldest Miss Universe contestant in history melt away in a haze of sequins and selfies at Argentina’s annual beauty pageant
May 26, 2024
South Africans will vote on Wednesday with widespread anger over power cuts, joblessness and corruption threatening to end the dominance of the African National
June 12, 2024
In the heart of Peru’s Amazon region, a poor neighborhood put aside the trials and tribulations of everyday life and celebrated an international film festival with works from countries with tropical forests
May 26, 2024
Police in Peru say four people are dead and more than 30 are injured after a passenger bus and a cargo train collided
May 26, 2024
The third heat wave suffocating dozens of states in Mexico could give way on Sunday to torrential rains, hail and even whirlwinds during the afternoon in the center of the
June 11, 2024
Shares have advanced in Europe and Asia ahead of Monday's Memorial Day holiday in the United States
May 27, 2024
An American quarry company has rejected the Mexican president’s campaign of criticisms and closures, and his offer to buy its property on the Caribbean coast
May 27, 2024
Mexico's federal archaeology agency is accusing the conservative-governed city of Guanajuato of mistreating the country’s famous mummified 19th century bodies
May 27, 2024
Government measures to destroy illegal roads in and around Colombia's Amazon rainforest are stalled, eight sources told Reuters, with one operation suspended
June 12, 2024
In the first cabinet shakeup of his five-month-old administration, Argentine President Javier Milei accepted the resignation of cabinet chief Nicolas Posse on Monday night
June 12, 2024
Peru's attorney general's office on Monday presented a so-called constitutional complaint against President Dina Boluarte in an alleged corruption case involving her use of luxury
June 12, 2024
Brazil's finance ministry plans to raise the minimum cigarette price to offset losses from tax benefits granted to companies in some sectors and small municipalities, a government
June 12, 2024
Paraguayan shoppers used to flock in their droves to the border town of Nanawa to buy cheap imports from Argentina, where the weak
June 12, 2024
Trinidad and Tobago received six bids from BP, Shell and US shale producer EOG Resources on four blocks to explore for oil and gas as its 2023 shallow water
June 12, 2024
Canada, Mexico and Argentina on Monday started to settle securities trades faster, halving settlement time to one day, in a move designed to
June 12, 2024Mexican carrier Aeromexico is temporarily suspending its route from Mexico City to the Ecuadorean capital of Quito, the airline said on Monday.
June 12, 2024
Argentina's markets have a wary eye on President Javier Milei's sprawling reform bill that is grinding through Congress and facing likely amendments in the
June 12, 2024
Brazil's central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Monday that policymakers believe inflation expectations should stabilize and improve over time, after recently citing concerns about
June 12, 2024
U.S. construction company Vulcan Materials on Monday rejected what it considers the "illegal expropriation" of its investments in Mexico and said it remains open to a
June 12, 2024
Brazilian airline Gol expects its exit of Chapter 11 bankruptcy proceedings to involve a $1.5 billion capital injection through the issuance of new shares and refinancing of $2
June 12, 2024
Brazil has overtaken Belgium as the largest export market for Chinese new energy vehicles, industry data showed, as Chinese carmakers increase sales to non-European markets amid
June 12, 2024
Officials in America’s hottest big metro are working to better protect people amid temperatures already hitting the triple digits this spring
May 28, 2024
Ahead of upcoming presidential elections, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and frontrunner Claudia Sheinbaum have strongly rejected any criticism of the governing party's security strategies
May 28, 2024
Mexicans will vote Sunday in historic elections weighing many of the core issues facing the country including gender, violence and populism
May 28, 2024
Argentina is on track to start long-awaited corn shipments to China from July, the country's grain export chamber told Reuters on Tuesday, which would be a
June 13, 2024
In early May, Claudia Sheinbaum, the favorite to win Mexico's upcoming presidential election next month, suddenly pulled out of a planned visit to Apatzingan, a
June 12, 2024
The U.S. is lifting some financial restrictions on Cuba in a move designed to boost private businesses on the island
May 28, 2024
Hundreds of people in Haiti are mourning the death of Judes Montis
May 28, 2024
Argentina's financial markets dipped on Tuesday after libertarian President Javier Milei, traveling on a U.S. tech tour, shook up his Cabinet,
June 13, 2024
Tens of millions of people living in coastal areas around the Caribbean and Latin America face imminent risks to healthcare and key infrastructure as climate change brings more severe
June 13, 2024
Venezuela’s electoral authorities have revoked an invitation to a European Union mission to observe the upcoming presidential election in July
May 28, 2024
South Africans have voted in an election seen as their country’s most important in 30 years
May 28, 2024
Colombia's Congress banned bullfighting on Tuesday following seven years of failed attempts to prohibit the activity, which some political and social groups have vowed to maintain
June 13, 2024
Venezuela has revoked its invitation to the European Union to send election observers for a presidential contest in July, Elvis Amoroso, the head of the National
June 13, 2024Colombia’s congress has voted to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries-old tradition that has inspired songs and novels but has become increasingly controversial in the countries where it is still practiced
May 28, 2024
Haiti's transition council on Tuesday tapped former Prime Minister Garry Conille, who briefly led the country over a decade ago, to return to the role as the
June 12, 2024
Tens of thousands of students in southern Brazil have been gone a month without seeing their classrooms after catastrophic floods submerged some schools
June 13, 2024
Haiti’s new prime minister has vowed to seek unity in his first statement since a transitional council selected him to head the government in the troubled Caribbean country
May 29, 2024
Latin America's human rights court holds a final hearing in Brazil on Wednesday in a case that's part of a global wave of climate litigation, as several
June 12, 2024
Polls in Mexico have almost universally tapped ruling party hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum as the easy favorite to win the June 2 presidential election, but
June 12, 2024
After three days of ferocious rains, Edite de Almeida and her husband fled their flooded home in early May and let loose
June 12, 2024
American Airlines was accused in a lawsuit on Wednesday of race discrimination for temporarily removing three Black men from a flight from Phoenix, Arizona, to New York
June 12, 2024
Argentina's government, facing domestic gas shortages and targeted service cuts, said on Wednesday that it had unblocked the unloading of a key Petrobras
June 12, 2024
Mexico has held the last day of campaigning before Sunday’s nationwide elections
May 29, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva removed his ambassador to Israel from his post and sent him to serve as his special representative in Geneva amid a diplomatic spat
June 14, 2024
Mexico's presidential candidates formally ended their campaigns on Wednesday, with most polls showing ruling party hopeful Claudia Sheinbaum on course to
July 02, 2024
Mexican ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum slightly extended her large lead over her main rival in the contest for the presidency on June 2, an opinion poll showed on
July 02, 2024
Mexico goes into Sunday’s election deeply divided: friends and relatives no longer talk politics for fear of worsening unbridgeable divides
May 30, 2024
Dengue cases have substantially increased in the Americas this year, the World Health Organization (WHO) said on Thursday, which indicates the mosquito-borne viral illness remains a high-
June 15, 2024
As Mexicans head to the polls on Sunday to elect their next president and thousands of state and local posts, much of the country is suffering
June 14, 2024
The White House is finalizing plans for a U.S.-Mexico border clampdown that would shut off asylum requests and automatically deny entrance to migrants once the number of people encountered by American border officials exceeded a new daily threshold
May 30, 2024
Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has told Donald Trump that Americans would also suffer if the president-elect follows through on a plan to impose sweeping tariffs on Canadian products
December 02, 2024
Waterborne diseases are now a risk in Brazil's southernmost state, authorities say, as residents begin to return to flooded homes and clean up after
June 17, 2024
Trains in Argentina's capital Buenos Aires slowed to a crawl on Thursday, doubling passengers' commute time, according to union rail workers who held an unusual protest
June 15, 2024
Ecuadorean police said on Thursday that the leader of a major gang from the South American country, who is implicated in the January murder of a prosecutor,
June 15, 2024Rising sea levels due to climate change have forced an Indigenous Guna community to leave their homes on an island off Panama's coast that is fast disappearing.
June 15, 2024
Argentina naval forces and a U.S. fleet including the nuclear-powered aircraft carrier USS George Washington carried out naval exercises on Thursday in
June 17, 2024If May is any indication, Cuba is in for a long, hot summer, says Havana horse and buggy driver Osmel Valdes.
July 02, 2024
A rags to riches story and a penchant for publicity propelled businesswoman Xochitl Galvez into the limelight as the main opposition candidate for Mexico's
June 17, 2024
When Claudia Sheinbaum - the frontrunner to become Mexico's next president - was just six years old, her parents were active participants in protests during one of
June 18, 2024
Police say they have thwarted a plot to detonate explosives at locations across El Salvador on Saturday, when President Nayib Bukele is set to be inaugurated for a second term.
July 02, 2024
Mexico’s drug cartels and gangs appear to be playing a wider role in Sunday’s elections that will determine the presidency, nine governorships and about 19,000 mayorships and other local posts
May 31, 2024
Brazilian airline Gol announced on Friday that its board elected Eduardo Gotilla as its new chief financial officer, while also posting preliminary results for April including
June 18, 2024
Mexicans head to the polls on Sunday in a historic presidential election in which the two main candidates are women, ushering in a new political era for
June 18, 2024
As voters in Mexico head to the polls, a flurry of false, sexist and misleading posts on social media are blurring the lines between fact and fiction
June 01, 2024
The British ambassador to Mexico has been removed from his post after he pointed an assault rifle at a local embassy employee in a car, according to media reports and a
June 18, 2024
Canada warned China against meddling in its elections during a rare meeting of the countries' defence chiefs, its defence minister said on Saturday.
June 18, 2024
The Biden administration has sent a high-level delegation to El Salvador to attend President Nayib Bukele's inauguration to a second term
June 01, 2024
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele took office on Saturday for a second term pledging to cure the "illnesses" of the Central American country by
July 02, 2024
Peru's monthly inflation rate slowed for the second month in a row May to 0.09%, bringing annual inflation down to its lowest level in three years, according to data published on
June 18, 2024
A U.N. development specialist tasked with restoring order to Haiti has arrived to the Caribbean nation to take up his new post as prime minister
June 01, 2024
Mexico’s projected election winner Claudia Sheinbaum will become the first female president in the country’s 200-year history
June 02, 2024
Puerto Rico congressional representative Jenniffer González has defeated Gov. Pedro Pierluisi in a surprise upset during a primary election held by their pro-statehood party
June 02, 2024
Former Mexico City mayor Claudia Sheinbaum declared victory in Mexico’s presidential election, shortly after electoral authorities said she held an irreversible lead in an official quick count
June 02, 2024
Talk about taking the road less traveled
December 03, 2024
By Kylie Madry and Valentine Hilaire MEXICO CITY -Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres
July 02, 2024
The iconic yellow and green of Brazil’s flag mixed with a sea of rainbow-colored tutus, hand fans and drag queen hairdos at Sunday’s LGBTQ+ pride parade in Sao Paulo
June 02, 2024
Mexico's ruling Morena party and a coalition of opposition parties on Sunday both declared that internal polls showed their respective candidates had won enough votes to become
June 18, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum, Mexico’s next president and its first woman leader in more than 200 years of independence, captured the post by promising continuity
June 03, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum’s name will go down in Mexican history
June 03, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum, a climate scientist and protege of Mexico's popular outgoing president Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, won a landslide to
June 19, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum has won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, whose
June 19, 2024
Two years after poachers murdered British journalist Dom Phillips in a remote corner of the Amazon, an NGO has been created in his memory to promote the
June 18, 2024
Ruling party candidate Claudia Sheinbaum won Mexico's presidential election, according to the INE electoral institute's rapid sample count released Sunday night.
June 18, 2024
Mexico’s first female president held out an olive branch to the more than one-third of Mexicans who didn’t vote for her, but she faces a market meltdown and a tough path toward reconciling a country left deeply divided by outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
June 03, 2024
Brazil's economy is forecast to have picked up pace in the first quarter of the year, a Reuters poll showed, driven by an increase in federal outlays that
June 19, 2024
Mexican stocks fell over 6% on Monday and the peso closed at its weakest to the dollar since November after the country's ruling party
June 20, 2024
Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum will face the unenviable task of making good on campaign promises to boost social programs even
June 19, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum basked in the glow of a thumping presidential win late Sunday, thanking supporters who gathered at the capital's iconic Zocalo plaza
June 19, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum won a landslide victory to become Mexico's first female president, inheriting the project of her mentor and outgoing leader Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador whose popular anti-
June 20, 2024
Mexican Finance Minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O accepted President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's invitation to stay on in the role, she said in a video shared on social media on
June 20, 2024
Mexico’s newly elected president faces a long list of challenges, including persistent cartel violence, a deeply divided country, cash-straitened social programs and the long shadow of her mentor, outgoing President Andrés Manuel López Obrador
June 04, 2024
Haiti's new interim Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Monday members of the new administration were setting aside their differences to work for the good of the country,
June 20, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's ruling coalition is close to securing a two-thirds majority in both chambers of Congress, which would pave the
June 21, 2024
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, an accomplished climate scientist, could struggle to fulfill her environmental pledges after she sailed to
June 24, 2024
Claudia Sheinbaum's landslide win gives her an unprecedented mandate in Mexico, but success in handling the country's key ally and
June 20, 2024
A proposal to tax Brazilians' small online purchases from abroad was dropped from a bill on sustainability tax incentives for automakers on Tuesday, prompting the nation's Senate
June 20, 2024
A clobbering for South Africa's, Mexico's and even India's heavyweight markets in recent days has proved without doubt that politics can still deliver an unexpected
June 21, 2024
Mexican finance minister Rogelio Ramirez de la O sought to reassure investors and markets, saying on Tuesday he would stay in his current role with the incoming
June 20, 2024
President-elect Donald Trump will attend the reopening celebration for Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris this weekend, his first foreign trip since the election
December 03, 2024
Colombia hosts the largest population of migrants and refugees from Venezuela, where more than 7.7 million have left since 2014 for economic, political and safety reasons
December 03, 2024
Election results in Mexico, South Africa and India jolted currencies and stocks alike, a stark reminder that politics still matter for markets in a
June 21, 2024
Homelessness is on the rise across major Argentine cities as the new libertarian government's tough medicine reforms squeeze pensions,
June 24, 2024
In the months leading up to Kenya's deployment of police officers to Haiti, President William Ruto has consulted political advisers, security officials and foreign
June 21, 2024
Mexico and the United States are nearing an agreement for non-Mexican migrants to be deported directly to their home countries rather than Mexico, President Andres Manuel Lopez
June 23, 2024
A sharp drop in Mexico's currency after a landslide election result has shaken foreign exchange markets as far as Hungary and Turkey this week, leaving investors
June 23, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is set to prioritize public internet access after taking office, an adviser said on Wednesday.
June 22, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte will travel to China this month to meet with her Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping and leaders from mining, technology and transportation firms after the
June 22, 2024
Jessica Leon, an asylum-seeker from Ecuador, scaled a border wall on Tuesday with her 3-year-old daughter, setting foot on U.S. soil in San Diego, California,
June 22, 2024
Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre expects its investments in Brazil this year to exceed the 23 billion reais ($4.35 billion) initially planned
June 21, 2024
Colombia's government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group said in a joint document on Wednesday they will begin peace talks on June 24 in Caracas, Venezuela.
June 21, 2024Propped up against the rusty steel slats of the border wall, migrant families who hours before crossed the U.S.-Mexico
July 02, 2024
The high level of bipartisan political support for Taiwan in the United States gives hope eventually a free trade deal could be signed, especially given progress on current talks,
June 23, 2024
Mexico is rushing to expand the cargo holding area of a two-year-old military-run airport, less than a year after the outgoing president forced cargo flights to
June 23, 2024
When Rio de Janeiro hosted the Olympics in 2016, videos of the extensive lagoon complex surrounding the Olympic Park were everywhere
June 06, 2024
Canadian authorities have broken up a large-scale human smuggling ring that they say moved hundreds of migrants illegally into the eastern United States over a year
June 24, 2024Brazilian restaurant chain operator Zamp has agreed to buy the rights to operate the Starbucks brand and some stores in the South American country, it said on Thursday, sending
June 24, 2024
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on Ecuadorean crime gang Los Lobos and its leader, the Treasury Department said in a statement.
June 24, 2024Fires in Brazil's Pantanal wetlands have surged nearly tenfold so far this year to the highest levels since 2020, when the biome suffered its worst blazes
June 24, 2024
The mayor of a western Mexican town was ambushed and killed by gunmen on Monday, shortly after the country elected its first-female president, following what was the
June 24, 2024A Trinidad and Tobago court on Thursday lifted restrictions on a Canadian video blogger from leaving the country, after he had been charged with sedition and jailed for
June 24, 2024Port worker unions in Argentina cut short a planned strike in grains shipping ports in the Rosario region following government-ordered talks, a union head said on Thursday, in
June 24, 2024
Nearly five decades after Uruguayan security forces seized Amelia Sanjurjo from the street, disappearing the newly pregnant woman into the maw of the military’s prison system, she received a proper burial in her hometown of Montevideo
June 06, 2024
Hammocks have begun appearing this week in the doorways of 300 new houses built in what was previously a yucca field along Panama’s Caribbean coast
June 06, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei will travel next week to the Group of Seven (G7) summit in Italy, a spokesman for the libertarian leader told Reuters on Thursday,
June 24, 2024
Argentina's inflation estimate for the end of this year came down to 146.4%, some 15 percentage points below the previous forecast, a central bank poll of analysts showed on Thursday,
June 24, 2024
A man who contracted bird flu in Mexico died due to chronic diseases and not the virus, Mexico's health ministry said on Friday.
June 25, 2024
The Mexican governing party's unexpectedly lopsided victory last week has investors concerned that it may use its mandate to sweep
June 26, 2024
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said late on Thursday no decision had been made on a package of constitutional reforms put forward by outgoing President Andres
June 24, 2024
Just over 170,000 migrants crossed the perilous Darien Gap that connects Panama to Colombia over the first five months of this year, Panama's migration agency said on Thursday,
June 24, 2024Two unidentified gunmen have opened fire on a group of students on a rural campus of the University of Panama, killing one and wounding another before escaping
June 07, 2024Mexico’s outgoing president has pledged to press ahead with judicial reforms despite nervousness among investors, and suggestions from his own handpicked successor that he should wait
June 07, 2024
UNICEF, the U.N. children's agency, appealed on Friday for international aid to help prepare violence-plagued Haiti for a dangerous Atlantic hurricane season that could be deadly for the
June 25, 2024
A local Mexican councilwoman in a small town in the Pacific coastal state of Guerrero was killed on Friday by armed men who showed up at her front door, authorities and local
June 25, 2024Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that resistance from some sectors to tighter rules for the use of tax credits will dissipate and
June 25, 2024
Authorities are warning of shark dangers this weekend along Florida’s Gulf Coast, where three people were hurt in two separate shark attacks
June 08, 2024
Haiti's government says the country's newly selected prime minister has been hospitalized in the capital of Port-au-Prince
June 08, 2024
Amid Mexico's heat wave and drought, suffering birds are getting air-conditioning and monkeys with heatstroke are being rescued by non-governmental groups
June 09, 2024
Haiti's new interim prime minister, Garry Conille, is in stable condition after being hospitalized for an unspecified illness on Saturday afternoon, his office said.
June 25, 2024
The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border dropped on Friday, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, saying it signaled a
June 26, 2024
Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille was discharged from a hospital after spending a night in treatment for an undisclosed condition
June 09, 2024
Venezuela’s ruling party is feeling its decades-long grip on power under threat
June 09, 2024
Angel Di Maria scored as Lionel Messi returned to the international stage for the first time in six months, helping Argentina to a 1-0 victory over Ecuador in a Copa America warmup match
June 10, 2024
Mexico's ruling Morena party and its allies have won a super-majority in the lower house of Congress but not the Senate, the party's president said on Sunday, falling just short
June 25, 2024
Shohei Ohtani won American League MVP honors unanimously twice in the past three years
June 10, 2024
U.S. and Philippine generals say that hundreds of American and Filipino troops have concluded a newly introduced war exercise in the northern Philippines
June 10, 2024
A Palestinian chef using ancient cooking techniques, a Senegalese restaurant in New Orleans and an upscale Thai restaurant in Oregon have won coveted James Beard Awards
June 10, 2024
Towns in central and southern Puerto Rico are struggling to emerge from a prolonged power outage that has forced authorities in the U.S. territory to activate an emergency response team
June 10, 2024
A Florida businessman accused in the disappearance of his estranged wife in Spain has pleaded not guilty to federal kidnapping charges
June 10, 2024
A United Nations-affiliated body is reviewing allegations Canada's human rights commission discriminated against Black and other employees and
June 26, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Monday she would encourage broad discussions over proposed constitutional
July 02, 2024
Mexican banks face risks from exposure to sovereign debt and debt from state entities, but have "sufficient ratings headroom" and can expect solid financial performance this
June 26, 2024
Peru's Justice Department said on Monday it has extended by 14 months the pretrial detention of jailed former President Pedro Castillo, who is charged with rebellion, abuse of
June 26, 2024
Brazil's consumer price data for May will likely show an acceleration in inflation, reflecting the damage from recent disastrous floods in the south, according to a
June 26, 2024
As football fever builds for major tournaments in Europe and the Americas, a small yet buzzy part of the cryptoverse is stealing centre stage: fan tokens.
June 27, 2024
Haiti's new prime minister on Monday condemned the gang killings of three police officers on a patrol in a part of the capital controlled by gang leader Jimmy "Barbeque"
June 26, 2024
Chiquita Brands International must pay $38.3 million in damages to the families of eight Colombian men killed by a paramilitary group in that country, a Florida jury said on Monday.
June 26, 2024Mexico City’s historic Chapultepec Castle has been depicted flying the Targaryen flag, and officials in Mexico aren’t amused
June 11, 2024Mexican authorities are using a simple but harsh tactic to deal with migrants trying to get to the U.S. They're wearing them out until they give up
June 11, 2024
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum spoke on Tuesday with U.S. officials about her strategies for security, migration and trade, just over a week after the leftist
June 27, 2024
Inmates in at least 16 Venezuelan prisons are staging hunger strikes to protest against incarceration conditions and delays in reviews of their judicial processes, two non-
June 27, 2024Colombia congressional committees from both the lower house and Senate on Tuesday approved a request from the leftist government of President Gustavo Petro to
June 27, 2024
Mexico accepted a formal request from the United States to review alleged labor rights violations at Volkswagen Mexico facilities in the state of Puebla, the government said on
June 27, 2024
MEXICO CITY -Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday tried to calm investor concerns over a proposed judicial overhaul, promising the country would maintain its rule of law while saying
July 02, 2024
The director-general of Brazil's federal police said on Tuesday that three ongoing probes into far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro are expected to conclude
June 27, 2024
The United States on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Guyanese mining magnate Nazar Mohamed and his son Azruddin over allegations they defrauded
June 27, 2024Paraguay's exports of its soybean crop, delayed by low river levels and weak prices earlier in the year, are gaining momentum, shipment
June 27, 2024
U.S.
June 27, 2024
Russian courts jailed two Americans on Monday following separate criminal trials.
June 11, 2024
The Humboldt penguin population has dramatically decreased in areas along the central coast of Chile, making them one of the most vulnerable of the world's 18 penguin species and
June 27, 2024
Linguist and activist Noam Chomsky is hospitalized in his wife’s native country of Brazil after suffering a massive stroke a year ago
June 11, 2024
The Mexican peso has continued to weaken as Mexico's outgoing president _ and his successor _vowed to forge ahead with some 20 constitutional changes that have rattled investors
June 11, 2024
A federal jury in Florida has found that Banana giant Chiquita Brands must pay $38.3 million to 16 family members of people killed during Colombia’s long civil war by a violent right-wing paramilitary group funded by the company
June 11, 2024
The Brazilian government will not insist on a highly contested measure tightening rules for tax credits after the Senate sent it back, but there is still no
June 27, 2024As Jose Cleiton and Brandao Amilton ride their horses into the vastness of the Pantanal grassy wetlands of Brazil, a wall of smoke towers from the
July 02, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei will participate in the Ukraine peace summit to be held in Switzerland over the weekend, a spokesperson for the leader said on Tuesday.
June 27, 2024
Thousands of residents displaced by violence that intensified this week in the southern Mexican state of Chiapas remain fearful of returning to their homes
June 11, 2024Thousands of residents deserted the small Mexican town of Tila, fleeing an intensive three-day siege by heavily armed men and leaving
June 28, 2024
Guatemala's penitentiary system has requested authorities investigate more than 100 prison guards for charges including possible abuse of power, the government said in a
June 27, 2024Canadian utility and real estate stocks are likely to be among the biggest beneficiaries of the Bank of Canada's move to begin cutting interest rates, while the
June 28, 2024
Argentina's central bank has started to put the brakes on its aggressive buying of dollars, a key push to build up reserves under new libertarian President
June 27, 2024
Argentina’s Senate narrowly approved key state overhaul and tax packages proposed by President Javier Miliei, delivering an initial legislative victory to the libertarian leader in his efforts to enact his promises of radical change
June 12, 2024
Dangerous flooding from a tropical disturbance has inundated much of southern Florida, blocking roads, floating vehicles and delaying the Florida Panthers on their way to Stanley Cup games in Canada against the Edmonton Oilers
June 12, 2024
Argentina's Senate passed a sprawling bill on Wednesday that is key to libertarian President Javier Milei's economic reform plans,
June 28, 2024
Argentina and China have renewed the activated part of a major currency swap line for the equivalent of $5 billion through July 2026, Argentina's central bank said on Wednesday
June 28, 2024
Mexico's finance ministry launched debt management operations in New York on Wednesday that will reduce all the country's external debt payments for 2025, as well as local peso
June 28, 2024
A widespread power outage has hit Puerto Rico and left more than 340,000 customers without electricity after two of the U.S. territory’s power plants shut down
June 13, 2024
Mexico's outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that people are "mistaken" if they think his drive to overhaul the country's judiciary will be reversed
June 28, 2024
An unprecedented nearly 5,000 migrants have died at sea in the first five months of
June 28, 2024
Mexico's former foreign minister, the scion of a legendary political family, and a party boss are in contention for top energy-related jobs in President-elect
June 28, 2024
Brazil's federal police have formally accused Communications Minister Juscelino Filho of passive corruption and other crimes, sources said on Wednesday, making
June 28, 2024
Mexican Senator Ricardo Monreal expects open discussion forums on a proposed judicial reform to begin next week, local media reports showed on Tuesday, with judges, ministers,
June 28, 2024
Wall Street has rallied as Argentina’s president traveled to Italy for the Group of Seven summit buoyed by his first legislative victory
June 13, 2024
Argentina's markets rallied on Thursday as investors breathed a sigh of relief after the Senate passed a sprawling bill that is
June 28, 2024
Mexico's President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Thursday that judges in the country should be elected, echoing her agreement with a controversial judicial reform proposed by
June 28, 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation rate in May was the lowest since 2022, official data showed on Thursday, cooling for the fifth straight month to 4.2% amid a
June 28, 2024
Brazil has asked Argentina for information about dozens of supporters of former President Jair Bolsonaro seeking refuge in the neighboring
June 28, 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 4.2% in May, official data published on Thursday shows, landing below a Reuters poll forecast of 4.9% and slowing down from April's
June 28, 2024
Brazil's finance minister said on Thursday the government aims to swiftly reach a consensus with the Senate to compensate tax benefits after a setback on a
June 28, 2024
Argentina's Senate has handed libertarian President Javier Milei an important win by approving his key reform bill and a twin fiscal package, but not
June 28, 2024
Argentina's government rejected media reports on Thursday that President Javier Milei would travel to China in the coming weeks and meet with Chinese President Xi Jinping,
June 28, 2024
Amazon and telecommunications firm Vrio will jointly launch a satellite internet service in seven South American countries, the two parties said on
June 28, 2024
Argentina's Senate on Wednesday approved a sweeping economic reform plan proposed by President Javier Milei in an overall vote, with lawmakers now set to vote on each article
June 28, 2024
U.S. Ambassador to Mexico Ken Salazar has warned that migrants who do not opt for a legal pathway into the United States will face consequences
June 13, 2024
He was the poetic voice of the Cuban Revolution, an inspiration for millions of Latin Americans living under dictatorships throughout the 1960s and 1970s who dreamt of the ideal Cuba that he — and his guitar — helped evoke
June 14, 2024
The chefs heading Team USA at an international food competition this week in New Orleans are incorporating flavors of their native California in dishes featuring New Orleans regional ingredients
June 13, 2024
Some shelters south of the U.S. border are caring for many more migrants now that the Biden administration stopped considering most asylum requests
June 14, 2024
It's been a long strange trip for Mexico's Ecologist Green Party, which rode on its alliance with the ruling Morena party to become the second-largest voting block in Congress
June 14, 2024
A highway accident involving an SUV carrying aides to Claudia Sheinbaum, who won Mexico's June 2 presidential elections, has resulted in at least one fatality
June 14, 2024
Argentina's libertarian President Javier Milei met the managing director of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Friday on the sidelines of the G7 summit, the most
June 28, 2024
A Canadian navy patrol ship sailed into Havana early on Friday, just hours after the United States announced a fast-attack submarine had docked at its Guantanamo
June 28, 2024
Honduran authorities announced a slate of measures on Friday intended to cut down on organized crime, including the construction of a new prison, collective
June 28, 2024
Haiti will replace the head of its national police force, Frantz Elbe, with former chief Rameau Normil, the prime minister's office said on Friday, as the
June 28, 2024
Chinese Premier Li Qiang visited New Zealand dairy giant Fonterra on Saturday, a stop Trade Minister Todd McClay called "very positive" after the Chinese leader had spoken of demand for
June 28, 2024
Colombia's lower house on Friday approved a pension reform proposed by President Gustavo Petro, marking a victory for the leftist, who has struggled to get lawmaker
June 28, 2024
Mexican president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum's motorcade suffered an accident on Friday, her team said in a statement, leaving one person dead and several injured, though the car
June 28, 2024
Colombia hopes to sign and begin to implement a peace deal with the Segunda Marquetalia armed group before current President Gustavo Petro leaves office in just
June 28, 2024
The beleaguered director of Haiti’s National Police has been ousted following months of criticism that he wasn’t doing enough to protect officers under assault by gangs
June 15, 2024
The president of Honduras has announced the creation of a new 20,000-capacity “megaprison.”
June 15, 2024
Thousands of demonstrators have taken to the streets of Sao Paulo as protests sweep across Brazil in opposition to a bill that would further criminalize abortions
June 15, 2024
Chile's government said on Saturday that Saudi Arabia's mining minister will travel to the Latin American country in July and plans to meet with his counterpart in Santiago.
June 28, 2024
Inmates in 20 jails and detention facilities in Venezuela have ended a week-long hunger strike to protest against conditions and delays in judicial reviews after reaching a deal with the
June 28, 2024Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil's conservative Congress that would equate abortions after 22 weeks of
June 28, 2024
Peru's gross domestic product expanded 5.28% in April from a year earlier, the government's INEI statistics agency said on Saturday, the highest
June 28, 2024
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Saturday he is open to analyzing Finance Minister Fernando Haddad's spending cut proposals but emphasized that fiscal adjustments would
June 28, 2024
A landslide in Ecuador killed at least six people and left 19 others injured, amid a heavy rainstorm that battered parts of Central and South America, according to Ecuadorian
June 28, 2024Over 75 million people in the United States are under extreme heat alerts as a heat wave moves eastward
June 17, 2024
Mining giant Brazil has big ambitions to build a rare earths industry as Western economies push to secure the metals needed
June 29, 2024
India and the United States on Monday committed to action to address barriers to bilateral strategic trade, technology and industrial cooperation.
June 28, 2024
Venezuela's opposition coalition said on Monday that four activists from two of its political parties have been detained in recent days, as tensions rise ahead of a July
June 29, 2024
Pork suppliers from South America and the U.S. could gain market share in China if Beijing restricts imports from the European Union in response to escalating
June 29, 2024
Polls commissioned by Mexico's ruling MORENA party show support for a proposed reform of the country's judiciary, including support for the popular election of
June 28, 2024
The United States paused safety inspections for avocados and mangos from a top-producing Mexican state due to a security incident involving U.S.
June 29, 2024
In a move reminiscent of her political mentor, incoming Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum has displayed a series of surveys commissioned by her political party that she says show a wide majority approve of controversial judicial changes
June 18, 2024
Ecuador has announced the suspension of an agreement with China that had waived visas for Chinese citizens traveling to the South American country
June 18, 2024
The New Mexico governor's office says at least one person has died in a wildfire that has forced thousands to evacuate
June 18, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva criticized the central bank on Tuesday saying its chief, Roberto Campos Neto, was harming Latin America's largest economy, while
July 01, 2024
Two employees of the U.S. Agriculture Department were assaulted and temporarily held by assailants in the Mexican state of Michoacan, prompting the U.S. government to suspend inspections of avocado and mango shipments
June 18, 2024
Authorities say three young men have died in a drowning in Guatemala when two of them tried to help another
June 18, 2024Mexico's government said on Tuesday it has signed an agreement with Switzerland to protect its interests in Ecuador, over two months after the two Latin American nations
July 01, 2024
Brazil's Supreme Federal Court voted on Tuesday to indict three people, including a federal lawmaker and a former local police chief, accused of planning and ordering the 2018
July 01, 2024
Ford shipped its first batch of cars on Tuesday from the once-neglected Guaymas port near its plant in the northern Mexican state of Sonora in a project that, if
July 02, 2024
A top executive at the United Nations' migration agency on Tuesday warned of catastrophic humanitarian consequences for the spiraling numbers of Haitians forced to flee
July 01, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Tuesday said she considers constitutional reforms for social programs concerning the rights and recognition of Indigenous people as
July 01, 2024
Cash-strapped Argentina posted a fifth straight monthly primary fiscal surplus of 2.33 trillion pesos ($2.57 billion) in May, the largest yet under
July 01, 2024
A spate of political reforms and economic cycles has elevated Argentinian dollar-denominated sovereign bonds and Latin American corporate bonds to rank among key "areas of
July 01, 2024
Colombia will give legal status to up to 540,000 Venezuelan migrants who are guardians to minors residing in the country, Colombia's country's migration agency said on Tuesday.
July 01, 2024A group of migrants walked into Mexico on Saturday against pedestrian traffic on the international bridge between El Paso and
July 02, 2024
The murder of British reporter Dom Phillips in the Amazon rainforest two years ago was not an isolated crime in a region where violence against journalists has
July 02, 2024
Surging copper prices this year have brought startling growth in the number of trucks carrying copper from illegal mines in Peru, jamming roads, causing accidents and
July 01, 2024
Mexico will spend responsibly and control the fiscal deficit next year without raising taxes, President-Elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday, while defending a judicial
July 02, 2024
The outer edges of Tropical Storm Alberto began to unleash heavy rains over parts of northeastern Mexico near the U.S. border late on
July 02, 2024
Power was nearly fully restored in Ecuador on Wednesday afternoon, after a nationwide electricity outage struck residential users, hospitals as well as the
July 02, 2024Magda Chambriard has been sworn in as the head of Brazil’s state-run oil giant Petrobras as market concerns of increased government intervention in the company mount
June 19, 2024
Coming back from long layoffs, American swimming stars Caeleb Dressel and Simone Manuel had to settle for relay spots at the Olympics on Wednesday night
June 19, 2024
A new report from the U.N. migration agency says that surging violence in Haiti from clashes with armed gangs has displaced nearly 580,000 people since March
June 19, 2024
Tropical Storm Alberto, the season’s first named storm, has weakened as it moves inland over northeast Mexico — but not before bringing heavy rains to the parched region and leaving at least three dead
June 20, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday that he would ask the country's foreign minister to speak with the U.S. ambassador to the country to restart U.S
July 02, 2024
A new study finds that human-caused climate change dialed up the heat and drastically increased the odds of this month’s killer heat that has been baking the Southwestern United States, Mexico and Central America
June 20, 2024
Authorities in Chile say at least two rail workers were killed and nine others injured Thursday when a freight train collided head-on with another train on a test run just outside the capital of Chile
June 20, 2024
Two people were killed and nine injured on Thursday when a passenger train in a test run by Chile's state railway company (EFE) collided with a cargo train
July 03, 2024
Mexico's health ministry has tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year
June 20, 2024
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro and seven other candidates for July elections on Thursday signed an agreement to respect the results, although the country's
June 20, 2024
Bruno Gallardo will be Nicaragua's new Finance Minister, replacing Ivan Acosta, who was sanctioned by the United States in 2020, the nation's official gazette showed on Thursday.
July 02, 2024Two years have passed since a leader of one of Mexico’s organized crime gangs stormed into a Catholic church in the remote Tarahumara mountains and fatally shot two Jesuit priests
June 20, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday named six members of her incoming cabinet, including political heavyweight Marcelo
July 03, 2024
Spain's Foreign Ministry expressed strong disapproval on Thursday at what it called Argentine President Javier Milei's "deviation from expected diplomatic norms" in deciding to shun
July 02, 2024
Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor
June 20, 2024
Nearly six months into his administration Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General’s Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation that he says he found “semi-destroyed.”
June 21, 2024
The Mexican government will welcome back 20 cultural artifacts that date to the country's storied ancient past, all found in the United States including a Mayan vase over 1,000
June 21, 2024
The Brazilian government issued on Thursday tighter guidelines for the extension of energy distribution contracts, easing the advanced cancellation of concessions and allowing the country
June 20, 2024
The Biden administration will award nearly $110 million in security and police assistance to Haiti, a U.S.
June 20, 2024
CONCACAF says it will investigate racist messages directed at Canadian soccer player Moïse Bombito on social media after he made a tackle on Lionel Messi during a 2-0 Copa America loss to Argentina on Thursday
June 21, 2024
Car dealerships across North America have faced a major disruption this week
June 21, 2024
The death toll from torrential rains and landslides in El Salvador has risen to 19
June 21, 2024
Over the course of two weeks, President Joe Biden has imposed significant restrictions on immigrants seeking asylum in the U.S. while also offering potential citizenship to hundreds of thousands of people without legal status already living in the country
June 21, 2024
At least 30 people have died and thousands have been forced to evacuate their homes as storms and heavy rainfall continue to lash Central America, according to local officials,
June 21, 2024
Arrowpoint Investment Partners, one of Asia's largest hedge fund launches this year, said on Friday it has secured investment from the Canada Pension Plan
June 21, 2024U.S. government inspections of avocados and mangoes in the Mexican state of Michoacan will gradually resume
June 22, 2024
U.S. health safety inspectors are gradually restarting inspections of avocados and mangos in Mexico needed to export the farm commodities to the United States, the U.S.
June 22, 2024
Argentines, famed for steakhouses, sprawling cattle ranches and asado barbecues, are consuming less beef than ever, forced to tighten their belts by
June 22, 2024
Gerardo Arteaga scored from the edge of the penalty area in the 69th minute, and Mexico beat Jamaica 1-0 in its Copa America opener
June 23, 2024
About 1,350 workers who produce business jets for Bombardier in Toronto are on strike
June 23, 2024Christian Pulisic scored in the third minute and assisted on Folarin Balogun’s goal in the 44th as the United States cruised past Bolivia 2-0 in their Copa America opener
June 23, 2024
Canadian officials have evacuated 225 inmates from a maximum-security prison in Quebec due to intensifying forest fires in the area, the Correctional Service of Canada (CSC) said on Sunday
June 23, 2024The Colombian government and the Segunda Marquetalia armed group began peace talks on Monday, part of President Gustavo Petro's efforts to end
July 03, 2024
Brazil's current account deficit will significantly shrink starting next month as the purchase of crypto assets will no longer be considered an import affecting the trade balance,
July 03, 2024
The first Kenyan police officers assigned to tackle rampant gang violence in Haiti are leaving Kenya on Tuesday and are set to arrive this week, the
July 03, 2024
As heavy rains continue to pummel Chile, cutting off areas of the country and damaging thousands of homes, one community is dealing with a tailings dam rupture that has sent
July 03, 2024
The top U.S. general is making a rare trip to Africa to discuss ways to preserve some of the U.S. presence in West Africa after Niger decided to kick out the U.S.
July 03, 2024
The leader of a notoriously violent gang in Haiti linked to the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens has been sentenced to 35 years in prison
June 24, 2024
Daniel Muñoz scored in the 32nd minute and Jefferson Lerma in the 42nd as Colombia opened the Copa America with a 2-1 victory over Paraguay that extended its winning streak to nine
June 24, 2024
Brazil was held to a 0-0 draw by Costa Rica in its Copa America group play opener
June 25, 2024
Brazil has deported a Palestinian man and his family after Brazilian federal police were alerted by the United States that a "Hamas operative" was traveling to the
July 03, 2024Argentina entered a technical recession in the first quarter of the year, official data showed on Monday, and job losses mounted amid
July 03, 2024
Dozens of people were stranded after avalanches blanketed mountain towns east of Chile's capital Santiago and blocked roads,
July 03, 2024Officials in Mexico and the United States agreed to new security terms to protect U.S. health safety inspectors of avocados and mangos
July 03, 2024
American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, who is recovering in Brazil after he suffered a stroke last year, received a visit on Monday at his Sao Paulo home from Brazilian
July 03, 2024
The U.S. should welcome more students from China, but to study the humanities rather than sciences, the second-ranked U.S. diplomat said
July 03, 2024
United States Ambassador Ken Salazar has praised Mexico’s effort protect American agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended avocado and mango inspections following an attack on inspectors
June 25, 2024
A group of investors holding international bonds issued by Venezuela's government and some of its state-owned entities have hired Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe as their legal
June 25, 2024
Guyana's lucrative agreement with an Exxon Mobil-led consortium in the South American country last year generated $6.33 billion for the
July 03, 2024
The first U.N.-backed contingent of foreign police officers has arrived in Haiti, nearly two years after the troubled Caribbean country urgently requested help to quell a surge in gang violence
June 25, 2024
The first contingent of Kenyan police arrived in the Haitian capital on Tuesday to launch a long-awaited peacekeeping mission in the Caribbean country that
June 25, 2024
Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA has begun using tankers that navigate off radar to supply its closest political ally, Cuba, as a fleet of state-owned
June 25, 2024
Meteorologists have for the first time issued a heat advisory for the entire island of Puerto Rico as it struggles with chronic power outages
June 25, 2024
Puerto Rico’s Justice Department says it is suing at least 30 ex-government officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30 million in public funds
June 25, 2024
Brazil’s Supreme Court has voted to decriminalize possession of marijuana for personal use
June 25, 2024
A Guatemalan appeals court has revoked a judge’s order to give house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, known for railing against corruption in the Central American country
June 25, 2024Peru asked a judge to withdraw its request to strip a Chinese state-owned company's exclusive rights to operate a "megaport" it is building on Peru's Pacific coast, sources said on
June 26, 2024
A majority of the justices on Brazil's Supreme Court are in favor of decriminalizing the possession of marijuana for personal consumption, following a crucial vote on Tuesday.
June 25, 2024
Record floods that killed over 170 people and displaced half a million in southern Brazil are a warning sign of more disasters to come throughout the Americas
June 25, 2024
A court in Ecuador on Tuesday started a trial against five people accused of murdering presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio last year, where the accused could serve up to 26
June 25, 2024
Ten same-sex couples have gotten married in the United States over the internet from Hong Kong
June 26, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei's twin reform bills will head to Congress one last time this week for a final vote, with little risk of failure.
June 26, 2024
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez was sentenced by a U.S. judge on Wednesday to 45 years in prison for his conviction on drug and firearm offenses.
June 26, 2024
U.S. crude oil imports last month rose to a nearly two-year high as refiners scooped up heavy crudes from Canada and Latin America to process into fuels for
June 26, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva signed a decree on Wednesday establishing a continuous inflation target starting in 2025
June 26, 2024
Brazil is ready to help Portugal's government implement measures in reparation for the legacies of transatlantic slavery and colonialism by sharing its own
June 26, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he believes his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei owes him and Brazilians an apology for having said "a lot of
June 26, 2024
Officials in Colombia say at least one person has been killed and 20 were injured when a cable car in the city of Medellin failed and plunged onto a sidewalk next to a station platform
June 26, 2024
Peru's president met with Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD on Wednesday, inviting executives to set up shop on the Andean nation's Pacific coast where another Chinese firm is
June 26, 2024
An Argentina court began the oral trial on Wednesday against three individuals accused of attempting to assassinate former President Cristina Fernandez de
June 26, 2024
Anticipation is mingling with fear across Haiti as the country welcomes the fourth major foreign intervention in its history to fight gang violence
June 26, 2024
Chile's state mining giant Codelco, one of the world's largest copper producers, fell further behind its production target in May, an internal document obtained
June 26, 2024
Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States
June 26, 2024
Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a "coup"
June 26, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that she has no plans to increase taxes for the general population but that her administration would continue to
June 26, 2024
Armored vehicles rammed into the doors of Bolivia’s government palace Wednesday as President Luis Arce said the country faced an attempted coup and urged people to mobilize
June 26, 2024
Bolivian armed forces pulled back from the presidential palace in La Paz on Wednesday evening and a general was arrested after President Luis Arce slammed a "coup" attempt against
June 26, 2024
A high-ranking Bolivian official says the army general arrested in Wednesday’s apparent failed coup attempt was out to seize power and a second top officer was also arrested
June 26, 2024
Bolivian armored vehicles and soldiers began withdrawing from around the country's presidential palace on Wednesday afternoon, a Reuters witness saw, after President Luis Arce
June 26, 2024
The president of Bolivia is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies
June 26, 2024
Bolivian authorities arrested General Juan Jose Zuniga on Wednesday afternoon, a Reuters witness saw, hours after troops stormed into the presidential palace amid a military coup
June 26, 2024
The Canadian government has ended the Newfoundland and Labrador cod moratorium, which gutted the Atlantic-coast province’s economy and transformed its small communities more than 30 years ago
June 26, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce, a mild-mannered and bespectacled former economy minister, faced down a coup attempt on Wednesday, as the armed forces withdrew after
June 27, 2024
Commerce and trade ministers from the United States, Japan and South Korea vowed on Wednesday to cooperate on strategic issues including artificial
June 26, 2024
America’s auto industry has grown concerned that Chinese carmakers may be preparing to set up shop in Mexico to exploit North American trade rules
June 26, 2024
Brazil's central bank said on Thursday that stronger-than-expected activity is the main reason behind its higher inflation projections, one of the factors that led it to halt
June 27, 2024
Recent torrential rains in Chile have brought back to life - for now at least - reservoirs and lagoons that had all but dried up after years of drought, with
June 27, 2024
A Brazilian court ordered the arrest of two former Americanas executives as part of an investigation into alleged accounting fraud at the retailer, but
June 27, 2024Bolivian President Luis Arce has denied being behind an attempted coup against him and said the general who apparently led it “acted on his own,” lashing out at accusations that he had asked for the mutiny in a plan to boost his popularity
June 27, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Thursday that his government will seek an agreement with Chinese lithium miner Ganfeng while still defending Mexico's
June 27, 2024
China's potential imposition of anti-dumping measures on European Union pork imports, a disastrous scenario for the bloc, could benefit Brazil's
June 27, 2024
A coup attempt in Bolivia that saw soldiers take over La Paz's central square and ram the presidential palace with an armored truck was put down
June 27, 2024
Lawyers representing claimants taking legal action over Brazil's worst environmental disaster filed an injunction this week against miners BHP and Vale for "trying to derail" a
June 27, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum named close ally and former Mexico City finance chief Luz Elena Gonzalez as incoming energy minister, tasking her with
June 27, 2024
Argentina's lower house early on Friday approved economic reform measures proposed by President Javier Milei, giving him his first big
June 27, 2024
Chilean President Gabriel Boric pitched a decision to raise electricity rates over the next few months as a necessary if unpopular measure that will promote healthier public
June 27, 2024
Brazil's economy created a net 131,811 formal jobs in May, Labor Ministry data released on Thursday showed, falling short of the 200,000 forecast in a Reuters poll of economists.
June 27, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Thursday there is always room to cut government spending, after his remarks this week pushing against spending cuts had
June 27, 2024
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele said on Thursday that the culture ministry would fire 300 employees who he said were promoting agendas "incompatible" with the government's
June 27, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Thursday signed into law a 20% tax on international purchases of up to $50, despite having previously criticized the measure.
June 27, 2024
The man behind the attempted coup that has rocked Bolivia remains a mystery to much of the country
June 27, 2024
José Fajardo beat backup goalkeeper Ethan Horvath in the 83rd minute to give Panama a 2-1 victory over the United States at the Copa America and put the Americans in danger of elimination if they don’t beat Uruguay in their first-round finale
June 27, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce on Thursday denied any involvement or knowledge of a failed coup attempt led by General Juan Jose Zuniga a day earlier, after Zuniga told reporters that
June 27, 2024
Residents in the Haitian capital Port-au-Prince expressed cautious hope after a first contingent of Kenyan police officers arrived in the Caribbean country, as part of a
June 28, 2024
A powerful earthquake of magnitude of 7.0 struck near the coast in southern Peru's Arequipa region on Friday, local officials said, adding no
June 28, 2024Taiwan President Lai Ching-te arrived on an official visit to the Marshall Islands on Tuesday, which he said was the first country he had visited since taking office in
December 03, 2024
Global trading house Cargill said on Tuesday it plans to cut around 5% of its staff, or about 8,000 jobs after revenue slumped in its most recent
December 03, 2024
Colombian soccer star Linda Caicedo is preparing to play at the Olympics in France and maybe the under-20 Women’s World Cup hosted by her home country starting in late August
June 27, 2024
Argentina’s lower house has approved President Javier Milei's sweeping economic overhaul bills, sealing a much-needed legislative victory for the libertarian leader after six months of bruising negotiations and raucous protests that had raised questions about his ability to govern
June 28, 2024
New Delhi on Friday rejected the U.S.
June 28, 2024
The former CEO of retail giant Americanas, wanted in Brazil in connection with a $4.5 billion alleged accounting fraud, was arrested in Madrid on Friday at
June 28, 2024Argentina's President Javier Milei will turn his attention to monetary policy reform after scoring his first major legislative win in Congress, the libertarian
June 28, 2024
An area of low pressure located about 175 miles north-northeast of the northern Bahamas has 50% chance of becoming a cyclone in the next 48 hours, the U.S.
June 21, 2024A Brazilian scientist has identified fossils of a small crocodile-like reptile that lived during the Triassic Period several million years before the first dinosaurs.
June 20, 2024
The number of financial technology startups, known as "fintechs," has more than quadrupled in the past six years in Latin America, a report showed on Thursday, with
June 20, 2024The ongoing strike at Brazil's environmental agency Ibama is impacting the analysis of Petrobras' request to drill a well in the Equatorial Margin, an
July 02, 2024
The head of Brazil's environmental agency said on Wednesday that he expects a decision soon on state-owned oil company Petrobras' request to conduct exploratory
July 02, 2024
The Caribbean Development Bank's acting president on Wednesday called for immediate action to fund efforts to protect the region's coastlines and population from the growing impacts of
July 02, 2024Brazilian investment bank BTG Pactual's forestry arm said on Tuesday it agreed to sell 8 million carbon offset credits to Microsoft, the largest-ever sale of such credits.
July 01, 2024
Some 11 people have died in El Salvador due to torrential rains that have lashed Central America's Pacific coast since the weekend, civil protection authorities said on Monday
June 29, 2024A partial strike by employees at Brazil's environmental agency, which approves oil licenses, is reducing the nation's oil output by some 80,000 barrels
June 28, 2024Panama pulled off a shock 2-1 victory over the United States in a heated Group C encounter at the Copa America on Thursday after the hosts were reduced to 10 men following
June 27, 2024
Argentina captain Lionel Messi missed training on Thursday afternoon due to muscle pain, while his presence in their final Copa America group-stage game against Peru remains in
June 27, 2024
The United States face Panama in their second group-stage match of the Copa America on Thursday and while they have historically enjoyed the upper hand against their fellow
June 26, 2024
Canada's new coach Jesse Marsch hailed their 1-0 win over Peru at the Copa America on Tuesday as a big moment in their history, with their first victory over South American opposition in
June 26, 2024
An assistant referee keeled over and fainted in the first half of Peru's Copa America Group A match against Canada, being played in hot and humid conditions at Children's Mercy Park in
June 25, 2024
Peru's state-run oil producer said on Tuesday it had detected an illegal hook-up that caused crude to leak out from its pipeline in the north of the country that runs from the Amazon
June 25, 2024Cuban Eduardo Viciana taught himself to blow glass using the most basic of tools and raw materials, one of a handful of artisans to master the art on the Caribbean
June 25, 2024
An Argentine scientific institute has cracked the genome of the leafhopper, the insect which carries the bacteria responsible for wiping out vast swathes of the South American
June 25, 2024
Colombia coach Nestor Lorenzo is looking forward to his side's Copa America opener against Paraguay on Monday and insists he does not like being labelled one of the favourites to claim the
June 24, 2024
The United States will take a boost of confidence from their 2-0 win over Bolivia in the Group C opener at the Copa America on Sunday, team captain Christian Pulisic said, as the
June 23, 2024
Brazil coach Dorival Junior has identified balance and consistency as the keys to success ahead of Monday's Copa America opener against Costa Rica.
June 23, 2024
Costa Rica coach Gustavo Alfaro said his side will not be intimidated by the challenge of facing Brazil as they seek a level playing field when they kick off their Copa America campaign on
June 23, 2024
Venezuela struck twice in the space of 10 minutes in the second half to come from behind and earn a 2-1 victory over Ecuador in the Copa America on Saturday, getting their Group B campaign
June 22, 2024A pre-tournament draw against Brazil shows the United States have what it takes to go the distance, midfielder Yunus Musah said, as the Copa America hosts prepare to open group play
June 23, 2024
Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa believes the Copa America is the ideal tournament to showcase his side's level of play ahead of their debut against Panama on Sunday.
June 22, 2024
The Copa America will be Mexico's best preparation for the 2026 World Cup as they will face world-class teams, coach Jaime Lozano said on Friday ahead of their first match against Jamaica.
June 22, 2024The U.S. men's national team is in no position to take an opponent lightly as they face Bolivia in their first Group C match of Copa America 2024 on Sunday in Arlington, Texas.
June 21, 2024
Three Mexican migrants have died in the Sonoran Desert in Arizona near the U.S.-Mexico border
June 28, 2024
Colombia's central bank cut the benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 11.25% on Friday, its fifth cut since December, as policymakers
June 28, 2024
A U.S. court has been asked to postpone to Sept. 19 a hearing to present the winning bid in an auction of shares in the parent of Venezuela-owned refiner Citgo
June 28, 2024
Guatemala's top court on Friday issued a resolution that called for "good manners" and authorities to protect moral values at this year's annual LGBT pride parade, after a
June 28, 2024
Bolivian President Luis Arce says a former general intended to take over the government and become president in a failed coup, and he denies that the Andean nation is experiencing an economic crisis
June 28, 2024
Orlando Cepeda, the slugging first baseman nicknamed “Baby Bull” who became a Hall of Famer among the early Puerto Ricans to star in the major leagues, has died
June 29, 2024
Venezuelans have brought their crimes-against-humanity case to a federal court 3,000 miles from home — in Argentina
June 29, 2024
In 1982, Chinese American Vincent Chin was beaten to death with a baseball bat by two white Detroiters, who received no jail time
June 29, 2024
Brazil's Vinicius Jr scored twice in his side's 4-1 Copa America victory over Paraguay in a Group D clash in Nevada on Friday, bouncing back from a lacklustre display in his first game of
June 29, 2024
A Panamanian court has acquitted 28 people charged with money-laundering under cases linked to the Panama Papers and "Operation Car Wash" scandals, the country's judicial
June 29, 2024
China and Peru have achieved "substantial conclusion of negotiations" on the upgrading of a free trade agreement between both countries, Chinese state media said on Friday.
June 29, 2024
Colombia continued their dominant run in the Copa America with a 3-0 win over Costa Rica and Jhon Cordoba putting in a strong showing to help his team extend their lead at the top of Group
June 29, 2024Detained Bolivian general Juan Jose Zuniga was ordered to six months "preventive detention" for his role leading a failed coup against the government earlier in the week, a top
June 28, 2024
Bolivian leftist President Luis Arce told Reuters on Friday support on the streets had strengthened his government after a failed
June 28, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille left Port-au-Prince on Friday to travel to Washington and New York, as freshly deployed Kenyan police officers began patrolling the city
June 28, 2024
Panama court acquits 28 implicated in Panama Papers and Operation Car Wash scandals
June 29, 2024
The gun - a 9-milimeter pistol - blazed a violent trail even by the standards of one of Ecuador's most dangerous neighborhoods, the Nueva Prosperina precinct of
June 29, 2024
The Bolivian general accused of leading a failed coup has been sent to a maximum-security prison as he faces charges of terrorism and starting an armed uprising
June 29, 2024
Bolivia arrests four more military officials in connection with failed coup
June 29, 2024
Mexico face Ecuador in their final Copa America group-stage match on Sunday and coach Jaime Lozano is determined to get his side through to the next round, claiming they must win as they
June 29, 2024
The United States have built back their confidence after a shocking 2-1 Copa America group stage defeat to Panama this week that rattled the tournament hosts, midfielder Tyler Adams said
June 29, 2024
Canada played out a dour goalless Copa America draw with 10-man Chile on Saturday to claim second place in Group A and progress to the quarter-finals, while the Chileans finished third to
June 30, 2024
Chile are devastated after being knocked out of the Copa America following a 0-0 draw with Canada, assistant coach Sergio Santin said as he vowed the two-times champions would use the
June 30, 2024
Lautaro Martinez struck twice in the second half to help Argentina's second string beat Peru 2-0 at the Copa America on Saturday and finish top of Group A, knocking Peru out
June 30, 2024
Mexico and Ecuador, who both have three points, will face off for a spot in the Copa America quarter-finals in a crucial Group B match at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on
June 30, 2024Uruguayans on Sunday chose the presidential contenders who will contest October elections, as opinion polls show the left-wing opposition edging ahead with
June 30, 2024
The "extremely dangerous" Category 4 storm Hurricane Beryl barrelled across the Atlantic Ocean on Sunday night toward the Caribbean's Windward Islands, where it is expected to bring life-
June 30, 2024
The suspension of American winger Tim Weah was extended to two games by South American soccer’s governing body for punching Panama’s Roderick Miller during their Copa American group stage match Thursday
June 30, 2024
The United States face undefeated Uruguay on Monday with their backs to the wall and may well need a victory to avoid an embarrassing Copa America group stage elimination on home soil.
June 30, 2024
Former Bolivian President Evo Morales is accusing his political ally-turned-rival President Luis Arce of deceiving the Bolivian people by staging a “self-coup” last week
June 30, 2024
Peruvian copper producer Southern Copper, controlled by Grupo Mexico, plans on Monday to restart development of the long-postponed Tia Maria project, according to an
June 30, 2024The U.S. is prepared to face South American power Uruguay on Monday night at Arrowhead Stadium with its future in the Copa America tournament hanging in the balance
June 30, 2024
Colombian armed group the Segunda Marquetalia on Sunday agreed to a unilateral ceasefire, after several days of peace talks in Caracas, which are part of President Gustavo Petro's
June 30, 2024
Tropical Storm Chris has formed near eastern Mexico and will begin to weaken after landfall, the U.S. National Hurricane Center said in an advisory on Sunday.
July 01, 2024Beryl, the first hurricane of the 2024 Atlantic season, intensified to an extremely dangerous Category 4 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 130 mph Sunday morning, as it made its way toward the Windward Islands. CNN meteorologist Elisa Raffa reports.
July 01, 2024What is Canada Day and how is it celebrated? The answer is more complicated than some might think
July 01, 2024
Five-times World Cup champions Brazil and in-form Colombia meet in North California on Tuesday in a highly-anticipated Copa America clash with more than just the Group D
July 01, 2024
The Nashville Predators made a big splash on the opening day of NHL free agency by signing Steven Stamkos, Jonathan Marchessault and Brady Skjei
July 01, 2024
Cuba`s government said late on Sunday it would double down on price controls and continue to fight tax evasion in an increasingly desperate bid to tamp down on a ballooning fiscal
July 01, 2024
A former executive of Brazilian retailer Americanas accused of connection with an alleged billion dollar accounting fraud landed at an airport in Sao Paulo on
July 01, 2024Mexico's incoming government will discard a core goal of outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador to reduce imports of yellow
July 01, 2024
Bolivia's government has summoned the Argentine ambassador following comments by the office of Argentina's President Javier Milei which repudiated claims of an
July 01, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei will travel this weekend to Brazil for the first time since taking office, his spokesman said on Monday, but plans to meet with the
July 01, 2024
Banks which financed two Brazilian coffee traders that last week sought court-supervised debt restructuring have a total of 1.1 billion reais ($181.6 million) in credit
December 02, 2024
A Chilean-American raised in the United States has filed a criminal complaint against the state of Chile alleging that it engaged in a systematic plan to steal thousands of babies from perceived enemies of the state in the 1970s and 1980s
July 01, 2024
Avianca Group plans to confidentially file for an initial public offering in the United States, the holding company for the Colombian airline said on Monday.
July 01, 2024
American tourists headed for Japan have surged this year, lured by a slump in the value of the yen, which is also driving a massive jump in foreign investor interest in
July 01, 2024
Former Peruvian presidential candidate Keiko Fujimori arrived in court on Monday at the start of a trial over allegations she received illegal funds from a Brazilian construction
July 01, 2024
A director of Brazil's central bank said on Monday that if fiscal policy is always expansionary, it puts a lot of pressure on the floating exchange rate or monetary policy, making
July 01, 2024
Hurricane Beryl’s explosive growth into an unprecedented early storm shows the literal hot water the Atlantic and Caribbean are in right now and the kind of season ahead
July 01, 2024
José Raúl Mulino has been sworn in as Panama’s next president, facing pressure to slow migration through the Darien Gap that connects his country with Colombia
July 01, 2024
Thirty passengers injured after ‘strong turbulence’ forces Air Europa Boeing plane to land in Brazil
July 01, 2024
South American soccer’s governing body maintains that the Hard Rock Stadium’s playing surface will be in great shape for the Copa America final on July 14 amid complaints during the group stage about grass at other fields used for the tournament
July 01, 2024
The Bolivian government has summoned the Argentine ambassador to address the country’s claims that the attempted military coup that rattled Bolivia last week was a hoax
July 01, 2024
Panama's new president, Jose Raul Mulino, took office on Monday vowing to curb illegal immigration, with his government quickly signing an agreement with the
July 01, 2024
The United States is going to pay for flights and offer other help to Panama to remove migrants
July 01, 2024
US and Panama sign agreement that aims to close the Darién Gap to ‘illegal migrants’
July 01, 2024
President Nicolás Maduro says Venezuela’s government plans to resume negotiations with the U.S. government this week
July 01, 2024
Puerto Ricans have been hit with a 4.6% increase in electricity rates increase through September
July 01, 2024Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Monday that he has accepted a proposal to restart direct talks with the United States.
July 01, 2024
A fire that prompted temporary closure of a major highway near Edson town, Canada, on Monday involved a gas metering station, said Yellowhead County in northern Alberta.
July 02, 2024Gregg Berhalter's tenure as U.S. head coach could be on the line after his team failed to advance from the group stage of the Copa America following their crushing 1-0
July 02, 2024
Uruguay assistant coach Diego Reyes said their tough 1-0 Group C win over the United States on Monday showed they can adapt to difficult situations and would stand
July 02, 2024
Argentina's Lionel Messi returned to training on Monday as they prepare to face Ecuador in the Copa America quarter-finals in Houston this week.
July 02, 2024
Hurricane Beryl is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monstrous Category 5 storm on a path toward Jamaica and the Cayman Islands
July 02, 2024
US head coach Gregg Berhalter insists he’s the right person for the job despite Copa América exit
July 02, 2024
Hurricane Beryl charges toward Jamaica as record-breaking Category 5 storm after leaving Caribbean islands in ruins
July 02, 2024
Man pleads guilty in connection with scheme to smuggle $1 million in ammunition to Mexico
July 02, 2024
Argentina's right-wing President Javier Milei reiterated criticism of his leftist Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio 'Lula' da Silva on Tuesday in an escalation of their recent
July 02, 2024
Passengers from an Air Europa flight diverted to northeastern Brazil due to severe turbulence on Monday said they feared for their lives during the incident
July 02, 2024
By Mariela Nava and Tathiana Ortiz MARACAIBO/SAN CRISTOBAL, Venezuela - Daniel Briseno lives in a poor part of Maracaibo, Venezuela's once-rich oil city, where he checks almost daily to see if a
July 02, 2024
Judge partially terminates agreement governing conditions for migrant children in US custody
July 02, 2024
Mexican security officials found the bodies of 19 men piled into the back of a truck, the local prosecutor's office said late on Monday, with
July 02, 2024
Hurricane Beryl steamed towards the Cayman Islands and Mexico on Thursday, after thrashing Jamaica with intense wind and rain, causing floods and power outages
July 02, 2024
The Department of Homeland Security says it has deported 116 Chinese migrants from the United States in the first “large charter flight” in five years
July 02, 2024
Panama will launch deportation flights for irregular migrants in the coming weeks, part of a deal with the United States, a U.S. official said on Tuesday, after the new president in the
July 02, 2024
The Dominican Republic announced its foreign minister will travel to New York on Tuesday to participate in a United Nations Security Council meeting to discuss the
July 02, 2024
Canadian midfielder Tajon Buchanan has been taken to hospital after sustaining an injury to his lower leg while training for the Copa America quarter-finals, the national team said on
July 02, 2024
The Biden administration remains open to dialogue with the Venezuelan government, U.S. officials said on Tuesday after President Nicolas
July 02, 2024
After being released from a UK prison as a part of a plea deal with the US, Julian Assange is flying to Saipan, an island near Australia, where he will appear in a US court on June 26.
June 26, 2024
Brazilian police said on Tuesday they broke up an organization that allegedly laundered 5.5 billion reais ($970 million) in money derived from selling cocaine to Mexican cartels
July 02, 2024Latin America and the Caribbean should brace for the arrival of La Nina, the climate pattern seen fueling a highly active hurricane season in the Atlantic and
July 02, 2024
19 bodies found in abandoned truck in the violence-heavy Mexican state of Chiapas
July 02, 2024Ecuador's government on Tuesday appointed Antonio Goncalves as the country's new minister of energy and mines, meaning he will take over from Transportation Minister Roberto Luque,
July 02, 2024Hurricane Beryl is roaring toward Jamaica as islanders scramble to make preparations after the powerful Category 4 storm earlier killed at least six people and caused significant damage in the southeast Caribbean
July 03, 2024
They left the US for Ecuador for a better life. Then the country was plunged into a state of emergency
July 03, 2024
Majorie Edoi sells food from a stand in Haiti's capital Port-au-Prince - or she used to, until a conflict with armed gangs cut off the
July 03, 2024
Europe is building strong networks, including with Latin American countries, to fight organised drug criminal groups, one of the biggest threats facing society
July 03, 2024
Venezuela kicks off the home stretch of its presidential election campaign on Thursday ahead of voting planned for the end of the month, where analysts and
July 03, 2024
The U.N. intellectual property agency says China has requested far more patents than any other country when it comes to generative AI, with the United States a distant second
July 03, 2024
An agreement between Panama and the United States to try to deter migrants from crossing the treacherous Darien jungle, by repatriating those
July 03, 2024
The United States had no involvement in a failed coup attempt in Bolivia last week, the White House said on Wednesday.
July 03, 2024
Senior U.S. and Venezuelan officials restarted talks on Wednesday, with Washington saying it urged President Nicolas Maduro's
July 03, 2024
Suriname must protect the Saamaka Maroons in the country's interior and prevent further encroachment on their lands by extractive industries such as logging, the
July 03, 2024Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum said on Wednesday that Mexico's Supreme Court is "not acting correctly" and that it is intruding on the powers of the other branches
July 03, 2024
U.S. officials have asked Haiti’s prime minister to prioritize the establishment of an electoral council as the country strives to rebuild its government amid rampant gang violence
July 03, 2024
Hundreds of pro-Palestinian protesters cleared out tents and tarps on Wednesday from a fenced-off grassy area on the campus of Canada's largest university, where for two months
July 03, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille told the U.N. Security Council that recently-deployed Kenyan police will be crucial to helping control the country’s gangs and moving toward democratic elections
July 03, 2024
Hurricane Beryl ripped off roofs in Jamaica, jumbled fishing boats in Barbados and damaged or destroyed 95% of homes on a pair of islands in St. Vincent and the Grenadines before rumbling toward the Cayman Islands and taking aim at Mexico’s Caribbean coast with at least seven dead in its wake
July 04, 2024
The United States failed on the pitch at the Copa America, exiting the tournament in the group stages, but public interest in the squad was high.
July 04, 2024
Volvo Cars' sales in June rose 8% to 71,514 cars from a year earlier, underpinned by strong performances in Europe and Latin America as well as for its new fully electric model
July 04, 2024
Toronto area home sales rose in June after four straight months of decline, following Canada's first interest-rate cut in more than four years, while prices rose marginally, data showed on
July 04, 2024
Mexico's top tourist destinations were on red alert as Hurricane Beryl strengthened to a Category 3 storm on Thursday evening after
July 04, 2024
For the first time in decades, Venezuela’s self-described socialist government is facing a serious electoral challenge in a presidential election set for July 28
July 04, 2024
Opposition politician Leopoldo Lopez said he was optimistic millions of Venezuelan voters would spark a democratic transition when they cast their
July 04, 2024
'We can't survive another one': Resort manager reflects on Fiona as Hurricane Beryl strikes the Caribbean
July 04, 2024Ecuadorean police said on Thursday that 49 kidnapping victims were rescued from the Los Lobos crime gang in a mining region of the southern Azuay province.
July 04, 2024The Americas' top human rights agency on Thursday urged Argentine authorities to respect people's freedom of assembly, after reports that police used excessive force
July 04, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Thursday named Omar Garcia Harfuch to be her security minister in a bid to repeat the successes in fighting crime
July 04, 2024
The United States welcomed a two-week humanitarian truce in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), the White House said on Thursday, amid fierce fighting between government
July 04, 2024
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April 24, 2013Peru's Congress passed a law on Thursday introducing a statute of limitations for crimes against humanity, despite opposition from human rights organizations who argue the measure
July 04, 2024
Mexico’s incoming president has announced her appointees for top posts, but hopes for a fresh approach were dashed by the re-appearance of old faces in the new cabinet
July 04, 2024
Brazilian police have indicted former President Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds the far-right leader received from Saudi Arabia during his time in office, according to a source with knowledge of the accusations
July 04, 2024
Brazilian federal police on Thursday formally accused former President Jair Bolsonaro of embezzlement for allegedly misappropriating jewelry he received while head of state,
July 04, 2024
Canada coach Jesse Marsch has spoken of his disappointment at the United States' poor performance at the Copa America as his side prepare to take on Venezuela in the quarter-finals at the
July 04, 2024
The presidents of Peru and Ecuador pledged to join efforts to fight transnational organized crime and also discussed new possibilities for oil processing, Peruvian Dina Boluarte said
July 04, 2024
Venezuela must put their recent victories behind them after reaching the Copa America quarter-finals for the first time in five years as they begin "a new tournament" on Friday when they
July 04, 2024
History is at stake for both Venezuela and Canada when they meet on Friday in Arlington, Texas, in the second Copa America quarter-final.
July 05, 2024
Defending champion Argentina advanced to the Copa America semifinals, beating Ecuador 4-2 on penalty kicks following a 1-1 draw after conceding a tying goal in second-half injury time
July 05, 2024
The indictment of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro for money laundering and criminal association in connection with undeclared diamonds from Saudi Arabia marked the far-right leader’s second formal accusation with more potentially in store
July 05, 2024
Hurricane Beryl has strengthened back into a Category 3 storm and is headed for what could be a direct hit on Mexico’s Caribbean coast resort of Tulum, where authorities are urging tourists to leave white sand beaches
July 05, 2024
Shares are mostly lower in Asia after strong gains in Europe, while U.S. markets were closed for the July 4th holiday
July 05, 2024
Argentina beat Ecuador 4-2 on penalties to move into the semi-finals of the Copa America on Thursday after goalkeeper Emi Martinez made two saves in the shootout following a
July 05, 2024
Hurricane Beryl caused devastating damage in several Caribbean islands, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Friday as the Category 3
July 05, 2024
Tropical Storm Beryl was blowing out to the Gulf of Mexico on Friday afternoon and appeared likely to reach Texas by late
July 05, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei on Friday appointed Federico Sturzenegger as minister of deregulation and transformation of the state, a publication in the country's official
July 05, 2024
How does Canada's lowest hourly minimum wage stack up to the rest of the country?
July 05, 2024At least 10 people died and 42 were injured when a bus crashed into the central pillar of a bridge in the Brazilian state of Sao Paulo on Friday, the state government said.
July 05, 2024
The U.S. military commander in Niger says all American forces and equipment will leave a smaller base in the West African country this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will be out of a critical drone base in August
July 05, 2024
Texas is widening investigations into aid organizations along the U.S.-Mexico border over claims that nonprofits are helping migrants illegally enter the country
July 05, 2024
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April 04, 2013Brazilian industry representatives will travel with President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva to Bolivia next week, in a bid to obtain natural gas that should
July 05, 2024
A team of archeologists have discovered the ruins of what appears to be a 4,000-year-old ceremonial temple buried in a sand dune of northern Peru, alongside skeletal human remains
July 05, 2024
Beef-loving Argentines are cutting back on their steaks as the country's economy slumps, meaning cattle consumption will likely hit a record low this year, a market report
July 05, 2024
Two U.S. citizens on trial in the Democratic Republic of Congo over their role in an attempted coup in May, told a court on Friday that they were threatened by the
July 05, 2024
The Vatican has excommunicated its former ambassador to the United States after finding him guilty of schism
July 05, 2024
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July 06, 2024
Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa has urged his side to come out determined to gain the upper hand when they take on Brazil in the quarter-finals of the Copa America at Allegiant Stadium in Las
July 06, 2024
Panama will aim to continue their fairytale run at the Copa America against a high-flying Colombia in the quarter-finals on Saturday in Glendale, Arizona.
July 06, 2024Ismael Koné scored in the sixth round of the shootout after a third save by Maxime Crépeau and Canada advanced to the semifinals of its first Copa America with a victory over Venezuela
July 06, 2024
Brazilian far-right former President Jair Bolsonaro at a rally of conservative supporters on Saturday said the right was gaining ground
July 06, 2024
CNN meteorologist Elise Raffa shares the latest on Hurricane Beryl as it charts its course towards South Texas.
July 06, 2024
After hitting Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula and downgrading to a tropical storm, Beryl is expected to once again become a hurricane as it hurtles towards southern Texas by Sunday evening
July 06, 2024
Canada survives penalty shootout against Venezuela to make surprise Copa América semifinals
July 06, 2024
Argentina once led on LGBTQ rights. After 4 lesbians are set on fire, critics blame rising intolerance on Milei’s government
July 06, 2024
James Rodriguez scored one goal and set up two more as Colombia thoroughly dismantled Panama in a 5-0 win at the State Farm Stadium in Glendale, Arizona, on Saturday to
July 06, 2024
The chant is concise, but it could not be more meaningful for millions of Venezuelans in 2024: “Freedom!”
July 06, 2024
Brazil are still a work in progress with a lot of room to grow and improve following Saturday's Copa America quarter-final exit at the hands of Uruguay, coach Dorival Jr said as they shift
July 07, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei is in Brazil to headline a far-right convention after skipping a presidential summit to discuss regional trade policy
July 07, 2024
Hurricane Beryl strengthened as it neared the Texas coast on Sunday, the U.S.
July 07, 2024
At least 10 people died in a fire in a nursing home on Sunday morning in Treinta y Tres in eastern Uruguay, local authorities and media said, with the cause still unclear.
July 07, 2024
The most notable thing about the annual Mercosur summit kicking off in Paraguay is an absence — that of Argentine President Javier Milei
July 07, 2024
An earthquake of magnitude 5.56 struck the Panama-Costa Rica border region on Monday, the German Research Center for Geosciences (GFZ) said.
July 08, 2024Deforestation in Colombia fell 36% to a 23-year low in 2023, driven by declining environmental destruction in the Amazon region, the environment ministry said on
July 08, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei signed a long-delayed pact with provincial governors early on Tuesday, in a push to broaden support for economic reforms and strengthen his
July 08, 2024
Citigroup will wind up its operations in Haiti due to weak demand from institutional clients and lower international banking activity, ending its presence of more than five decades in the
July 08, 2024
The head of the Kenya-led multinational force tasked with curbing gang violence in Haiti says “there’s no room for failure” and is committing to ensuring democratic elections
July 08, 2024
Former Major League Baseball outfielder Raúl Mondesi was sentenced Friday by a Dominican court to six years and nine months in jail and fined $507,000 for corruption during his time as mayor in the city of San Cristobal
July 08, 2024Brazilian chicken export data indicates the outlook is positive for the remainder of 2024, meat lobby ABPA said on Monday, citing weaker competition from U.S.
July 08, 2024
Brazil’s Federal Police allege former President Jair Bolsonaro embezzled jewelry worth about $1.2 million during his time in office
July 08, 2024
Brazil has put into effect a free trade agreement with the Palestinian Authority that has been waiting for ratification for more than decade, in a show of support for the
July 08, 2024
A woman who admitted to drinking and who was driving well over twice the speed limit when she smashed into a golf cart killing a bride who had just got married at a South Carolina beach has been sentenced to 25 years in prison
December 02, 2024
Canada coach Jesse Marsch said he is relishing the opportunity to take on heavyweights Argentina ahead of Tuesday night's Copa America semi-final at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, New
July 08, 2024
The Panama Canal expects to complete a billion-dollar construction of a new water reservoir within six years that will help ensure the passage of 36 ships a day, the
July 08, 2024
Cuba has foiled a plot to sneak arms and ammunition onto the Caribbean island from the United States, detaining nearly three dozen people in a broader scheme
July 08, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday derided the decision by his Argentine counterpart Javier Milei to skip a regional trade group meeting as "immense nonsense
July 08, 2024
Argentina's penalty shootout victory over Ecuador in the Copa America quarter-finals on Thursday drew record audiences, with 1.87 million viewers tuning in on Fox Sports, the broadcaster
July 09, 2024
Canada are preparing for a colossal Copa America semi-final showdown against Argentina on Tuesday in what their coach Jesse Marsch has likened to a David v Goliath battle.
July 09, 2024
Elections are taking place this year in countries home to almost half of the world's population, from Taiwan's general election in January to
July 09, 2024
Carolina Leal used to support socialist Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and, before that, his predecessor Hugo Chavez.
July 09, 2024
Police are still searching for missing American woman nearly 3 weeks after she vanished from yoga retreat in the Bahamas
July 09, 2024
AP PHOTOS: From the Caribbean to Texas, Hurricane Beryl leaves a trail of destruction
July 09, 2024Nicaragua's government decreed on Tuesday the closure and seizure of assets of Radio Maria, the station formerly run by Bishop Rolando Alvarez, a prominent government critic now in exile
July 09, 2024Police in Peru say they have found the body of an American mountaineer who was buried by an avalanche 22 years ago as he tried to climb one of the highest peaks in the Andes
July 09, 2024
Chilean officials on Tuesday said they will consider 81 proposals for lithium projects, putting the country on track to surpass a goal of four new projects by the end of 2026, even
July 09, 2024
Brazil forward Vinicius Jr apologised to their supporters on Tuesday after he missed their Copa America quarter-final exit due to suspension, but he said that the nine-times champions
July 09, 2024
Riyadh Air has partnered with U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines as the Saudi startup carrier grows its potential network ahead of launching commercial operations
July 09, 2024
Even as Mexican-made fentanyl continues to flood into the United States, Mexico’s efforts to seize the drug have declined dramatically
July 09, 2024
Brazil Senate President Rodrigo Pacheco presented a bill on Tuesday that significantly reduces the charges on state debt payments to the federal government.
July 09, 2024
Florida woman sentenced to life in prison for zipping her boyfriend in a suitcase for hours until he died
December 02, 2024
Haiti’s newly selected Prime Minister Garry Conille and Haiti’s police chief visited the capital’s largest hospital, after authorities said they took control of the medical institution over the weekend from armed gangs
July 09, 2024
Peruvian police and mountain rescue workers recovered the body of an American climber who went missing in 2002 as glaciers in Peru's highest mountain and surrounding area continue
July 09, 2024
Leaders across the Caribbean were still tallying the financial toll wrought by the earliest Atlantic storm on record to intensify to the maximum Category 5 level, after it
July 09, 2024
A Mexican fisheries industry leader who complained of drug cartel extortion and illegal fishing has been shot to death in the northern border state of Baja California
July 09, 2024American mountaineer’s body found by fellow US climbers 22 years after going missing in Peru
July 10, 2024
Lionel Messi scored his 109th international goal and first of the tournament, leading defending champion Argentina over Canada 2-0 and into the Copa America final
July 10, 2024
Defending champions Argentina booked their place in the Copa America final after goals from Julian Alvarez and Lionel Messi gave them a 2-0 win over Canada in
July 10, 2024
Uruguay and Colombia will be chasing their own slice of history when they meet in Wednesday's Copa America semi-final in Charlotte, North Carolina.
July 10, 2024
Tampa Bay Rays shortstop Wander Franco was formally charged by prosecutors in the Dominican Republic with sexually abusing a 14-year-old girl
July 10, 2024
Argentina's path to the Copa America final has been no bed of roses, coach Lionel Scaloni said, as he lauded his players for their performance in Tuesday's 2-0
July 10, 2024
Canada coach Jesse Marsch said he was proud of what his squad had achieved at the Copa America despite Tuesday's semi-final defeat by Argentina after the North American underdogs put
July 10, 2024
Lionel Messi plans to keep playing for Argentina beyond Sunday’s Copa America final
July 10, 2024
Argentina took a shot at music artist Drake after the Canadian lost $300,000 on a bet his country would beat the defending champions in Tuesday's Copa America semi-final, using rap rival
July 10, 2024
Lionel Messi inspires Argentina to second consecutive Copa América final
July 10, 2024
In a dusty plain in northern Argentina's mountains, black tubes stretching two stories high fill a massive tank with
July 10, 2024
MLB player Wander Franco formally charged with sexual and commercial exploitation of a minor in the Dominican Republic
July 10, 2024
Approval of Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva went up in July to the highest level in 2024, a poll showed on Wednesday, with most respondents having favorable views on
July 10, 2024
The Argentine government published a sweeping decree on Wednesday aimed at opening up the country's aviation sector, inviting foreign airlines to enter the
July 10, 2024
Americans on TikTok are outraged about European tap water. Here’s what’s really going on
July 10, 2024
Venezuela’s government faces its toughest electoral test in decades in a July 28 presidential election, which could give President Nicolas Maduro another six years in power or end the self-described socialist policies that once successfully boosted anti-poverty programs but whose sustained mismanagement later pushed the country into an ongoing economic crisis
July 10, 2024
Walmart Chile's workers union launched a strike on Wednesday, days after negotiations for a new collective bargaining agreement failed, the union said in a statement.
July 10, 2024
Argentina's government named lawyer and agricultural producer Sergio Iraeta as the country's new agriculture secretary on Monday following the resignation of Fernando Vilella.
July 10, 2024Argentina inflation is expected to have accelerated to over 5% in June, which would end a five-month streak of slowing price increases, according to a Reuters
July 10, 2024
Track star and family granted extension to stay in Canada after deportation order
July 10, 2024Hundreds of thousands of people in the Houston area likely won't have power restored until next week, as the city swelters in the aftermath of Hurricane Beryl
July 10, 2024
Mexico's president has announced that his successor is planning to build passenger train lines running from the capital to cities on the U.S. border
July 10, 2024
Colombian warlord Salvatore Mancuso has been released from prison in the South American country after repeatedly asking the courts to approve his freedom
July 10, 2024The human rights organization Cristosal says at least 261 people have died in prisons in El Salvador during President Nayib Bukele’s 2 1/2-year-old crackdown on street gangs
July 10, 2024
Alphonso Davies’ leg injury does not appear to be severe, and Canada coach Jesse Marsch left open the possibility his team’s top player could be available for Saturday’s Copa America third-place game
July 10, 2024Lawmakers in Brazil's lower house approved on Wednesday the main text of a bill that would carry out a major tax overhaul, which aims to boost productivity by streamlining a tax
July 10, 2024
Colombia beat Uruguay 1-0 in Wednesday's Copa America semi-final despite playing the second half with only 10 men to set up a title decider against defending
July 11, 2024
Uruguay players clashed with Colombia fans following their Copa America semi-final defeat on Wednesday before security personnel stepped in to restore order.
July 11, 2024Colombia advances to Copa América final as tempers flare post-match
July 11, 2024
The U.S. and other western governments criticized a controversial security bill in South Sudan that would allow the government to detain people without warrants, saying it would undermine open political and civil space ahead of the country’s elections
July 11, 2024
Copper output at Chile state mining giant Codelco is still slumping after hitting a 25-year low last year, squeezing an already tight global market for the red
July 11, 2024
Darwin Núñez and about a dozen Uruguay teammates went into the stands as fans brawled at Bank of America Stadium following a 1-0 loss to Colombia in a Copa America semifinal
July 11, 2024
Wind energy is booming in Brazil's dry and windy Northeast, but some projects are drawing criticism as it becomes clear that certain communities have benefited while others have not
July 11, 2024
Biden administration designates dangerous Venezuelan gang as a transnational criminal organization
July 11, 2024
The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang that began in a prison and has spread throughout Latin America.
July 11, 2024
The Biden administration is sanctioning Venezuela’s Tren de Aragua gang as a transnational criminal organization and is offering a $12 million reward for the arrest of the leaders
July 11, 2024
Argentine authorities have transferred two French rugby players under police guard from Buenos Aires to the western city of Mendoza, where they are expected to appear in court on suspicion of aggravated sexual assault
July 11, 2024
The embattled police force of the Mexican city of Celaya has seen two more police officers shot to death, amid a wave of targeted attacks believed to have been carried out by a drug cartel
July 11, 2024The last of 5 Americans detained for taking ammo to Turks and Caicos has been sentenced
May 28, 2024
The leaders of small Caribbean island nations on Thursday said that financial damages wrought by Hurricane Beryl would run beyond their capacities and urged lenders to ease
July 11, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum announced on Thursday that she has chosen Lazaro Cardenas, a former congressman and governor and a
July 11, 2024
Officials say people in the southeast Caribbean urgently need food, water and shelter nearly two weeks after Hurricane Beryl crushed the region as a Category 4 storm
July 11, 2024
Products made with Chilean-mined lithium - used for electric-vehicle batteries - will be eligible for U.S. tax benefits, the Andean country's government said on Thursday.
July 11, 2024
After a subpar performance with Sao Paulo in Brazil, Colombia's chances at Copa America appeared not to rest with James Rodriguez but with Liverpool winger Luis Diaz
July 11, 2024
A federal judge has ruled that the election system in Dodge City, Kansas, doesn’t violate the voting rights of its Latino majority
July 11, 2024An investigation into Brazil’s federal police alleges that the country’s intelligence agency spied on members of the judiciary, lawmakers and journalists under former President Jair Bolsonaro
July 11, 2024
Family of Chicago woman missing in the Bahamas push authorities to continue searching as they mark her birthday
July 11, 2024
Uruguay striker Luis Suárez defended his teammates’ decision to enter the stands following a 1-0 loss to Colombia in the Copa America semifinals, saying the action was necessary to defend families and supporters
July 11, 2024
Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said on Thursday he had confidence in Finance Minister Chrystia Freeland and that the two would continue to work together, damping
July 11, 2024
The United States on Thursday placed sanctions on Tren de Aragua, a Venezuelan gang with prison origins that law enforcement leaders throughout the
July 11, 2024
Panama installs barbed wire to block migrants traveling through the Darién Gap
July 11, 2024
In the northern Mexico border state of Tamaulipas, across from Texas, heavy rains associated with Hurricane Beryl and the earlier Tropical Storm Alberto have led at least 200 crocodiles to enter urban areas
July 11, 2024Brazil's Abin spy agency was used to illegally monitor tax auditors who were investigating a son of former President Jair Bolsonaro in an attempt to disrupt the corruption probe,
July 11, 2024
The first candidate on the ballot in Venezuela's upcoming presidential election is Nicolás Maduro, the incumbent seeking reelection
July 12, 2024
Argentines say they are yet to feel the benefits of cooling inflation, as a five-month streak of slowing prices ended when official data on
July 12, 2024
Nearly a million homes and businesses in Texas remained without power on Friday, five days after Hurricane Beryl made landfall with fierce winds and rain that
July 12, 2024
First lady Dr. Jill Biden to lead US delegation to the Paris Olympics
July 12, 2024
More than 100 countries are expected to back a global alliance against hunger that Brazil has proposed to counter the increasing number of
July 12, 2024
A small museum in Nashville is returning 255 pre-Columbian artifacts to Mexico
July 12, 2024
Mexican authorities have slapped a “closure” order on a 10-foot tall aquatic statue of the Greek god of the sea Poseidon that was erected in May in the Gulf of Mexico just off the beach in the town of Progreso, Yucatan
July 12, 2024
Argentine prosecutors say they have charged two French rugby players with aggravated sexual assault, the latest development in the case of a woman who said she was repeatedly raped by the athletes after they took her back to their hotel room and prevented her from leaving
July 12, 2024
Caribbean officials are demanding more access to funding and help in fighting climate change just weeks after Hurricane Beryl devastated the region
July 12, 2024
A young person has been found dead after being swept away by floodwaters in Canada’s Atlantic coast province of Nova Scotia as the remnants of Hurricane Beryl swept through the province
July 12, 2024Canada's Lundin Mining Corp and mining giant BHP Group are weighing a potential joint bid for Filo Corp, people familiar with the matter
July 12, 2024
Uruguay coach Marcelo Bielsa thinks his players deserve an apology, not sanctions, for entering the stands at Bank of America Stadium and participating in a fight with Colombia fans following his team’s 1-0 Copa America semifinal loss
July 12, 2024
Chile says one of the suspects being sought in the kidnapping and killing of a dissident Venezuelan soldier on Chilean soil early this year has been arrested in Costa Rica
July 12, 2024Authorities found the body of a 23-year-old woman who went missing in northern Mexico days after she used the ride-hailing app DiDi, a case that has sparked outrage in the
July 12, 2024
The two instigators of the 2023 assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio have been sentenced to 34 years and eight months in prison
July 13, 2024A closely watched measure of inflation in Argentina remained stronger than the libertarian government of President Javier Milei would have hoped
July 12, 2024
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July 01, 2024Canada head coach Jesse Marsch criticised the treatment North American sides have received at Copa America, claiming his team has been treated like second-class citizens.
July 13, 2024
Canada and Uruguay have differing outlooks about how the Copa America has gone as they clash in the third-place match on Saturday in Charlotte.
July 13, 2024
One of America's most valuable defenders against fentanyl trafficking at the Mexico border uses his nose to root out illicit drugs, an old-school technique that
July 13, 2024
Canada's head coach Jesse Marsch dismissed rumours of his interest in the U.S. men's national team vacancy, reiterating his commitment to the Canadian side ahead of their third-place
July 13, 2024
Argentina's central bank will start selling U.S. dollars in the country's parallel foreign exchange markets in an effort to combat inflation and freeze the country's money
July 13, 2024
As cartels take a stake in ‘green gold,’ US and Mexico rethink how avocados reach American kitchens
July 13, 2024
A fairly controlled fire grew to a 10,000-hectare inferno over the course of a day, causing 9,600 residents of an eastern Canadian community to flee and putting a nearby community
July 13, 2024
Argentina captain Lionel Messi hopes forward Angel Di Maria ends his international career with a goal in Sunday's Copa America final against Colombia.
July 13, 2024
Luis Suárez tied the score two minutes into second-half stoppage time, and Uruguay beat Canada 4-3 on penalty kicks after a 2-2 draw to finish third in the Copa America
July 14, 2024
Uruguay beat Canada on penalties in the Copa America third-place playoff match on Saturday after Luis Suarez scored a late equaliser in a 2-2 draw at the Bank of America Stadium in
July 14, 2024
Argentina will be battling for a record-breaking 16th Copa America title when they face Colombia in Florida on Sunday, where a victory would boost the defending champions past Uruguay as
July 14, 2024
Uruguay needed a late equaliser and penalties to beat Canada in Saturday's Copa America third-place playoff match, with coach Marcelo Bielsa saying the South American side had performed
July 14, 2024
Saturday's shooting at former U.S.
July 14, 2024
Copa América final 2024: Can Colombia continue historic unbeaten run and upset Argentina?
July 14, 2024
Citigroup has completed the separation of Banamex from its institutional banking business in Mexico as it prepares to list the retail bank, the Wall Street giant said on Monday.
December 02, 2024
Fans appeared to breach the security gates at Hard Rock Stadium hours before the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia
July 14, 2024
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July 14, 2024
Argentina wins Copa América in Miami final marred by chaotic crowd scenes and tearful Messi goodbye
July 15, 2024
The eldest daughter of former President Alberto Fujimori says he plans to run for Peru’s presidency for the fourth time in 2026 following his pardon in December from convictions for corruption and responsibility for the murder of 25 people
July 15, 2024Argentina's economy ministry said on Sunday it will purchase just over $1.5 billion from the central bank to pay the total interest on the country's "Globales" and "Bonares"
July 14, 2024
Peruvian former President Alberto Fujimori will run for the post again in the 2026 election, his daughter Keiko Fujimori said on messaging platform X on Sunday.
July 15, 2024
Argentina captain Lionel Messi limped off with an apparent ankle injury in the second half of their Copa America final against Colombia on Sunday, bringing an end to
July 15, 2024
Argentina won a record 16th Copa America title by beating Colombia 1-0 thanks to an extra-time goal from Lautaro Martinez on Sunday after the final was delayed for
July 15, 2024
Argentina won its second straight Copa America championship, overcoming Lionel Messi’s second-half leg injury to beat Colombia 1-0 on Lautaro Martínez’s 112th-minute goal
July 15, 2024
Argentines took to the streets to celebrate their 1-0 victory over Colombia in the Copa America final on Sunday after Lautaro Martinez scored an extra-time winner in Miami.
July 13, 2024
The Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia was delayed by more than an hour on Sunday after ticketless fans tried to gain entry to the venue.
July 15, 2024
Colombia's hopes of winning their second Copa America title were dashed by Argentina on Sunday but coach Nestor Lorenzo was proud of his side and said they had taken a tougher path to the
July 15, 2024
Argentines taking to the streets to revel in their Copa América triumph inhabit a very different place now than they did 19 months ago, when their World Cup victory sent millions surging into the same Buenos Aires square in a howl of collective celebration
July 15, 2024
Almost a year after Hurricane Idalia tore through Florida, many residents of Horseshoe Beach in the north are still recovering
July 15, 2024Libyan authorities on Monday ordered the arrest of an airline official on charges of helping to illegally transport migrants to the United States via Nicaragua.
July 15, 2024Rio de Janeiro’s state government has launched a mega-operation with a force that includes nearly 2,000 military and civil officers across 10 low income neighborhoods to regain control of areas dominated by organized crime
July 15, 2024Authorities say a Hawaii crime boss who was convicted of racketeering charges last summer has died in prison
December 02, 2024Family says 9-year-old boy broke an arm during chaos at Copa America final in Miami
July 15, 2024Anthony Davis scored 17 points and grabbed 14 rebounds, Tyrese Haliburton came up with a pair of late 3-pointers that helped stop a freefall by the Americans, and the U.S. beat Australia 98-92 on Monday to improve to 2-0 in its five-game slate of exhibitions leading into the Paris Olympics
July 15, 2024
Tense deliberations over how and if to allow deep sea mining are unfolding in Jamaica as at least one company threatens to apply for permission before rules and regulations are in place
July 15, 2024
The pet rail project of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador could wind up costing as much as $30 billion
July 15, 2024
Police say Colombia’s soccer federation president and his son were among 27 people arrested during the crowd control issues that broke out at the Copa America final between Argentina and Colombia
July 15, 2024
The Argentine parallel market peso appreciated against the U.S. dollar on Monday while the local stock market suffered, after new economic measures introduced by President
July 15, 2024
The 71-year-old head of Colombia's soccer federation and his son were arrested in Miami, accused of fighting security guards after the Copa America final that saw chaotic scenes
July 15, 2024
Alberto Fujimori, 85, who governed Peru with an iron fist for a decade and fled the country amid corruption scandals and human rights violations
July 15, 2024
Bolivia’s embattled president has announced the discovery of vast natural gas reserves just north of the capital, describing it as the biggest find in nearly two decades that could help the cash-strapped country reverse its falling production
July 15, 2024
More than 60 children in El Salvador have been arbitrarily detained, tortured and beaten since the government declared a state of emergency over two years
July 16, 2024Colombian Football Federation president among dozens arrested at Copa América final
July 16, 2024
In Argentina, real estate agents have one key piece of advice for potential home buyers: bring cash, big bags of it.
July 16, 2024
H-E-B Extends a Helping Hand with Discounts and Community Support Post-Hurricane Beryl
July 16, 2024The Colombian football federation (FCF) blamed private security at the Copa America final for the incident that led to the arrest of their president and his son, but also apologised to
July 16, 2024
At least 25 people were killed and 17 injured in Peru on Tuesday after a bus crashed while traveling through a mountainous area, according to Ayacucho's regional health department.
July 16, 2024Rare images of the Mashco Piro, an uncontacted Indigenous tribe in the remote Peruvian Amazon, were published on Tuesday by Survival International, showing dozens of
July 16, 2024
Hard Rock Stadium said it exceeded South American football governing body CONMEBOL's security recommendations for the Copa America after chaos engulfed Sunday's
July 16, 2024
Authorities in Paraguay have announced the largest cocaine seizure in the country’s history as officials were surprised to find more than 4 tons of the drug stashed inside a shipment of sugar bound for Belgium
July 16, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said he needs convincing on the need for his government to cut spending, and did not rule out the possibility of Brazil not
July 16, 2024
A rights report says the government of El Salvador has arrested 3,319 underage suspects and sentenced 579 during the harsh 2 1/2 year-old crackdown on street gangs
July 16, 2024
Argentina posted primary fiscal and financial surpluses in June, the economy ministry said on Tuesday, showing the fruits of a drastic austerity package rolled out by
July 16, 2024
Brazil's government has suggested that the central bank should cover the costs of a rural insurance program, two sources said on Tuesday, which may delay a
July 16, 2024
A team of Brazilian scientists has discovered the fossilized skeleton of what they believe is one of the world’s oldest dinosaurs
July 16, 202490 giant African snails ‘intercepted’ at Detroit Metropolitan Airport
July 16, 2024
Mexican telecommunications giant America Movil fell short of analyst projections and swung to a net loss in the second quarter in results posted Tuesday, citing the depreciation
July 16, 2024
Brazil's central bank has all options on the table regarding future interest rate decisions, monetary policy director Gabriel Galipolo said on Tuesday.
July 16, 2024
Over 70 arbitrary detentions reported days into campaigning for Venezuela election, NGO says
July 16, 2024
Taiwan should pay the U.S. for its defence as it does not give the country anything, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump told Bloomberg Businessweek, sending shares of
July 17, 2024
Nearly a decade after Guatemalan authorities were told that Mexico had sent the wrong body to a Guatemalan family searching for their missing teenage relative, that unidentified body is still buried in Guatemala and the family’s relative is waiting in a Mexico City morgue
July 17, 2024
The security chief of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado was arrested early on Wednesday, her Vente Venezuela political movement said.
July 17, 2024
Cricket is slowly finding its feet in Mexico and driving the growth of the game is an award-winning project involving prisoners across the Latin American country.
July 17, 2024Each day, millions of gallons of sewage cascade through a canyon and into the Pacific Ocean just south of the U.S.-Mexican
July 17, 2024
Argentina's main agricultural regions will see cold temperatures subside in the coming days, although the possibility of snowfall continues amid scant precipitation, the
July 17, 2024
Paraguay carries out largest cocaine bust in its history as 4 tons are found in sugar shipment headed to Europe
July 17, 2024
Officials in Venezuela have arrested the head of security for the country’s top opposition leader, a little more than a week before President Nicolás Maduro faces a tough reelection
July 17, 2024
Cleanup crews are working to get Canada’s largest city back to normal after a torrential downpour
July 17, 2024
Panama's border police says that migration through the Darien Gap dividing Colombia and Panama has declined significantly this month since Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino took office and ordered authorities to get control of the dense jungle frontier
July 17, 2024
Six members of two families were killed in Mexico’s violent state of Guanajuato, the second massacre of a family in a month there, authorities confirmed
July 17, 2024The “tuna bond” scandal that shook Mozambique’s economy is washing into a U.S. court
July 17, 2024US urges Venezuela to free opposition figures as Maduro says he must win reelection to avoid a ‘bloodbath’
July 18, 2024
Relatives of some of the 13 American service members killed during the chaotic withdrawal from Afghanistan appeared on stage at the Republican National Convention
July 18, 2024
Haitian Prime Minister Garry Conille has ordered gangs to surrender their weapons and acknowledged how dangerous life in Haiti’s capital and beyond has become
July 18, 2024
Activists in the Dominican Republic are protesting against a bill for a new criminal code that would retain a total abortion ban
July 18, 2024
Brazil's government has committed to adjusting corporate income tax as part of broader reform discussions, the country's deputy finance minister said on Monday,
December 02, 2024Argentina's Jewish community on Thursday commemorated the 30th anniversary of the bombing of a community center that killed 85 people, with
July 18, 2024
Argentina is confirmed as the world’s No. 1 team in the FIFA men’s rankings
July 18, 2024
The United States has announced the extension of a humanitarian truce that had reduced fighting in eastern Congo
July 18, 2024An Indigenous group in Peru's Amazon is saying drug traffickers are taking hold of the jungle after its leader was found dead earlier this week.
July 18, 2024
Authorities are taking measures to contain an outbreak of Newcastle disease on a poultry farm in Brazil's southernmost state of Rio Grande do Sul, Agriculture Minister
July 18, 2024Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has authorized a review to reduce social welfare benefits to meet the 2025 fiscal target, Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on
July 18, 2024
AI infrastructure firm Nebius Group on Monday said it was raising $700 million in a private placement from investors including Nvidia, Accel and some accounts
December 02, 2024
The Trump Organization, the company of former U.S.
July 18, 2024The U.S. Treasury Department has slapped sanctions on a man from Sierra Leone for smuggling thousands of migrants from Asia and Africa into the United States
July 18, 2024Trinidad and Tobago's High Court reaffirmed on Thursday a decision recognizing U.S. oil producer ConocoPhillips' arbitration claim against Venezuela, which could freeze
July 18, 2024
A new law could help Argentina regulate its booming cryptocurrency market as the country aims to reduce risks such as money-laundering associated with the digital assets,
July 18, 2024
On each passing anniversary of the deadly 1994 attack against Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, Diana Malamud said she endures a brutal “Groundhog’s Day.”
July 18, 2024
Chile will speed up construction of a new maximum security prison in the region that encompasses the capital city of Santiago to help fight organized crime, President Gabriel
July 18, 2024
Panama's President José Raúl Mulino says that migrants entering Panama through the treacherous Darien Gap will only be sent back to their countries if they agree to do so, potentially diminishing the impact of stricter immigration enforcement Mulino had pushed
July 18, 2024
An advocacy group for Indigenous peoples has released photographs of a reclusive tribe’s members searching for food on a beach in the Peruvian Amazon
July 18, 2024
Brazil's government kept its economic growth projection for this year at 2.5%, saying that support measures for families, businesses, and regional governments would offset the
July 18, 2024
Tons of dead fish are rotting in the Piracicaba River in Sao Paulo state downstream from where local authorities say a sugar and ethanol plant dumped
July 18, 2024
Colombia's illegal armed groups have taken advantage of the government's pursuit of peace to strengthen themselves militarily and economically, the commander of
December 02, 2024
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad unveiled plans on Thursday to freeze 15 billion reais ($2.70 billion) from the 2024 budget as the government struggles to meet this year's
July 18, 2024
Peru's president, Dina Boluarte, could be criminally responsible and topped the chain of command that led to dozens of deaths during protests at the beginning of her presidency,
July 18, 2024
Paraguay is negotiating with Brazil to buy six Embraer Super Tucano A-29 fighter planes for $96 million as part of its efforts to fight drug trafficking, Defense Minister Oscar
July 18, 2024Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado's security chief has been released from jail a day after he was arrested on charges of gender violence.
July 18, 2024
A small migrant caravan has set out from southern Mexico, heading north, but is unlikely to reach the U.S. border after authorities broke up two other small caravans headed to the United States over the weekend
December 02, 2024
Colombia's Ecopetrol is in talks with U.S. oil producer Occidental Petroleum to possibly buy a 30% stake in shale oil producer CrownRock, in a transaction potentially worth $3.6
July 19, 2024
Soccer fan files lawsuit against Hard Rock Stadium following Copa America chaos
July 19, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that he will send a letter to U.S. presidential candidate Donald Trump about migration and the importance of
July 19, 2024
Mexico's president has called Donald Trump “a friend,” and says he will write the former U.S. president a letter to warn him against pledging to close the border or blaming migrants for bringing drugs into the United States
July 19, 2024
At least 40 Haitian migrants were killed at sea after the boat they were traveling on caught fire on Wednesday, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) in Haiti
July 19, 2024The first lawsuits have been filed in connection with last weekend's melees that broke out when fans without tickets forced their way into the Copa America soccer final at South Florida's Hard Rock Stadium
July 19, 2024
Man shot and killed by stepson in Florida, family says; police continue search for shooter
December 01, 2024
After a month of an "iron fist" policy aimed at fighting rampant drug- and gang-related crime, Honduras police say they have seized hundreds of
July 19, 2024The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, Volker Turk, said on Friday that democracy in Guatemala "remains in danger," despite election winner Bernardo Arevalo
July 19, 2024
Panama's government expects to start deportation flights for migrants who crossed the country's dangerous Darien jungle in two to three months, the country's chief of migration
July 19, 2024
Federal class action lawsuit is seeking refunds on behalf of ticketed fans after chaos at Copa América final
July 20, 2024
Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of a Colombian bishop who was mentioned in a book about priests and bishops who have allegedly committed acts of sexual abuse
July 20, 2024Scotland kept up their high scoring form on their Americas tour with a convincing 52-11 win over Chile in Santiago on Saturday.
July 20, 2024
Tragic discovery in Oregon: Missing hiker’s body found, husband arrested on murder charge
December 02, 2024
Brazil's Agriculture Ministry said on Sunday it has ruled out three potential new cases of Newcastle disease in poultry after testing additional samples taken from animals in the
July 21, 2024
Threats by President-elect Donald Trump to impose U.S. tariffs on its immediate neighbors appear to have created a split between Canada and Mexico, after Canadian officials said problems with the two countries' borders were not comparable
December 02, 2024
What to expect in Venezuela’s presidential election as strongman Maduro faces his biggest test yet
July 21, 2024
A mountain village in southern New Mexico that was ravaged by wildfires last month is under a flash flood watch
July 21, 2024Geopolitical rivalries, including brewing trade battles between the United States and China, now trump inflation as the biggest worry for sovereign
July 21, 2024
Hundreds of migrants from around a dozen countries have left from Mexico’s southern border on foot in an attempt to make it to the U.S. border
July 22, 2024
Unlike previous elections in Venezuela, thousands of supporters of the typically fractured opposition have agreed to organize, mobilize and support voters during the highly anticipated July 28 presidential contest
July 22, 2024
The U.S. envoy to the United Nations announced tens of millions of dollars in aid for Haiti during a visit a month after
July 22, 2024
Brazil's economy will continue growing at a steady pace over the medium term thanks to a continuous rise in public spending that is set to keep fiscal
July 22, 2024
Brazil's central bank said on Monday a new feature for its popular Pix instant payment system aimed at automatically paying recurring bills will be launched next June instead of
July 22, 2024
Maine is providing more than $21 million in grants to help dozens of waterfront communities rebuild from a series of devastating storms this past winter
July 22, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Monday urged Venezuela's government to respect the result of next Sunday's presidential election, saying he was "scared" by
July 22, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Monday he hopes the American people will elect the best candidate in November, whether Donald Trump or a Democrat, and that
July 22, 2024
Brazil's government widened its primary deficit forecast for this year to 32.6 billion reais ($5.9 billion) on Monday, prompting a spending freeze to meet the fiscal target.
July 22, 2024Global business travel spending in 2023 recovered to pre-pandemic levels in North America, Latin America, the Middle East and Africa as companies resumed in-
July 22, 2024
The U.S.
July 22, 2024
Protection of Brazil's Indigenous communities from violence by land grabbers and ranchers was "insufficient" in 2023, according to a report published on Monday,
July 22, 2024
The U.S. ambassador to the United Nations has announced $60 million in additional humanitarian assistance to Haiti during a trip to the troubled Caribbean country
July 22, 2024
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva says his Venezuelan counterpart Nicolás Maduro should respect the results of the elections scheduled for Sunday
July 22, 2024Oil prices fell about 2% to a six-week low on Tuesday on rising expectations of a ceasefire in Gaza and growing concerns about demand in China.
July 22, 2024
Colombia's president has signed a bill that bans bullfights in the South American country, further reducing the short list of nations around the world where the centuries-old tradition is still legal
July 23, 2024
Javier Aguirre was appointed head coach of Mexico's national soccer team on Monday, replacing Jaime Lozano who was sacked this month after a disappointing Copa America group-stage exit,
July 23, 2024
How Venezuela’s election could upend the geopolitics of the Americas
July 23, 2024Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro is working hard to shore up the loyalty of the armed forces and keep top commanders in line, days ahead of a hotly disputed election that threatens the self-proclaimed socialist's hold on power
July 23, 2024
Puerto Rico has lost thousands of its doctors in the past decade, many having fled to the U.S. mainland for better pay
July 23, 2024
The government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, who is seeking reelection on Sunday, has had some success in curbing formerly sky-high inflation, but workers
July 23, 2024
Ecuador's navy is ready to protect the seas around the Galapagos Islands from illegal fishing by foreign ships whose annual visits threaten
July 23, 2024
An Andean condor being treated in Chile with lead in its blood, a pellet embedded in its skull and a satellite tracker from Argentina highlights the challenges of conserving this
July 23, 2024
Central America’s forests are critically important habitat for many forest birds, including endangered species. Narco-traffickers are cutting down trees, leaving birds with nowhere to go.
July 23, 2024
Authorities in St. Maarten say they have detained a suspect linked to the recent shooting of a politician in an attack that killed his wife and shocked many in the normally peaceful Dutch Caribbean territory
July 23, 2024Brazil's popular instant payment system Pix saw a 120.7% jump in the value of transactions recorded on Black Friday compared to the previous year, central bank data showed on
December 02, 2024
The involvement of Indigenous people in illegal gold hunting, lured by the prospect of easy money due to record prices, has made
December 02, 2024
Brazil's federal environment workers on Tuesday presented the government with a deal to end their strike that has curtailed efforts to protect the Amazon
July 23, 2024
A group of 2,000 migrants from dozens of countries have set out on foot from Tapachula, a city in southern Mexico, as they attempt to reach the U.S.
July 23, 2024
An explosion at a Jose Cuervo tequila plant in central Mexico killed at least five company workers and forced the evacuation of tourists from the area in the spirit's hometown
July 24, 2024
Explosion and fire at Jose Cuervo tequila factory kill six, Mexican officials say
July 24, 2024
Nine people were confirmed dead and four were still missing after a British-Norwegian fishing vessel sank off the coast of the Falkland Islands on Monday, the boat's owner said
July 24, 2024Japanese credit investor Credit Saison committed on Wednesday to a $100 million investment in Brazil, part of a broader push in Latin America that includes a capital injection of
July 24, 2024Griselda Ascanio keeps an improvised wood-burning stove ready in her backyard in Maracay, 120 kilometers (75 miles)
July 24, 2024
Venezuelans will vote in a presidential election on Sunday, with 61-year-old President Nicolas Maduro seeking his third term.
July 24, 2024
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and Brazil's public banks will announce on Thursday the development of an exchange-traded fund (ETF) focused on
July 24, 2024
What do Venezuelans believe in
July 24, 2024
Latin America made "remarkable progress" against food insecurity last year and is now set to reduce the population afflicted by malnutrition to below 5% by
July 24, 2024Eleven years into Venezuela’s crisis, the days of food shortages are virtually gone
July 24, 2024Ten migrants were found dead after drowning in an attempt to cross the perilous Darien Gap between Panama and Colombia, Panamanian border police said on Wednesday.
July 24, 2024Police say a $10,000 crown studded with multi-colored Swarovski crystals that belongs to a beauty queen from the Dominican Republic has been stolen at Puerto Rico’s main international airport
July 24, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva kicked off a global effort on Wednesday to end hunger and extreme poverty, aiming to make it a hallmark of
July 24, 2024
Puerto Rico’s governor has signed a law that prohibits discrimination against people wearing Afros, twists, braids and other hairstyles in the racially diverse U.S. territory
July 24, 2024
Rescue teams have found another body at a tequila distillery in Mexico a day after an explosion and fire, bringing the death toll to six
July 24, 2024Aaron Rodgers’ offseason excursion to Egypt during mandatory minicamp made quite a few headlines
July 24, 2024
Guatemalan authorities say that nearly 600 Mexicans have fled across the border into Guatemala seeking refuge from drug cartel violence
July 24, 202410 migrants killed in floods crossing Darién Gap in Panama
July 24, 2024The Kenyan-led police mission in Haiti will need to rapidly deliver tangible results, according to a security bulletin on Wednesday, warning that people living in gang-controlled areas
July 24, 2024
Walmart's Mexico and Central America unit posted a 9.3% year-on-year climb in its second-quarter net profit on Wednesday, as its sales
July 24, 2024
Brazil and the United States will unveil a joint climate transition initiative, Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday, after earlier meeting with U.S.
July 24, 2024
Aaron Rodgers knew a fine was coming for his Egypt trip during mandatory minicamp, and he's ready to move forward after a long chat with New York Jets head coach Robert Saleh.
July 24, 2024
Authorities say a member of the San Carlos Apache tribe is accused of starting a recent wildfire that destroyed 21 homes and burned 3.3 square miles on the southeastern Arizona reservation
July 24, 2024Mexican breadmaker Bimbo's second-quarter net profit slipped by 16.3% compared to the same period last year to 3.32 billion pesos ($181.56 million), the firm reported on
July 24, 2024
A Hawaii judge is temporarily blocking the state from enforcing a law requiring the licensing of practitioners and teachers of traditional Native Hawaiian midwifery
July 25, 2024
Adding a citizenship question to the census reduces the participation of people who aren’t U.S. citizens, particularly those from Latin American countries
July 25, 2024
The strongman leader of Venezuela, Nicolas Maduro, appears to be open to a fair election this year. CNN’s Stefano Pozzebon explains who his main challenger is — and how the contest could affect the US southern border.
July 28, 2024
Mexico's incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum will likely face a new challenge fulfilling the dream of energy independence that led her predecessor to
July 25, 2024
Warships from Russia's Baltic Fleet will make a port visit to Havana from July 27-30, Russian news agencies reported on Thursday, citing Cuba's defence ministry, the second such
July 25, 2024Laughter, tears, and requests for help often greet Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado as she tours the country urging voters to back change in the
July 25, 2024
The charged atmosphere around the campaign for Venezuela's presidency - marred by arrests and accusations of conspiracy and sabotage - does not seem like a
July 25, 2024
Sunday's presidential election in Venezuela has attracted a level of voter enthusiasm not seen in at least a decade.
July 25, 2024
By Deisy Buitrago CARACAS - Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, in power since 2013 and running for a third term on July 28, is confident he is still the right man to lead the OPEC country that has
July 25, 2024
The head of Argentina’s soccer federation says the chaotic ending to its Olympic soccer match against Morocco “makes no sense,” and Argentina’s coach called the scene “a scandal.”
July 25, 2024
Mexican gymnast Alexa Moreno is relying on years of experience and the absence of some top contenders to reach the podium on the vault
July 25, 2024
Why few Native Americans are celebrating the centennial of the Indian Citizenship Act of 1924.
July 25, 2024
The death toll from the sinking of a fishing vessel off the Falkland Islands on Monday is believed to have risen to 13 people after a search for survivors was halted amid stormy
July 25, 2024Consumer prices in Brazil rose more than expected in the month to mid-July on higher transportation costs, official data showed on Thursday, likely sealing the deal for the
July 25, 2024
America's top Olympic official has backed the world anti-doping body after its credibility came under fire over a case, recently come to light, of Chinese swimmers
July 25, 2024
Former Argentine President Alberto Fernandez and Brazil's electoral court both said on Wednesday they had withdrawn from acting as observers in Venezuela's presidential election
July 25, 2024Argentine President Javier Milei has arrived in Paris, where he is expected to meet French President Emmanuel Macron after tensions escalated between their countries over the Argentine soccer team’s derogatory post-match chants about French players
July 25, 2024
Chilean President Gabriel Boric urged Venezuela's government to guarantee fair elections and respect the country's Sunday vote during a meeting with reporters on Thursday.
July 25, 2024
The prolonged economic and political instability in Venezuela has forced millions of Venezuelans to leave over the past decade, quashing many of their dreams and leaving many wondering if they’ll ever return to what was once South America’s most prosperous country
July 25, 2024
The United States on Thursday will impose sanctions on a coalition of rebel groups it accused of seeking to overthrow the Democratic Republic of Congo's
July 25, 2024
'The quest, itself, will never end': Man visits all 224 Pizza Ranch locations
December 02, 2024The White House on Thursday expressed concern about the threat of violence in Venezuela's election on Sunday and warned President Nicolas
July 25, 2024
The Bolivian department of Santa Cruz has declared a state of emergency through the end of this year due to extreme weather including wildfires, the departmental government said in a
July 25, 2024
Low-cost airlines Flybondi and Jetsmart are targeting Brazil as a top flight destination in coming months, looking to expand routes as the market opens up,
July 25, 2024
A doping row involving Chinese athletes may prove a tinderbox at the Olympic swimming meet where the United States face the biggest challenge to their reign in decades
July 25, 2024
A rising number of heat-related deaths in Texas among residents who lost power during Hurricane Beryl has pushed the number of storm fatalities to at least 36
July 25, 2024
The Inter-American Development Bank and Brazilian public banks BNDES, Banco do Brasil and Caixa Economica Federal announced on Thursday they will jointly develop an exchange
July 25, 2024
Catholic Church leaders in southern Mexico have made a desperate plea for the Mexican government to protect communities from drug cartels that extract protection payments and use locals as human shields near the border with Guatemala
July 25, 2024
The Brazilian government has apologized to the Japanese community for human rights violations in the persecution and incarceration of immigrants in the years after World War II
July 25, 2024
The first Black mayor of a small Alabama town who was locked out of town hall by white officials is returning to the job
July 25, 2024More than 500 people in southern Mexico have fled to neighboring Guatemala this week amid armed clashes between criminal groups fighting over drug trafficking
July 25, 2024
Mexican drug kingpin Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and a son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested on Thursday in El Paso, Texas, in a major coup for
July 25, 2024
Canada women’s soccer coach Bev Priestman has been suspended and removed from the team for the Paris Olympics in the wake of a drone-spying scandal
July 25, 2024
The U.S. Justice Department says Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, a longtime leader of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel, and Joaquín Guzmán López, a son of another infamous cartel leader, have been arrested by authorities in Texas
July 25, 2024
Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada and the son of his former partner, Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, were arrested in Texas, U.S.
July 25, 2024Venezuela’s presidential candidates have closed their campaigns ahead of Sunday's vote with demonstrations attended by thousands of people
July 26, 2024
Young Venezuelan opposition voters prepare to leave the country if Maduro is reelected
July 26, 2024
The woman behind Venezuela’s upstart opposition movement
July 26, 2024
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, co-founder and alleged current leader of the Mexican Sinaloa drug cartel, is in US custody, according to the Justice Department. CNN's Polo Sandoval reports.
July 27, 2024
Venezuelans have a crucial decision ahead of them
July 26, 2024
Brazil's state-run oil company Petrobras is wrapping up due diligence for a bid on the Mataripe refinery it sold to Abu Dhabi
July 26, 2024
Venezuelan migrants in South America and Europe say they have struggled to register to vote in their country's
July 26, 2024
Maria Corina Machado has walked highways, sought shelter in supporters’ homes and seen her closest collaborators detained and persecuted as she crisscrossed Venezuela ahead of the upcoming presidential election
July 26, 2024
Chile's Codelco, the world's largest copper producer, on Friday posted a 8.4% drop in output for the first half of 2024 compared with the
July 26, 2024
A U.S. law enforcement official says a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who has eluded authorities for decades was duped into flying into the U.S., where he was arrested alongside a son of Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán
July 26, 2024
The U.S.
July 26, 2024
Scores of wildfires across the United States and Canada have scorched swaths of land in California, Oregon, Idaho, Alberta and beyond, forcing evacuations and road closures, as well as destroying and threatening structures
July 26, 2024Authorities from Venezuela and Panama on Friday said normal air travel had resumed between the countries after Panama had earlier
July 26, 2024
Former Canada women's team manager John Herdman said news that Team Canada staff used a drone to spy on an opponent's practice was "a surprise and a shock," and he is "highly
July 26, 2024
As Venezuela heads for pivotal elections at the weekend, its bondholders are on a recruitment drive in the hope the vote will open up some
July 26, 2024
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has thanked Guatemala for helping nearly 600 Mexicans who have crossed into Guatemala to escape drug cartel violence
July 26, 2024
The Biden administration will "calibrate" its sanctions policy towards Venezuela depending on how the high-stakes election unfolds in the
July 26, 2024
Brazil is gathering support from other countries for the creation of a fund that will send resources to nations with tropical forests in order to preserve them, Finance
July 26, 2024
U.S.
July 26, 2024
Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has eluded the reach of U.S. enforcement for decades as the top leader and co-founder of Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel
July 27, 2024
The alleged Mexican drug cartel bosses arrested or extradited in recent years
July 27, 2024
A new era is coming for Mexico’s powerful Sinaloa cartel in the wake of the capture by U.S. authorities of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the last of the grand old Mexican drug traffickers
July 27, 2024
As a propeller plane on Thursday whirred towards the U.S.-Mexico border to cross illegally, U.S. agents raced to meet it at a small municipal airport near El Paso, Texas,
July 27, 2024
U.S.
July 27, 2024
Frenchman Victor Wembanyama's brilliant performance led the hosts to a 78-66 win over Brazil, while Giannis Antetokounmpo's Greece
July 27, 2024
Brazil's economic growth is estimated to have slowed in the third quarter from a solid performance in the previous three-month period, though it probably
December 02, 2024
Progress has been made suppressing fires in the Canadian tourist town of Jasper, with the remaining ones expected to be put out by the end of the day, authorities
July 27, 2024
Notorious Sinaloa Cartel co-founder Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was "forcibly kidnapped" by a son of his former partner Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman, who brought him to the
July 28, 2024
Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the government, which earlier declared President Nicolás Maduro the winner
July 28, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and his opposition rival Edmundo Gonzalez were each claiming victory in a presidential
July 28, 2024
Venezuelans anxiously await results in crucial presidential election as opposition signal high voter turnout
July 28, 2024
Nicolás Maduro has been declared the winner in Venezuela’s presidential election Sunday, even as his opponents were preparing to dispute the results, setting up a high-stakes showdown that will determine whether the South American nation transitions away from one-party rule
July 28, 2024
‘I lost all respect’: Max Verstappen furious with George Russell after qualifying incident at Qatar Grand Prix
December 02, 2024
Cuba's twice Olympic champion Julio Cesar La Cruz was eliminated from the men's heavyweight competition on Sunday following a 3-2 split decision defeat by Loren Alfonso
July 28, 2024
Peru's President Dina Boluarte was upbeat about the country's economy in an independence day speech to Congress, predicting higher-than-expected economic growth and
July 28, 2024
The lawyer of a powerful Mexican drug cartel leader who is now in U.S. custody is pushing back against claims that his client was tricked into flying into the country
July 28, 2024
CNN's Rafael Romo reports on the arrests of Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada, the Sinaloa cartel’s alleged co-founder, and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, son of former boss Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman, by US authorities in El Paso, Texas.
July 29, 2024
The Dutch Caribbean island of Curacao on Sunday became the newest associate member of the Caribbean Community (CARICOM), a bloc promoting economic integration and cooperation across a
July 28, 2024
Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell on Sunday took over as the new rotating chairman of CARICOM, the regional bloc of the Caribbean, pledging to work for climate justice, reduce gun
July 28, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei has told his country's struggling farmers that he was committed to scraping export taxes and rescuing the key agricultural industry
July 28, 2024
Joaquín Guzmán López, son of ‘El Chapo,’ surrendered to authorities, Mexico says, citing US authorities
July 29, 2024
Both Venezuela strongman Nicolas Maduro and opposition claim election win, as US voices ‘serious concerns’
July 29, 2024
The United States has serious concerns that results announced by Venezuela's electoral authority declaring President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term, do not reflect
July 29, 2024
Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro said after midnight on Monday that his re-election is triumph of peace and stability and reiterated his campaign trail assertion that Venezuela's
July 29, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken says the United States has ‘serious concerns’ about the announced result of Venezuela's hotly contested presidential election that authorities say was won by incumbent Nicolas Maduro
July 29, 2024
Leaders across the Americas and beyond reacted to the Venezuelan electoral authority's announcement just after midnight on Monday that President Nicolas Maduro had won a third term in
July 29, 2024
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said early on Monday that opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez won 70% of the vote in a presidential contest over the weekend.
July 29, 2024
As thousands of people demonstrate across Venezuela, opposition candidate Edmundo González has announced that his campaign has the proof it needs to show he won the country’s disputed election whose victory electoral authorities handed to President Nicolás Maduro
July 29, 2024
Spain's Foreign Minister Jose Manuel Albares on Monday morning asked Venezuela to release broken down and verifiable voting data after the national electoral council announced
July 29, 2024
According to the country's election authority, Nicolás Maduro has been reelected president of Venezuela. The country’s opposition alleged voting irregularities and the United States voiced “serious concerns” about the results.
July 29, 2024
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Monday the country's opposition has 73.2%
July 29, 2024
The union at BHP's Escondida mine in Chile, the world's largest copper mine, has called on its nearly 2,400 members to reject a final contract offer from the
July 29, 2024
Venezuela's bonds and those of state oil firm PDVSA fell deeper into distressed territory on Monday after both President Nicolas Maduro and
July 29, 2024
Nine Latin American governments will call for an emergency meeting of the Organization of American States (OAS) permanent council, according to a joint statement published on Monday.
July 29, 2024
Panama put its diplomatic relations with Venezuela "on hold" and will withdraw its diplomatic personnel from the country until a full review of Sunday's presidential election
July 29, 2024
US calls on Venezuelan government to release specific data on election
July 29, 2024
Mexico's president has taken the unusual step of issuing a public appeal to drug cartels not to fight each other, following last week's detention of top Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada and Joaquín Guzmán López
July 29, 2024
The Biden administration said on Monday that electoral manipulation had stripped Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's claim of reelection
July 29, 2024
Ethiopia has secured an agreement with the International Monetary Fund for a new financing program worth $3.4 billion, the IMF said on Monday.
July 29, 2024
Mexican authorities have opened an investigation into events that led to last week's arrest of Sinaloa Cartel chief Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, Mexico's security
July 29, 2024
Protests erupt in Venezuela as questions grow over strongman Maduro’s victory
July 29, 2024
Indigenous people who see a threat to their ancestral lands from the construction of a railway to carry grains to a port in the Amazon on Monday pulled out of a
July 29, 2024
Venezuela is facing a political standstill after both incumbent President Nicolás Maduro and the country’s main opposition coalition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election
July 29, 2024
Opposition leaders and foreign observers urged Venezuela on Monday to release details of contested election results that independent pollsters
July 29, 2024
Colombia's government proposed on Monday a 523 trillion peso ($130 billion) 2025 budget to lawmakers for their consideration, the finance ministry said in a
July 29, 2024
In Venezuela, voters caught in Maduro’s dangerous dance are seeking answers
July 30, 2024Peru's government ordered Venezuelan diplomats in the Andean nation to leave within 72 hours, after Venezuela's electoral authority declared President Nicolas Maduro the winner of
July 29, 2024
Protesters took to the streets across Venezuela on Tuesday, demanding that President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge he lost Sunday's election to the
July 30, 2024
Venezuela is wracked with protests and election uncertainty. Here’s what to know
July 30, 2024
El Chapo’s son denies making deal with US prior to arrest, pleads not guilty in court
July 30, 2024
A son of convicted Mexican drug lord Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman pleaded not guilty to U.S. drug charges on Tuesday, five days after his arrest in a
July 30, 2024
By Ted Hesson, Mica Rosenberg and Kristina Cooke WASHINGTON -Vice President Kamala Harris, tasked to deal with the root causes of migration from Central America as illegal border crossings were rising
July 30, 2024
China's President Xi Jinping has congratulated Venezuela's Nicolas Maduro on his presidential reelection, state media said on Tuesday, in contrast to doubt and criticism
July 30, 2024
The Kremlin said on Tuesday that the political opposition in Venezuela should accept what Moscow called its defeat and congratulate incumbent Nicolas Maduro on his election win.
July 30, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva and U.S.
July 30, 2024
Tiffany Haddish defends Zimbabwe grocery store TikTok video after backlash
July 30, 2024
Protests broke out across several Venezuelan cities July 29 as people took to the streets to express their anger after authoritarian leader Nicolás Maduro was formally declared winner of the presidential election by the country’s government-controlled electoral authority. CNN's Stefano Pozzebon was on the ground in the capital Caracas, where security forces fired tear gas at protesters.
July 30, 2024
The Organization of American States' (OAS) election observation department said on Tuesday it cannot recognize the results by Venezuela's national electoral council declaring President
July 30, 2024
Six American writers are among 13 semifinalists for the Booker Prize for fiction
July 30, 2024
The Carter Center said it was unable to verify the results of Venezuela’s presidential election and blamed authorities for a “complete lack of transparency” in declaring Nicolas Maduro the winner without providing any individual polling tallies
July 30, 2024
The U.S. is considering fresh sanctions on Venezuela following disputed results in the country's presidential election, with
July 30, 2024
The prosecutor's office in Peru has "definitively" shelved a genocide case against President Dina Boluarte, Prime Minister Gustavo Adrianzen said on Tuesday.
July 30, 2024
The Panama Canal expects to increase the number of daily transit slots for vessels to 36 from the current 34 beginning in September, the canal's deputy administrator said, as
July 30, 2024
Recent university graduate Jorge Salcedo says his whole life - his family, his career, his "everything" - is in Venezuela.
July 30, 2024
Anti-government activists across Venezuela are toppling giant statues of Hugo Chávez to express their anger over the alleged stealing of elections by the late president’s handpicked successor, Nicolás Maduro
July 30, 2024
Copa Airlines said on Tuesday that Venezuela has decided to temporarily suspend all commercial flights between Panama and Venezuela beginning on Wednesday evening.
July 30, 2024
Colombia's Foreign Minister Luis Murillo on Tuesday called for Venezuela's government to release the results of Sunday's presidential election so that they can be audited by the
July 30, 2024
Protesters took to streets throughout Venezuela on Tuesday, demanding President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge that he lost Sunday's election to an opposition that says they
July 30, 2024
Costa Rica's Foreign Minister Arnoldo Andre said on Tuesday that the Central American government was prepared to give political asylum or refuge status to Venezuelan opposition
July 30, 2024
Venezuelans have seen this movie before, but Maduro should beware. This time, the ending could be different
July 30, 2024Venezuela is tense
July 30, 2024
Panama's civil aviation authority has been ordered to apply a "retaliation measure" against Venezuela starting from Wednesday evening, a cabinet spokesperson said on Tuesday
July 31, 2024
Grenadian Prime Minister Dickon Mitchell said on Tuesday that early estimates suggest that losses from deadly Hurricane Beryl, which hit the Caribbean earlier this month, likely total as
July 31, 2024
Beijing has expressed its displeasure to Tokyo over negative comments about China made during a meeting between Japan and the United States, China's foreign ministry said on
July 31, 2024
The U.S.-based election monitor group Carter Center cannot verify or corroborate Venezuela's election results, it said in a statement late Tuesday, a day after the country's
July 31, 2024
A floating barrier in the Rio Grande meant to discourage migrants from trying to cross from Mexico into Texas can stay for now, a full federal appeals court has ruled
July 31, 2024
Venezuela's opposition, which says that it - and not President Nicolas Maduro - won Sunday's presidential election, is scrambling for ways to
July 31, 2024
Texas can keep a 1,000-foot (300-meter) long floating barrier in the Rio Grande to deter illegal border crossings by migrants at the river separating the United States
July 31, 2024
Even Mexico's largest corporations are now being hit by demands for protection payments from drug cartels, and gangs are increasingly trying to control the sales, distribution and pricing of certain goods
July 31, 2024
Four out of Canada's six largest banks are expected to show a rise in earnings for the fourth quarter as Bay Street turns its focus to the lenders' forecasts for
December 02, 2024
Once presenting itself as one of the world's most welcoming countries to refugees and immigrants, Canada is launching a global online ad campaign cautioning
December 02, 2024
Transport unions in Bolivia started a national strike on Wednesday to protest fuel shortages, as diesel supplies shipped from Russia fail to arrive and pressure
July 31, 2024
Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday there was no evidence of fraud in an election that Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claims he won but which
July 31, 2024
A former U.S. Green Beret who organized a failed cross-border raid in 2020 to remove Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has been arrested in New York
July 31, 2024
Shops and public transport across Venezuela shut down on Wednesday as tensions over a fiercely disputed presidential
July 31, 2024
A U.S. military veteran has been charged with violating U.S. arms export control laws by conspiring to ship weapons to Colombia for a failed May 2020 armed incursion
July 31, 2024Colombia's central bank cut its benchmark interest rate by 50 basis points to 10.75% on Wednesday, its sixth cut since December, as the bank's technical team
July 31, 2024
Scarred by the last bout of intra-cartel fighting, residents in the northern Mexican state of Sinaloa are bracing themselves for violence amid fears
July 31, 2024
Between 2% and 5% of jobs in Latin America and the Caribbean are threatened by artificial intelligence (AI) and at risk of being fully automated, a report by the
July 31, 2024
Living in makeshift camps in the heart of Mexico City, many Venezuelan migrants grow increasingly anxious for their friends and family back home
July 31, 2024
Brazil's central bank on Wednesday kept interest rates unchanged at a second consecutive policy meeting, as expected, flagging a need for "more vigilance" in
July 31, 2024
President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory, but regional leaders and outside observers have cried foul.
July 31, 2024
Maduro warns he’ll call for a ‘new revolution’ if forced by ‘North American imperialism’
July 31, 2024
A Canadian warship passed through the Taiwan Strait in what Ottawa called a commitment to an open Indo-Pacific, drawing a rebuke from China
August 01, 2024
The son of jailed Sinaloa Cartel kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman did not kidnap drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the Guzman family's lawyer said on Wednesday, following
August 01, 2024
Venezuela's contested election is the latest in a blockbuster year that will see nearly half the world head to the polls.
August 01, 2024
The ride sharing giant Uber and Chinese automaker BYD say they have agreed on a partnership to introduce 100,000 BYD model EVs on the Uber platform in Europe and Latin America
August 01, 2024
Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada, the notorious alleged co-founder of the Sinaloa Cartel, appeared in an El Paso, Texas courtroom in a wheelchair on
August 01, 2024
The United States is considering fresh sanctions on Venezuela following Sunday's disputed presidential election.
August 01, 2024
The U.S.
August 01, 2024
Brazil, Mexico and Colombia called for Venezuela to release detailed voting tallies on Thursday, while the
August 01, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has requested a phone call with his Brazilian counterpart Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva amid tensions over a contested election, a Brazilian source
August 01, 2024
Venezuela's oil production and exports were working normally on Thursday following last weekend's disputed presidential election that has triggered protests and international
August 01, 2024
A half dozen masked assailants ransacked the headquarters of Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado in the latest escalation of violence against opponents of Nicolas Maduro following the country’s disputed presidential election
August 01, 2024
The former chief of the Honduran National Police has been sentenced to 19 years in prison after he pleaded guilty in a cocaine conspiracy
August 01, 2024
Up to 3,000 Salvadoran Catholics will participate in Saint Óscar Romero's pilgrimage, an annual event that kicks off in El Salvador each Aug. 1 to honor San Salvador’s archbishop, who was appointed saint by pope Francis in 2018
August 01, 2024
Alleged cartel leader Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada appears in federal court in El Paso
August 01, 2024
Louisville nonprofit sends $270K of medical equipment to disabled kids in Peru
August 01, 2024Latin America e-commerce giant MercadoLibre said on Thursday its net profit more than doubled in the second quarter from a year earlier, beating analysts' estimates with Brazil's
August 01, 2024
Forecasters say Tropical Storm Carlotta is growing stronger over the Pacific Ocean as it moves away from Mexico
August 01, 2024A powerful Mexican drug cartel leader has made his second appearance in federal court in Texas after being taken into U.S. custody last week
August 01, 2024
Venezuela's top court on Thursday accepted a request by President Nicolas Maduro for all presidential candidates to present their vote tallies, as a dispute about results in last
August 01, 2024
US says Maduro lost Venezuela election as opposition leader says she’s in hiding
August 02, 2024
The United States on Thursday recognized Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's opponent and opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez as the
August 02, 2024
Venezuela's Foreign Minister Yvan Gil said on Friday that the United States is "at the forefront of a coup attempt" against the South American country amid a dispute over
August 02, 2024
An Associated Press review of vote tally sheets released by Venezuela’s opposition indicates that their candidate won significantly more votes in the presidential election than the government has claimed
August 02, 2024
Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are pushing for Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro to meet with the opposition candidate in last
August 02, 2024
Brazil's Petrobras will include at least one partner in its bid for a 40% stake in Galp Energia's Mopane oil prospect in Namibia, two sources with
August 02, 2024
Relatives of people arrested during protests in Venezuela over the country's contested presidential election are calling for their release outside police
August 02, 2024
An earthquake alarm that went off on Friday in Mexico's capital was produced by an error, the country's Seismic Instrumentation and Recording Center said in a statement.
August 02, 2024
A tropical storm is expected to form off Florida this weekend after a disorganized weather system crosses Cuba, bringing howling winds, torrential rain and ocean surges to
August 02, 2024Colombia's central bank technical team revised its inflation outlook for the year to 5.7%, from a previous 5.5%, it said in a quarterly report published on Friday.
August 02, 2024
Tropical Storm Debby forms in the Gulf of Mexico, expected to reach hurricane strength before landfall in Florida
August 03, 2024
Thousands of Venezuelans marched across the South American country on Saturday over its contested election, as President Nicolas
August 03, 2024
Thousands of people rallied in the streets of Venezuela’s capital, waving the national flag and singing the national anthem in support of an opposition candidate they believe won the presidential election by a landslide
August 03, 2024
Sha’Carri Richardson’s comeback story hit a brick wall Saturday when Julien Alfred romped to the 100-meter title in 10.72 seconds to blow away the field and bring the first-ever Olympic medal to her island country of St. Lucia
August 03, 2024
TD Bank has hired Georgia Stavridis from Royal Bank of Canada to become a vice president in financial crimes risk management, a newly created role, three sources
November 29, 2024
The number of migrants caught illegally crossing the U.S. borders with Mexico and Canada fell in November, a senior U.S. border official told Reuters, part of a
December 02, 2024
The Biden administration says it will soon expand areas where migrants can apply online for appointments to enter the United States to a large swath of southern Mexico
August 04, 2024
Jamaican sprinter Shericka Jackson pulled out of the women’s 200 meters and will not race for an individual medal at the Paris Olympics
August 04, 2024
A 24-year-old firefighter was killed by a falling tree while battling a forest blaze northeast of Jasper in the Western Canadian province of Alberta on Saturday, the police said in
August 04, 2024
Jackie Young scored 19 points and the U.S. showed off its incredible depth, beating Germany 87-68 in the Americans’ final game of pool play
August 04, 2024
Voices across the globe are expressing concern over the growing number of arrests in Venezuela following last weekend's disputed elections
August 04, 2024
A Mexican journalist who covered one of the country’s most dangerous crime beats has been killed, and two of his government-assigned bodyguards wounded
August 04, 2024Did this Argentinian forward score the goal of the year with his stunning game-winner?
August 05, 2024
Armed men backed by farmers in trucks and tractors attacked Indigenous people reclaiming land in Brazil's farming state of Mato Grosso do Sul at the weekend, injuring 11 of them,
August 05, 2024
The Mexican peso touched its weakest against the U.S. dollar in nearly two years before paring much of the losses back, as concerns the
August 05, 2024
Souvenirs depicting the late Colombian drug lord Pablo Escobar could be banned in Colombia if legislators approve a bill introduced this week in the nation’s congress
August 05, 2024
Nigeria, Australia and several other countries warn about travel to UK amid riots
August 05, 2024What rapid intensification means for hurricanes
August 17, 2023
Venezuela is being run by a dictator, U.S. Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump said on Monday, without mentioning Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro by name.
August 05, 2024
Brazil announced a diplomatic agreement on Monday that will allow it to represent the interests of Argentina and Peru in Caracas, after Venezuela severed ties with the two nations
August 05, 2024
Venezuela is launching a criminal probe against the opposition leaders contesting last month's election for inciting police and military
August 05, 2024
Venezuela’s top prosecutor has announced a criminal investigation against the opposition’s presidential candidate Edmundo González and its leader Maria Corina Machado over their call on the armed forces to abandon their support for President Nicolás Maduro and to stop repressing demonstrators
August 05, 2024
Colombia's armed forces have restarted operations against leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN), Defense Minister Ivan Velasquez said on Monday.
August 05, 2024
Venezuela's attorney general Tarek Saab said on Monday his office will launch a criminal investigation against opposition leaders Maria Corina Machado and Edmundo Gonzalez, who
August 05, 2024
A regional Indigenous organization reports that a reclusive tribe has attacked loggers suspected of operating illegally in its territory in the Peruvian Amazon
August 05, 2024
Venezuela launches criminal investigation into opposition figures
August 05, 2024
The Mexican government said on Monday that it had submitted a request to allow Ecuador's jailed former Vice President Jorge Glas to be able to go to a third country.
August 05, 2024
Brazil’s Ministry of Justice is sending more law enforcement agents to Mato Grosso do Sul state after clashes between Indigenous peoples and farmers over the weekend
August 05, 2024
LATAM Airlines on Monday said that it would invest $2 billion in Brazil, Latin America's largest economy, within the next two years.
August 05, 2024
Colombia's government on Monday gave the green light to installing a "social-judicial conversation space" with the Clan del Golfo, the country's largest criminal gang, to assess how
August 05, 2024On a sweltering July afternoon, two large yellow bulldozers dug into the brown soil at the bottom of a lush avocado orchard near the small town of
August 06, 2024
Seeking a more comfortable life, 50-year-old carpenter Andreia Costa moved to Portugal from Brazil in 2022, but within months her hopes were
August 06, 2024
Venezuela's Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino on Tuesday reaffirmed the military's "absolute loyalty" to President Nicolas Maduro, amid an ongoing dispute over the
August 06, 2024
Mexico's headline inflation rate likely accelerated again in July to reach its highest level in more than a year, while the core index is forecast to continue to moderate, a
August 06, 2024
From Jesse Owens to Bob Beamon to Carl Lewis and plenty more, Americans have ruled the men’s long jump at the Summer Olympics
August 06, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva was right to tone down his criticism of the central bank and if he taps Gabriel Galipolo to head the monetary
August 06, 2024
An extensive police operation in Costa Rica on Tuesday resulted in the arrests of 21 people suspected of links to an international human-trafficking network operating between
August 06, 2024
Ecuador's foreign ministry on Tuesday reaffirmed its stance to not grant safe passage for former Vice President Jorge Glas to leave the country, following a request from Mexico's
August 06, 2024
The Bank of Mexico will likely hold its benchmark interest rate at 11% later this week, according to a majority of analysts in a Reuters poll on Tuesday, as inflation and the
August 06, 2024
There was a moment where Brazil might have thought it had a chance
August 06, 2024
US women’s soccer team to play Brazil in final as Marta bids for golden farewell
August 06, 2024
Brazil's Itau Unibanco, Latin America's largest private lender, on Tuesday posted second-quarter profit that was up 15.2% from a year earlier, boosted by higher revenues and lower
August 06, 2024
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) on Tuesday said progress had been made in negotiations with El Salvador toward a fund-supported program with the Central American nation, though issues
August 06, 2024
Mexico has invited Russian President Vladimir Putin to the Oct. 1 inauguration of President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum, Russia's Izvestia newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing Mexico's
August 06, 2024
Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will not attack the country's military even after its ceasefire with the government expired, it said on Tuesday.
August 06, 2024Former Argentine President Alberto Fernandez on Tuesday denied accusations that he was violent toward his ex-partner and former first lady Fabiola Yanez.
August 06, 2024
A senior Mexican official says that since Venezuela’s disputed presidential election nine days ago, officials from Brazil, Colombia and Mexico are in constant contact with representatives of both Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro and opposition candidate Edmundo González, seeking a solution to the country’s political crisis
August 06, 2024
Panama's government passed two decrees on Tuesday allowing the economy ministry to seek a cumulative $9 billion in financing, Panama's council of ministers said in a statement.
August 07, 2024
Bolivia’s socialist President Luis Arce says national referenda will be held soon on the removal of politically combustible fuel subsidies and on the constitutionality of presidential reelections
August 07, 2024
The ex-partner of former Argentine President Alberto Fernández has accused him of physically and emotionally abusing her
August 07, 2024
The Mexican peso jumped against the dollar on Wednesday, a day ahead of key inflation data and a monetary policy decision, with most Latin
August 07, 2024
The presidential campaign of Venezuelan opposition candidate Edmundo González says he will not appear before the country’s high court
August 07, 2024
Two sons of ‘El Chapo’ made agreement before one flew to the US and was arrested, Mexican official says
August 07, 2024
A former top Mexican law enforcement official convicted last year on U.S. corruption charges does not deserve a new trial, after he tried to bribe a fellow jail
August 07, 2024China's commerce chamber CFNA said on Wednesday that starting Aug. 2 restrictions on Brazilian poultry sales only apply to products from Rio Grande do Sul state, which had an
August 07, 2024For some American Jews, a path to German citizenship opens options their ancestors never had
August 07, 2024
Chile's President Gabriel Boric said on Wednesday he does not recognize Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro "self-proclaimed" victory in the country's hotly contested election
August 07, 2024
New York City emergency management officials are apologizing for a hard-to-understand flood warning that flying drones issued in Spanish in some neighborhoods
August 07, 2024Venezuela's legal system mounted more challenges against the country's political opposition on Wednesday, as the candidate the alliance says won the July 28
August 07, 2024A U.S. military veteran who took credit for a failed 2020 raid to oust Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro should be detained on weapons smuggling charges, reflecting
August 07, 2024A U.S. judge dismissed on Wednesday much of Mexico's $10 billion lawsuit seeking to hold U.S. gun manufacturers responsible for facilitating the trafficking of firearms to
August 07, 2024Venezuela's top prosecutor Tarek Saab said on Wednesday he would open a criminal investigation into the publishers of a website showing election tallies collected by the country's
August 07, 2024
New Zealand's prime minister is defending the removal of basic Māori phrases meaning “hello” and “New Zealand” from a lunar new year invitation to an Australian official
August 07, 2024
Throughout decades of political change in Argentina, the annual Aug. 7 pilgrimage to St. Cayetano Sanctuary has served as a potent, and grim, reminder that in Argentina, economic despair remains a constant
August 07, 2024
Forensic teams in the Dominican Republic are working to identify the remains of 14 West African people found aboard a boat that drifted near the Caribbean country's northern
August 08, 2024A Venezuelan aid worker’s arrest while catching an international flight has cast a spotlight on the climate of fear and repression engulfing the South American nation in the wake of its disputed presidential election
August 08, 2024
MG Motor plans to build a manufacturing plant and a research and development center in Mexico, the carmaker said on Wednesday, adding that it would bring the additional benefit
August 08, 2024A Venezuelan aid worker’s arrest while catching an international flight has cast a spotlight on the climate of fear and repression engulfing the South American nation in the wake of its disputed presidential election
August 08, 2024
Tropical Storm Debby was downgraded to a tropical depression on Thursday after leaving at least seven people dead in its wake across the U.S. southeast
August 08, 2024US Ambassador to Japan to skip Nagasaki peace ceremony after Israel excluded
August 08, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has issued an executive measure exempting Olympic and Paralympic medallists from income tax on their prize money, according to a statement
August 08, 2024Brazil and Nicaragua expelled each other's ambassadors on Thursday in a tit-for-tat retaliation as relations deteriorated between two formerly allied leftist
August 08, 2024
Oklahoma college students possibly drugged at Mexican resort, hospitalized in Dallas
August 08, 2024
Minnesotan charged with "kingpin statute" for allegedly running "sprawling" Mexican drug trafficking ring
August 08, 2024
Federal investigators say they have uncovered the DNA of a former U.S. Green Beret on some of the 60 automatic weapons he allegedly smuggled from Florida to South America as part of a failed 2020 coup attempt against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro
August 08, 2024
Colombia's economy is forecast to have grown 2.2% in the second quarter of 2024 from the same period a year earlier, picking up pace from the first three months,
August 08, 2024India's Reliance Industries plans to use naptha supplies as partial payment for crude purchases from Venezuela after the refiner
August 08, 2024Mexico's ruling party is considering changes to a proposed judicial reform in a bid to calm market concerns, including making the election of judges a staggered
August 08, 2024
In a Sao Paulo suburb, where Brazilian gymnast Rebeca Andrade started to train before becoming the country's most decorated Olympian in history, hundreds of new
August 08, 2024
A U.S. jury has convicted former Mozambican Finance Minister Manuel Chang in a financial conspiracy case that welled up from from his country’s “tuna bond” scandal
August 08, 2024
A former Mozambique finance minister was convicted on Thursday on U.S. criminal charges over his alleged involvement in a fraud involving $2 billion in loans to three
August 08, 2024Brazil’s government has kicked out Nicaragua’s ambassador to the nation in retaliation for a similar move by the Central American country’s President Daniel Ortega
August 08, 2024
Analysts are expressing shock at a decision by Mexico’s central bank to cut interest rates on the same day that official figures showed a sharp rise in domestic inflation
August 08, 2024
The government of Paraguay has effectively ordered the United States ambassador to leave the South American nation, escalating tensions between the allies in the wake of the Biden administration’s sanctions on a tobacco company linked to the country’s powerful former president
August 08, 2024
Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro is trying to accomplish something that seems impossible in the South American country: steer people away from WhatsApp and X
August 09, 2024
After Venezuela’s contested presidential vote, experts say government results are a ‘statistical improbability’
August 09, 2024
A handful of North American companies which see potential for vape-like devices to ease migraines and respiratory diseases such as asthma have a long road to convince
August 09, 2024U.S. coach Emma Hayes looks ahead to Saturday's Olympics football final against Marta's Brazil.
August 10, 2024
Fire brigades in the Brazilian Amazon are battling blazes off to their worst start in 20 years for the rainforest, according to government satellite data,
August 09, 2024
Operations at Salgado Filho International Airport in the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre, one of the country's busiest, will resume in October after unprecedented floods in the
August 09, 2024Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Friday suggested that Ivan Mordisco, the commander of the Estado Mayor Central rebel group, was planning to have him assassinated by snipers.
August 09, 2024Video shows man stopping masked thieves from stealing motorcycle from Miami parking garage
August 09, 2024Maduro says he will block X in Venezuela for 10 days, after spat with Musk over contested election
August 09, 2024
Ecuador President Daniel Noboa's National Democratic Action political movement officially confirmed him on Friday as its candidate for a presidential election in
August 09, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro gave a scathing response to an offer on Friday from his Panamanian counterpart, Jose Raul Mulino, to facilitate his departure
August 09, 2024A Brazilian airliner says one of its passenger planes with 61 people aboard has crashed into a gated residential community in Brazil’s Sao Paulo state Friday, killing all who were aboard
August 09, 2024
Panamanian President Jose Raul Mulino asked the U.S. to accelerate aid deliveries for repatriating migrants who cross into Panama through the dangerous Darien
August 09, 2024The U.S. ambassador to Mexico has confirmed that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas in July on a plane along with fellow drug lord Joaquín Guzmán López
August 09, 2024
The U.S. embassy in Mexico said on Friday that Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of the infamous cartel kingpin "El Chapo," had surrendered voluntarily while his father's former
August 09, 2024An oilseed workers strike in Argentina is set to carry on into Saturday as wage negotiations with firms remained stalled, affecting shipments from one of the world's major
August 09, 2024Brazilian rescue teams have retrieved the remains of all 62 passengers from the wreckage of a plane crash in Sao Paulo state as families began gathering in the metropolis to identify and bury their loved ones
August 10, 2024
Brazilian emergency crews on Saturday recovered the remains of the 62 victims aboard an airliner that plunged to the ground in the town of Vinhedo,
August 10, 2024Mexican drug lord Ismael "El Mayo" Zambada was tricked by the son of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman and forced to board a plane bound for the United States last
August 10, 2024
American gymnast Jordan Chiles’ bronze medal in floor exercise in doubt after CAS ruling
August 10, 2024
Mexican drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada has said that he was ambushed and kidnapped when he thought he was going to meet the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa
August 10, 2024
Venezuela's supreme court on Saturday said that it had not received evidence from the opposition coalition in the disputed July 28 presidential elections and warned
August 10, 2024Sudan's consultations with the U.S. concluded without reaching an agreement on whether a delegation representing the army or the government will participate in peace talks in Geneva
August 11, 2024USA and China tie for most gold medals in the 2024 Summer Olympics
August 11, 2024
An ATR-72 turboprop plane operated by regional carrier Voepass crashed on Friday in a residential area near Sao Paulo, Brazil, killing all 62 passengers aboard.
August 11, 2024
An oilseed workers' strike in Argentina is set to carry on into its seventh day on Monday as wage negotiations with firms remained stalled, affecting shipments from one of the
August 11, 2024Mexico is now investigating two drug lords arrested in the United States last month for their involvement in a slew of alleged crimes committed in their home country in order
August 12, 2024Footage of the ATR 72 twin-engine turboprop plunging while in a flat spin sent shockwaves across Brazil
August 12, 2024
Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Tuesday that President Nicolas Maduro had "entrenched himself" with the nation's top military leaders in order to stay in
August 13, 2024Shares of Brazilian cosmetics maker Natura &Co plunged on Tuesday after it posted better-than-expected second-quarter core earnings but saw its bottom line weakened by write-offs
August 13, 2024
The Brazilian real has recently experienced "accelerated" weakening, but central bank chief Roberto Campos Neto said on Tuesday that policymakers did not
August 13, 2024
Services activity in Brazil grew more than expected in June to hit an all-time high, eclipsing a record that had been set in December 2022, data from statistics agency IBGE showed
August 13, 2024More than two weeks after Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro claimed reelection victory, the U.S.
August 13, 2024The pilot of the plane that crashed down in Brazil last week has been buried in Sao Paulo, becoming the first person laid to rest among the 62 victims, as authorities continue working to determine what caused the accident
August 12, 2024
The United States managed to arrest Mexico’s most-wanted drug lord, but Mexican prosecutors — and the president — now say they are considering bringing treason charges against those who handed him over
August 12, 2024
Forensics experts at Sao Paulo's morgue had by Tuesday identified the bodies of 35 of the 62 people who were killed in a plane crash in a residential area of
August 13, 2024Tropical Storm Ernesto is expected to gradually strengthen in the next few days and could reach hurricane strength by Thursday over the waters north of the Greater Antilles, the U.S.
August 13, 2024Tropical Storm Ernesto is poised to become a hurricane after brushing past Puerto Rico as officials closed schools, opened shelters and moved dozens of the U.S. territory’s endangered parrots into hurricane-proof rooms
August 13, 2024
President Joe Biden's administration has not made an offer of amnesty to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to shield him from criminal prosecution in the United States in
August 12, 2024Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum on Monday named Emilia Esther Calleja to lead state power firm Comision Federal de Electricidad (CFE), making her the first woman to
August 12, 2024Antonio Delfim Netto, one of Brazil's most prominent economists who was the economics tsar of the military government in the 1970s and 1980s, died on Monday at
August 12, 2024
LATAM Airlines could potentially buy as many as 30 aircraft from Brazilian planemaker Embraer as the carrier looks to expand operations in Latin America's largest economy,
August 13, 2024Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday that President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva will announce in coming weeks his choice to lead the central bank after current
August 13, 2024Lawmakers in Brazil's lower house of Congress approved on Tuesday the main text of a bill that would carry out a major overhaul on consumption taxes, while voting on amendments to
August 13, 2024New York Yankees third baseman Jazz Chisholm Jr. appears headed to the injured list with a left elbow injury, manager Aaron Boone said Tuesday
August 13, 2024
A powerful workers union behind a strike at BHP's huge Escondida mine, which produced nearly 5% of the world's copper in 2023, is looking
August 14, 2024A panel of experts from the United Nations said Venezuela’s recent presidential elections lacked “basic transparency and integrity."
August 13, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power to half of Puerto Rico and is strengthening as it heads toward Bermuda
August 14, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto has dropped torrential rain on Puerto Rico and knocked out power for nearly half of all customers in the U.S. territory
August 14, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday that he will discuss a "long-term strategic partnership" with China when he meets his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping
August 14, 2024Argentines, feeling the pinch of the world's highest annual inflation rates, are feeling both hopeful and weary as monthly price increases dip to their
August 14, 2024About half of all homes and businesses on Puerto Rico were without power on Wednesday as Hurricane Ernesto churned north into the warm
August 14, 2024
Canada's foreign worker program a 'breeding ground for contemporary slavery,' says UN report
August 14, 2024A striking union at BHP's huge Escondida copper mine in Chile has rejected a company request to pause its action and come back to the negotiation
August 14, 2024A Brazilian Senate committee on Wednesday once again postponed a vote on a constitutional amendment proposal to grant financial autonomy to the central bank, which is backed by
August 14, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador told a morning press conference on Wednesday that he would send a diplomatic note to the United States over what he called
August 14, 2024
Mexico’s president has lashed out at U.S. funding for a Mexican anti-corruption non-profit group, and says he will send a diplomatic note to the United States in protest
August 14, 2024
Jamaican Prime Minister Andrew Holness on Wednesday declared a state of emergency in the Caribbean nation's southern Clarendon parish after eight people were killed in separate gun
August 14, 2024
The presidents of Brazil and Colombia discussed options for negotiating an end to the Venezuelan crisis in a phone call on Wednesday, Brazilian leader Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva
August 14, 2024A couple of decades ago, when Claudia Santos felt the need for spiritual shelter, she dug into her countries’ history and there she found it: Her ancestors, the Mexica
August 14, 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 4.0% in July, official data published on Wednesday showed, in line with a Reuters forecast and returning to slowdown after speeding
August 14, 2024
Ernesto is gaining strength in the Caribbean Wednesday, reaching Cat-1 hurricane status as it brings heavy rainfall, gusty winds and storm surge primarily to Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands. Laura Aguirre has a 3:30p ET pkg with free custom audio tags.
August 14, 2024
Argentina's federal prosecutor's office has formally charged ex-President Alberto Fernandez for allegedly causing serious injuries to his ex-partner and former first lady,
August 14, 2024Mexican prosecutors said on Wednesday they were investigating the disappearance of two bodyguards the same day as last month's dramatic U.S. arrest of one of the founders of
August 14, 2024More Japanese companies believe a Kamala Harris presidency in the U.S. would be better for their businesses than a second Donald Trump administration, a Reuters
August 14, 2024Columbia President Minouche Shafik steps down months after protests over Israel-Hamas war gripped campus
August 15, 2024
Ecuador's government said in a statement on Wednesday that a request by Vice President Veronica Abad that the country's electoral court remove President Daniel
August 14, 2024A federal prosecutor in Argentina has formally charged former President Alberto Fernández with committing violence against former first lady Fabiola Yáñez
August 14, 2024
New Zealand to extradite internet mogul Kim Dotcom to the US
August 15, 2024
Venezuela's opposition coalition is still pushing for recognition of what it says is its resounding victory in last month's
August 15, 2024Hurricane Ernesto unloaded flooding rainfall on Puerto Rico as it pulled away from the island Wednesday afternoon and now heads towards Bermuda, bringing the potential for dangerous beach conditions on the eastern seaboard of the US. CNN meteorologist Derek Van Dam reports.
August 15, 2024
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August 15, 2024Hurricane Ernesto on Thursday strengthened into a Category 2 hurricane as it barreled toward Bermuda threatening major damage over the weekend from powerful
August 15, 2024
Venezuela’s opposition has been dealt a blow as countries that had been pressuring President Nicolás Maduro to release vote tallies backing his claim to victory in last month’s presidential election are now suggesting the possibility of repeating the contest
August 15, 2024
A tiny South American deer that will weigh just 15 to 20 pounds when fully grown is making its debut at the Queens Zoo in New York City
August 15, 2024
A strike at mining giant BHP's huge Escondida mine in Chile entered its third day on Thursday, bolstering global copper prices as an ongoing standoff between the
August 15, 2024The United States has made no amnesty offer to Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro after disputed elections, the White House said on Thursday.
August 15, 2024Colombia's government will not unilaterally end peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said on Thursday, even though a ceasefire
August 15, 2024Prince Harry and Meghan are in Colombia. Here’s what to know about their visit
August 15, 2024
Venezuela's ruling party-controlled National Assembly on Thursday unanimously passed a bill allowing the government to more tightly regulate non-governmental organizations (NGOs),
August 15, 2024
A black X is appearing on the doors of Maduro opponents in Venezuela
August 15, 2024
A committee in Mexico's lower house of Congress approved two constitutional reforms that would prohibit open-pit mining and fracking, as well as restrict the use of genetically
August 15, 2024Claudia Sheinbaum, the woman who won Mexico’s June 2 presidential vote, has finally been formally declared Mexico's President-elect, the first woman to hold the office in Mexico
August 15, 2024
A Mexican drug lord who was arrested in the U.S. last month could be headed to trial in New York City
August 15, 2024
A reputed Peruvian gang leader suspected in nearly two dozen killings in his home country has been arrested in New York by U.S. immigration authorities
August 15, 2024
Mexico's attorney general's office said on Thursday it has yet to receive detailed information from U.S. authorities about a flight that carried two notorious
August 15, 2024More evidence has emerged that Mexican authorities disposed of the bodies of dissidents in “death flights” during the country's 1965-1990 “dirty war.”
August 16, 2024
America’s economy is wildly confusing right now. Here’s what’s really going on
August 16, 2024Hurricane Ernesto has started to pound Bermuda with heavy winds and rain after officials on the tiny British territory in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean opened shelters and closed government offices
August 16, 2024
The main union at BHP's Escondida copper mine in Chile agreed to management's sweetened wage offer on Friday, leading the union to suspend its strike and easing
August 16, 2024Major water main break floods Montreal near the Jacques Cartier Bridge
August 16, 2024Dominican Republic leader Luis Abinader assumed his second four-year term as president on Friday, vowing economic growth and a set of social reforms while criticizing the
August 16, 2024Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Friday that he believes the Venezuelan government has authoritarian inclinations, but added he would
August 16, 2024
Shares in Brazil's Petz soared on Friday after the company formalized a deal to merge with rival Cobasi, creating the country's largest pet products retailer.
August 16, 2024Colombian authorities will increase security around the headquarters of the country's top courts in capital Bogota following possible risk of attack, the president's office said in a
August 16, 2024A prison break in the Haitian city of Saint-Marc left 12 inmates dead on Friday, Mayor Myriam Fievre said, the third such incident in Haiti in recent months
August 16, 2024It was surprising when Mexico's most-wanted drug lord landed at an airfield near El Paso, Texas in July
August 16, 2024
A South American crime boss wanted in the killings of at least 23 people in Peru was captured this week in New York
August 16, 2024
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August 16, 2024
Mexico's ruling Morena party aims to elect all Supreme Court justices through a popular vote in June 2025, the party's leader in the lower house of Congress said on Friday, as
August 16, 2024Brazil's federal police formally accused the country's former justice minister, who served under ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, of acting to block voters in an opposition stronghold
August 16, 2024
Argentina's Federal Police dismantled what it said was a terrorist cell planning attacks on the Jewish community in the city of Mendoza, the National Security Ministry said in
August 17, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto knocked out power, downed trees and flooded parts of Bermuda on Saturday but the British island territory appeared to have
August 17, 2024
Hurricane Ernesto has weakened into a tropical storm as it moves away from Bermuda over open waters of the Atlantic after crossing over the tiny British territory early in the day with heavy rains and strong winds
August 17, 2024
Venezuela's political opposition and its supporters gathered in cities around the country on Saturday to demand recognition of what they
August 17, 2024
Social media company X says it will close its operations in Brazil, claiming Brazilian Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes threatened to arrest their legal representative in Brazil if they did not comply with orders
August 17, 2024
Eight people are dead and two others are wounded after gunmen pulled up to a roadside stand in north-central Mexico and opened fire on customers and bystanders
December 01, 2024The union at BHP's giant Escondida copper mine in Chile said on Sunday in a memo to its members that it could relaunch a strike later in the day if the company does not "rectify
August 18, 2024
U.S. and South Korean troops have begun a large-scale exercise aimed at strengthening their combined defense capabilities against nuclear-armed North Korea, which again is accusing the allies of practicing an invasion
August 18, 2024
The union at Chile's Escondida copper mine, the world's largest, signed a deal on Sunday with BHP, ending a strike that could have threatened global supplies of the red metal.
August 19, 2024
The mission to clean up one of Central America’s most polluted rivers
August 19, 2024
Miguel Aleman, a 39-year-old who was brought to the United States from Mexico at age 4, is among hundreds of thousands of immigrants hoping to
August 19, 2024
The U.S.
August 19, 2024
Canada's Alimentation Couche-Tard confirmed on Monday it has made an offer to buy Japan's Seven & i.
August 19, 2024
Australian police say they have seized a record 2.3 tons of cocaine from a fishing boat off the coast of Queensland
December 02, 2024
A collection of unions representing Mexico's judicial workers launched an indefinite nationwide strike on Monday ahead of votes by lawmakers on
August 19, 2024
Nicaragua's government outlawed 1,500 non-governmental organizations on Monday, in its latest ban of groups it accuses of breaking the law, part of a longstanding crackdown on civil society
August 19, 2024Employees at Mexico’s federal courts have gone on strike over judicial changes that would make all judges stand for election
August 19, 2024
Congo's health minister says the country will receive the first vaccine doses to address its mpox outbreak next week from the United States
August 19, 2024
Mexico's year-on-year inflation likely eased in the first half of August, a Reuters poll showed on Monday, bolstering the case for the central bank to cuts its key interest
August 19, 2024
The first U.S.-funded flight repatriating migrants who crossed into Panama irregularly is scheduled for Tuesday, the Panamanian president's office said on Monday.
August 19, 2024Nicaragua forces 1,500 church and civil society groups to close
August 19, 2024
Police in Haiti’s capital tear-gassed hundreds of peaceful protesters in the capital, Port-au-Prince, as they called on law enforcement to help them stop the gangs that have violently seized control of their neighborhoods
August 19, 2024
A pre-dawn police raid targeting the family home of a Paraguayan lawmaker in a notorious drug smuggling haven turned into a chaotic shootout that left the lawmaker dead and the nation on edge
August 20, 2024Mining giant BHP's quick fix to a recent six-day strike at its huge Escondida copper mine in Chile could set the tone for upcoming negotiations elsewhere, with
August 20, 2024
A potential upgrade for Argentina to emerging market status from index provider MSCI could see nearly $1 billion in investor money pour into the country's stocks, JPMorgan said on
August 20, 2024
From Taylor Swift's record-breaking Eras tour to Sean 'Diddy' Combs' arrest, 2024 saw various stories from the entertainment world dominate headlines. Below are some of the biggest.
December 02, 2024
Cincinnati Open: Aryna Sabalenka defeats Jessica Pegula to win her last tournament before the US Open
August 20, 2024
An arbitration panel that will decide a high-profile clash between Exxon Mobil and Chevron will delve into the secret value of Hess' oil riches in Guyana, four people
August 20, 2024
Panama has deported 29 Colombians on a flight that the government says is the first paid for by the United States under an agreement the two countries signed in July
August 20, 2024
The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Haiti's former president, Michel Joseph Martelly, over drug trafficking allegations, accusing him of playing a significant role in
August 20, 2024
The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the former president of Haiti, Michel Joseph Martelly, following accusations that he abused his influence to facilitate drug trafficking into the U.S. and sponsored gangs that have contributed to instability in the Caribbean country
August 20, 2024
The first flight of deported migrants left Panama early on Tuesday, part of a new strategy to reduce the mostly U.S.-bound flow of people that crosses the
August 20, 2024
Argentina's economic activity likely fell in June versus the same month a year earlier, analysts said, back in the red after a rare rise the month before amid
August 20, 2024
A looming stoppage of freight railway operations across Canada would disrupt North America's agricultural supply chain, snarling
August 20, 2024
Over 1,000 more judges and magistrates in Mexico have voted to join an indefinite nationwide strike that began on Monday amid mounting protest against a plan by the ruling
August 20, 2024
US sanctions former Haitian President Martelly over drug trafficking allegations
August 20, 2024
Panama deports 29 Colombian migrants on first US-funded repatriation flight
August 20, 2024
Argentine authorities have quarantined a cargo ship in the Parana River over a suspected case of mpox onboard, the government said on
August 20, 2024
The Brazilian Senate approved a bill on Tuesday containing measures to offset the effects of a payroll tax exemption, in a key step to solve a months-long struggle between Congress
August 20, 2024
The Dominican Republic on Tuesday said it will create a state mining firm to explore and exploit the nation's key mining resources, including rare earth minerals.
August 20, 2024
Officials in Trinidad and Tobago are redrawing the island’s coat of arms for the first time since its creation in 1962 to remove references to European colonization in a move that many are celebrating
August 20, 2024
The murders of about a dozen people in the northern Mexico state of Sinaloa appear to be linked to cartel infighting, something authorities had feared would follow the July 25 detention of two top cartel leaders
August 20, 2024
Tens of thousands of customers are still without power across Puerto Rico, a week after Ernesto swiped the U.S. territory as a tropical storm
August 20, 2024
Chile's SQM, the world's second-largest lithium producer, reported a bigger-than-expected 63.2% slide in its quarterly profit on Wednesday due to weak prices of the battery metal,
August 21, 2024
Over a hundred employees at Venezuela's state oil company PDVSA, plus others in the oil ministry and
August 21, 2024
Amid stifling heat and humidity in the remote Colombian jungle, guerrillas carrying machine guns and rifles creep their way through the
August 21, 2024
Investment bank Morgan Stanley issued an "underweight" warning on Mexican shares on Wednesday due to concerns about planned changes to the judiciary and electoral
August 21, 2024
The governor of Brazil’s Tocantins northern state has denied any wrongdoing, hours after the country’s federal police carried out search warrants targeting him and other 41 people as part of an investigation into alleged fraud and graft related to COVID-19 funds
August 21, 2024A rehabilitated sea turtle has been released back into the Atlantic Ocean from a Florida beach
August 21, 2024
Gwen Walz and Tim Walz are known as a team. But Minnesota’s first lady has been a powerful force in her own right
August 21, 2024
Chinese electric vehicle maker BYD has narrowed its list of finalists for the location of a manufacturing plant in Mexico down to three states and is
August 21, 2024
A judicial reform planned by Mexico's government will not violate the country's commitments with the United States–Mexico–Canada Agreement (USMCA), President-elect Claudia
August 21, 2024
Judges and magistrates joined a strike on Wednesday as protests against a judicial reform pushed by outgoing President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador
August 21, 2024
Argentina's economic activity fell 3.9% in June compared to the same month last year, official data showed on Wednesday, as the economy shrunk again during the month after a
August 21, 2024
Canada's TD Bank Group said it would set aside $2.6 billion more for penalties related to U.S. regulatory probes into deficiencies in its anti-money
August 21, 2024
Tyler Johnson and his father were hunting in the Kenai Peninsula in Alaska when a brown bear attacked them. Hear them recount what happened in the moments after.
August 21, 2024
Mexican airline Viva Aerobus believes the U.S. government's pause on reviewing a proposed tie-up with Nevada-based Allegiant Air is political rather than
August 21, 2024
Paraguayan President Santiago Pena said on Wednesday he was "fully open" to trade deals with China via the South American trade bloc
August 21, 2024
Paraguay's economy is on track to grow a faster-than-expected 4% this year, President Santiago Pena told Reuters on Wednesday, a bullish
August 21, 2024
Brazil will begin imposing restrictions on the entry of some foreign citizens from Asia who are seeking refuge in the country as a means to migrate to the United States and Canada
August 21, 2024
Guatemalan prosecutors on Wednesday filed a request to strip President Bernardo Arevalo of the criminal immunity granted to his role so he can face charges for alleged abuse
August 21, 2024
Guatemalan police have arrested seven Guatemalans accused of having smuggled 53 migrants from Mexico and Central America who died of asphyxiation in 2022 in Texas after being abandoned in a tractor trailer in the scorching summer heat
August 21, 2024
El Salvador, a small Central American nation whose government has spearheaded a brutal crackdown on criminal gangs, is seeing one person go missing each day, according to a
August 21, 2024
Mexican prosecutors have finally won convictions against 11 drug cartel gunmen for the massacre of 122 people who were pulled off passing buses and forced to fight each other to the death with sledgehammers
August 22, 2024Brazil will tighten up rules to enter the country without a visa starting next week, the government said on Wednesday, after migrants have been increasingly using
August 22, 2024
The strange saga of how two Mexican drug lords were detained after landing in a plane in the United States in July just got stranger
August 22, 2024
U.S. authorities have announced the indictment of a Guatemalan suspect who they say helped coordinate a human smuggling effort that ended with 53 migrants dead in a sweltering tractor-trailer in San Antonio
August 22, 2024
The daughter of a Jamaican father and Indian mother, both immigrants, Kamala Harris reflects the United States' changing demographics.
August 22, 2024
Wind and solar energy producers in Brazil have warned they are reconsidering future investments there after the national grid operator repeatedly capped how
August 22, 2024
Police in St Petersburg have detained an Israeli-Canadian racing car driver wanted by the United States for alleged fraud relating to an illegal online stock trading scheme, the
August 22, 2024
A team of biologists, vets and fishermen
August 22, 2024
Global Affairs Canada 'very proud' of $9M NYC condo purchase, says consul general Tom Clark didn't influence
August 22, 2024Panama's government announced on Thursday additional deportation flights for migrants apprehended in the Central American nation to Ecuador, India and China, in a bid to reduce
August 22, 2024
Shipping company Maersk is evaluating contingency strategies in Canada, the company said on Thursday after the country's two main freight rail companies shut down their networks
August 22, 2024
Venezuela's Supreme Justice Tribunal on Thursday ratified President Nicolas Maduro's victory in the July 28 presidential election, sealing institutional backing for the ruling party
August 22, 2024
Mexico's statistics agency INEGI released on Thursday a series of data showing that inflation slowed more than expected while growth remained tepid, opening the door for
August 22, 2024
Authorities in the United States and Guatemala said on Thursday they dismantled a human-smuggling network with ties to the deaths of 53 migrants on a sweltering truck in Texas
August 22, 2024
Venezuela’s Supreme Court has backed President Nicolas Maduro’s claims that he won last month’s election and said voting tallies published online showing he lost by a landslide were forged
August 22, 2024
The proposed reform of Mexico's judiciary threatens the country's democracy and its vital trade relationship with the United States, the top U.S. diplomat in Mexico said on
August 22, 2024
Panama to launch deportation flights to China and India, as well as regional neighbors
August 22, 2024
Argentine President Javier Milei will veto a pension reform passed on Thursday by the Senate in a move that is likely to widen an ongoing rift between the libertarian leader
August 22, 2024
Nicaragua’s government has closed another 151 nongovernmental organizations, among them some of the most important trade organizations, including the American Chamber of Commerce
August 23, 2024
The legislature of Mexico City has approved the most ambitious rent control law since the 1940s, which will limit increases to the inflation rate each year
August 23, 2024
The CBP One app has been around, but as of Friday migrants in Mexico’s southernmost states bordering Guatemala will be able to apply for appointments to seek U.S. asylum
August 23, 2024
Canada's main stock index rose to a record high on Friday, with energy and financials contributing to broad-based gains as Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell endorsed the
August 23, 2024
Sullivan to China next week, sources say, as US works to manage bilateral relationship
August 23, 2024
Mexico's president on Friday blasted the U.S. ambassador's criticism of his judicial reform bill as disrespectful, pointing to what he called a long
August 23, 2024
Hundreds of migrants from India, Nepal and Vietnam have been stuck in Sao Paulo's international airport for weeks in alarming conditions,
August 23, 2024
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Friday that his government would wait for Venezuela's government to publish local vote tallies from the South American
August 23, 2024
Power outages totaling 14 hours or more per day were reported on Thursday across much of crisis-racked Cuba, leaving millions of
August 23, 2024
Former Venezuelan presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez will be asked to testify about an opposition website where voting tallies from a
August 23, 2024
The United States said on Friday it had asked Mexico to review alleged worker rights violations at tire maker Pirelli's facility in Silao de la Victoria city, the 26th U.S.
August 23, 2024
Venezuela’s government will order former opposition candidate Edmundo González to provide sworn testimony in an ongoing investigation into what it considers attempts to spread panic in the South American country by contesting the results of last month’s presidential election
August 23, 2024
Drought and crop failure are a pervasive threat in Guatemala where hunger and malnutrition run rampant, particularly in rural areas - a reality that
August 23, 2024
Mexico's electoral authority on Friday confirmed that ruling party Morena and its allies will hold a two-thirds supermajority in the lower house but fall just short
August 23, 2024
Brazil's Sao Paulo state said that wildfire outbreaks were affecting or closing in on 30 of its cities on Friday evening, adding two people had died in an industrial plant trying
August 23, 2024
Mexico’s electoral institute has voted to give the governing Morena party and its allies about 73% of seats in the lower house of Congress, even though the coalition won only about 60% of the votes in the June 2 elections
August 23, 2024
Two elderly women from Arizona were shot dead in a vehicle along a highway in Mexico's northern Sonora state, local prosecutors said on Friday, adding they had immediately
August 24, 2024
Brazil's central bank chief said on Saturday that discussing monetary policy transmission will become increasingly difficult without addressing
August 24, 2024
Wildfires blazed through sugarcane fields in northern Sao Paulo state on Saturday, sending up clouds of smoke that covered nearby towns so thoroughly that officials prohibited
August 24, 2024
A New York man died while on a solo trip to Colombia. It took his grieving mother 5 months to learn what happened
August 25, 2024
Mexico City’s Hera HSBC music festival brought together an all-female lineup of both Latina and international talent including Kesha, Demi Lovato and Camila Cabello
August 25, 2024
A well-known Venezuelan journalist was detained in Caracas on Sunday by police who raided her home, according to a journalists union and a local rights organization.
August 25, 2024
Protesters have marched across Mexico in the latest opposition to Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul and other moves by the governing party that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances
August 25, 2024
It was June 12, Lover's Day in Brazil.
August 26, 2024
Indonesia and the United States on Monday began two weeks of annual military exercises involving more than 4,500 personnel, aimed at boosting operational skills as Washington seeks
August 26, 2024Mexico's President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador and his elected successor defended their proposed judicial overhaul on Monday, as a major U.S. business lobby added its voice to
August 26, 2024
The office of Venezuela's top prosecutor issued a second summons on Monday for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez to be questioned about an opposition website that published
August 26, 2024
Venezuela’s ‘little commandos’ took on Maduro. Now they may be leading a new wave of migration
August 26, 2024
Ramón Jesurún had charges of battering a security guard at the Copa America final dropped more than a month after the Colombian soccer federation president and his son were arrested at the match where hundreds of fans forced their way into Hard Rock Stadium
August 26, 2024
Two of the largest sugar and ethanol producers in Brazil late on Monday disclosed initial estimates of damages from fires that
August 26, 2024
A well-known Venezuelan entertainment journalist arrested in Caracas over the weekend has been released, a media union said on Monday, but she faces terrorism charges as the
August 26, 2024
The International Monetary Fund on Monday named Jamaican Finance Minister Nigel Clarke to a top post at the agency, after the official spearheaded fiscal reforms in the Caribbean
August 26, 2024
Mexico’s traditional and Indigenous community police forces are coming under increasingly deadly fire from drug cartels
August 26, 2024
The buildings in Brazil’s modernist capital, Brasilia, have been enveloped in smoky air the past two days
August 26, 2024
Emergency crews in the Alaska tourist hub of Ketchikan braced on Monday for more landslides after a large, rain-drenched slope gave way on Sunday, killing one person,
August 26, 2024
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on Monday was meeting with nearly three dozen athletes from the nation’s Olympic delegation in the capital, Brasilia
August 26, 2024
Four men have been arrested on suspicion of setting fires
August 26, 2024
A former head of investigations for Mexico’s Attorney General’s Office told officials investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students that the so-called “historic truth” presented to the public weeks later was cooked up by the highest ranking officials in the Mexican government
August 26, 2024
The Colombian airlines Avianca and Latam Colombia say they will operate most of their flights Tuesday and resume full schedules Wednesday, after warning earlier Monday that they would have to cancel dozens of flights due to shortages of jet fuel
August 26, 2024
Lawmakers in Mexico's lower house of Congress approved in general terms a sweeping judicial reform in a committee vote late on Monday, paving the way for a final debate when the
August 27, 2024A top White House official has arrived in China for talks on a relationship that has been severely tested during President Joe Biden’s term in office
August 27, 2024
‘Too good to be true’: Travelers score cheap first-class flights from Australia to US due to Qantas glitch
August 27, 2024
Argentine farmers are likely to plant more soybeans in the current 2024/25 season, trimming the area dedicated to corn after that crop's last harvest was
August 27, 2024
Canada looking to make 'significant' changes to permanent resident levels
August 27, 2024Brazil's Senate Economic Affairs Committee (CAE) will not hold a confirmation hearing next week for the candidate chosen
August 27, 2024
The Mexican government has paused its relationship with the U.S. and Canadian embassies in the country, President Andres Manuel Lopez
August 27, 2024
Brazil's lower house of Congress on Tuesday created a committee to monitor investigations into an aircraft crash in Sao Paulo state earlier this month, in which
August 27, 2024
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro on Tuesday made major changes to his cabinet, including leadership of the oil and finance ministries and state oil company PDVSA, after a
August 27, 2024
Shares of Vale rose on Tuesday as analysts and investors welcomed the appointment of Gustavo Pimenta as the Brazilian miner's next CEO, starting next year.
August 27, 2024
The Colombian unit of bank BBVA has issued ordinary shares worth 877 billion pesos ($218 million), the Colombian stock exchange said in a statement on Tuesday.
August 27, 2024
Peaceful street protests and international pressure still have the potential to unseat Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro, opposition leader Maria Corina Machado
August 27, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro said on Tuesday he will change half of his 30-member cabinet, which includes military leaders.
August 27, 2024
The United States has "significant concerns" about issues which could spring up as a result of the popular election of judges in Mexico, the U.S. embassy said in a diplomatic
August 27, 2024
Mexico’s president says he has put relations with the United States and Canadian embassies “on pause” after the two countries voiced concerns over a proposed controversial judicial overhaul
August 27, 2024
Mexico pauses relations with US and Canadian embassies
August 27, 2024
Brazilian miner Vale's decision this week to announce a new chief executive sought to avoid further market speculation over other potential candidates, the
August 27, 2024
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Tuesday that he suggested to the country's president that the nomination of the next central bank head should be revealed between
August 27, 2024
Nicaragua’s Ortega offers to send ‘fighters’ to Venezuela after disputed election
August 28, 2024
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro has named the ruling socialist party boss to oversee the country’s police forces
August 27, 2024
South American football was in mourning on Tuesday following the death of Uruguayan defender Juan Izquierdo, who collapsed on the pitch after suffering an irregular heartbeat during a Copa
August 28, 2024
Top Chinese and U.S. officials discussed holding fresh talks between Presidents Joe Biden and Xi Jinping in the near future, the two
August 28, 2024
Thousands of young Haitians are jumping at the chance to become soldiers as widespread gang violence creates rare job opportunities in a deeply impoverished country where work is scarce
August 28, 2024
Voters in Ecuador last year approved a referendum to keep some 700 million barrels of crude oil in the ground in Yasuni National Park
August 28, 2024
Canada's main stock index extended its pullback from a record high on Wednesday, as profit-taking in most sectors of the market offset gains for financials after stronger-
August 28, 2024
A controversial reform of Mexico's judiciary will be debated and voted on in Congress next week, a leading ruling party lawmaker said on Wednesday, amid concerns from Canada
August 28, 2024
Opponents of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro are taking to the streets in an attempt to revive protests against him following last month’s disputed election
August 28, 2024
Biden administration may soon restart key immigration program for Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans
August 28, 2024
The United Nations on Wednesday said journalist Jose Ruben Zamora, imprisoned in Guatemala over the last two years, is being held in potentially life-threatening, inhumane
August 28, 2024
A senior U.S. general accused Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Wednesday of undermining the democratic will of Venezuela's people following July's disputed
August 28, 2024
Supporters of Venezuela's political opposition and backers of the ruling party each held rallies on
August 28, 2024
Brazil's economy created a net 188,021 formal jobs in July, labor ministry data released on Wednesday showed, slightly below the expectation of 190,000 jobs from economists polled
August 28, 2024
Mexico's ruling coalition fell just one senator short of securing a supermajority in the Senate on Wednesday after two opposition senators flipped, according to President-elect
August 28, 2024
Venezuela's opposition coalition said on Wednesday that party leader Biagio Pilieri was arrested in Caracas after appearing at a rally alongside coalition leader Maria Corina
August 28, 2024
Brazil's President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva has picked central bank monetary policy director Gabriel Galipolo to be the institution's next governor,
August 28, 2024
Canada’s ambassador to the United States says Prime Minister Justin Trudeau was successful in getting President-elect Donald Trump and some key cabinet nominees to understand that lumping Canada in with Mexico over the flow of drugs and migrants into the U.S. is unfair
December 01, 2024
The Bank of Mexico cut its forecast for economic growth this year and next, according to the central bank's quarterly report on Wednesday, citing weaker foreign
August 28, 2024
Honduras' foreign ministry on Wednesday said it would end a more than a century-old extradition treaty with the U.S. after Washington's
August 28, 2024
Following a pair of defections by opposition senators, Mexico’s ruling party is edging closer to a steamroller two-thirds majority in both houses of congress
August 28, 2024
Rio de Janeiro police carried out 16 search warrants targeting the claw machines that elicit exhilaration among children and adults alike across the city
August 28, 2024
An earthquake of magnitude 6.1 struck off the coast of El Salvador on Wednesday, the U.S.
August 28, 2024Gabriel Galipolo, picked to be the next head of Brazil's central bank, is a 42-year-old economist who has not always expressed mainstream orthodox economic views.
August 28, 2024
Social media giant X said on Thursday it expects Brazil's top court to order it to shut down, as a pitched legal
August 28, 2024
The twin-island nation of Trinidad and Tobago is debating whether it should remove statues, signs and monuments with colonial ties and how those spaces should be used instead
August 29, 2024
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice is threatening to shut down the operations of X, formerly Twitter, in that country unless its billionaire owner Elon Musk names a legal representative in Brazil within 24 hours
August 29, 2024
Smoke from wildfires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest is causing people in the region to cough, burning their throats and reddening their eyes
August 28, 2024
The United States will work with Pacific Island nations to rein in drug trafficking by criminal networks from China, which use the region as a way station for
August 29, 2024
US security official meets China’s Xi as American election looms large over relations
August 29, 2024
European Union foreign ministers agreed on Thursday they would not recognise the "democratic legitimacy" of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro following the country's disputed election
August 29, 2024
In Bolivia's lowland region of Santa Cruz, farmer Mario Guasasi packed up his belongings this week, putting mattresses, food,
August 29, 2024
Four months after devastating flooding wrecked their house in southern Brazil, Milton do Nascimento and his family still have no permanent home and are sleeping
August 29, 2024
Nippon Steel Corp. is raising its capital commitment by more than $1 billion to spend on U.S. Steel's plants amid entrenched political and labor opposition to the Japanese company’s acquisition of the American steelmaker
August 29, 2024
A Brazilian Supreme Court justice on Friday ordered the country's telecommunications regulator Anatel to shut down Elon Musk's social media platform X after the billionaire failed
August 29, 2024
The Biden administration is restarting an immigration program that allows migrants from Cuba, Haiti, Nicaragua and Venezuela to come to the United States
August 29, 2024
California "crime tourism" ring worked with South American theft groups and laundered millions, prosecutors say
August 29, 2024Taiwan's embassy in Haiti on Thursday presented Haiti's national police and army with protective equipment such as helmets, tactical kneepads, eye protectors and bulletproof
August 29, 2024
The United States government will resume an updated version of a migrant sponsorship program that it had paused earlier this summer over
August 29, 2024
Nicaragua's government has banned 169 non-governmental organizations for allegedly not complying with sector regulations, according to a resolution published on Thursday in the government
August 29, 2024
Ecuador’s Ministry for Energy and Mines says it has begun to dismantle infrastructure on a controversial oil drilling block in Yasuni National Park, home to the Waorani Indigenous people
August 29, 2024
Buenos Aires police have arrested a former Red Brigades member who is wanted by Italy for crimes committed as part of the far-left guerrilla group, the Argentine government
August 29, 2024Prosecutors in Mexico are suggesting U.S. authorities made a deal with a Mexican drug lord who turned in himself and another capo to get his brother transferred out of a U.S. prison
August 29, 2024
Washington urged Honduras to reconsider its intention to leave a long-standing extradition treaty on Thursday, as Honduran
August 29, 2024
Mexican authorities have confirmed attacks on military personnel and roads being blocked with vehicles in northern Sinaloa state
August 30, 2024Three years ago, the U.S. military withdrew from Afghanistan when the last American plane departed Kabul
August 30, 2024
U.S. jobs numbers dominate the agenda as markets brace for a choppy September, with France seeking a way through its political mess, Germany having regional polls and African leaders
August 30, 2024
Power had returned to some parts of Venezuela on Friday evening after capital Caracas and much of the rest of the country were plunged into a blackout that
August 30, 2024
The United Nations has released $100 million to support 10 underfunded humanitarian crises in Africa, the Americas, Asia and the Middle East, the U.N. said on Friday.
August 30, 2024
Venezuelans awoke Friday to a major power outage in the capital, Caracas, and several states
August 30, 2024
According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952
August 30, 2024
According to official data, at least 115,000 people have disappeared in Mexico since 1952
August 30, 2024
At least two people died in Brazil after the roof of a church in the coastal city of Recife collapsed on Friday, city hall and state authorities said.
August 30, 2024
One of the most notorious drug chiefs in Mexico's history, Osiel Cardenas, was released from a U.S. prison on Friday into the custody of
August 30, 2024Brazil Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Friday that the government should close this year within the tolerance band of its fiscal target if Congress approves the
August 30, 2024
Argentina arrests man accused of links to 1978 killing by leftwing terror group
August 30, 2024
Osiel Cárdenas Guillén, one of Mexico’s most-feared drug lords, has been released from a U.S. prison after serving most of a 25-year prison sentence
August 30, 2024
Cuban health authorities launched small-scale fumigation efforts in Havana on Friday to fight the spread of the Oropouche virus, but a rainy Caribbean summer, fuel shortages and
August 30, 2024
Brazil's government forecast economic growth of 2.6% and inflation of 3.3% for 2025 in its draft budget proposal for the coming year, which was submitted to Congress late Friday.
August 30, 2024
Lionel Messi will not play Saturday when Inter Miami visits Chicago, meaning he will have at least two more weeks to continue recovering from an ankle injury
August 30, 2024
Brazilians will pay more for electricity in September as local power regulator Aneel decided to impose an additional charge on bills due to a drop in reservoir levels at
August 31, 2024
7 Mexican travelers, ages 8 to 63, killed and dozens more people hurt in Mississippi bus crash
August 31, 2024
U.S. authorities say arrests for illegal border crossings from Mexico during August are expected to rise slightly from July
August 31, 2024
Electricity returned to Caracas and other parts of Venezuela on Saturday after a blackout plunged much of the country into darkness on Friday, although Reuters witnesses reported
August 31, 2024
A Mexican judge ordered the Lower House of Congress not to discuss controversial judicial reform scheduled to be taken up by lawmakers the first week of September, according to
August 31, 2024
The blocking of social media platform X in Brazil has divided users and politicians over the legitimacy of the ban, and many Brazilians had difficulty and doubts about navigating other social media in its absence
August 31, 2024
Usha Vance's presence in the Trump-Vance campaign has energized some Indian Americans, particularly Hindu American conservatives
September 01, 2024
Authorities in the Dominican Republic say at least 11 people were killed and more than 40 injured when a truck plowed into a bar
September 01, 2024California lawmakers passed just one part of a three-bill package addressing reparations for slavery and racism in the waning days of their state house session, amid
September 01, 2024
China will urge a summit of 50 African nations in Beijing this week to take more of its goods, before Western curbs kick in on its exports such
September 01, 2024
More than 80 teenagers have been released from prison over the weekend in Venezuela, according to a human rights group, after being arrested during anti-government protests
September 01, 2024A five-member panel of Brazil's Supreme Court will vote on Monday whether to uphold Justice Alexandre de Moraes' ruling to shut down social media platform X in the country.
September 01, 2024
Mexico's Lower House of Congress is slated to open debate on Tuesday on a controversial judicial reform and is expected to pass the legislation later in the week,
September 02, 2024
Authorities say a Kenyan man wanted in Massachusetts to face murder charges has been extradited nearly a year after he fled the United States
September 02, 2024
Brazil's economy kept growing at a solid pace last quarter compared to the first three months of the year, supported by household expenditure, a Reuters poll
September 02, 2024
Last year's record drought in the Amazon and less than usual rainfall since caused river water levels to drop rapidly, hindering navigation by barges
September 02, 2024
Exclusive: US seizes Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane in the Dominican Republic
September 02, 2024
A Brazilian Supreme Court panel has unanimously upheld the decision of one of its justices to block billionaire Elon Musk’s social media platform X nationwide
September 02, 2024
The United States has seized Venezuela President Nicolas Maduro’s airplane after determining that its acquisition was in violation of US sanctions, among other criminal issues. CNN's Kylie Atwood reports.
September 03, 2024
The United States has seized a plane used by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and flown it from the Dominican Republic to Florida after
September 02, 2024
An international forestry group has suspended the sustainability certification of a logging company operating on land near an uncontacted tribe in Peru's Amazon, the NGO Survival
September 02, 2024One of Venezuela's newest news anchors sits on a stool, dressed in a flannel shirt and chinos as he delivers the day's headlines.
September 02, 2024
Argentine prosecutors say they would let two French rugby players accused of violently raping a woman to fly home, even as the explosive case remained under investigation
September 02, 2024
An incriminating admission by the brother-in-law of Honduras’ president just days after the Central American nation announced it would end its longstanding extradition treaty with the United States is feeding fears among Hondurans that the country’s legacy of corruption is continuing
September 02, 2024A Venezuelan judge has issued an arrest warrant for the opposition’s former presidential candidate Edmundo González as part of a criminal investigation into the results of the disputed July election
September 02, 2024
Venezuela's attorney general's office said on Monday a court has issued an arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez, accusing him of
September 02, 2024
Venezuela opposition presidential candidate Gonzalez wanted for arrest for ‘crimes associated with terrorism’
September 02, 2024
Pay issues and shortages of equipment and manpower have sapped morale among Kenyan police officers deployed to Haiti and hampered their ability to
September 03, 2024
Brazilian real estate firm HBR Realty said on Tuesday it has filed an eviction action against WeWork due to lack of payment, although the flexible workspace provider denied
September 03, 2024
A Senate committee hearing to confirm President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva's pick to head Brazil's central bank will not happen before the monetary authority's next interest rate-
September 03, 2024
Italy's foreign ministry said on Tuesday it had summoned the Venezuelan chargée d'affaires in Rome to complain about the arrest warrant that has been issued against opposition leader
September 03, 2024
Brazil's top foreign policy adviser on Tuesday slammed Venezuela's arrest warrant for opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez as "very concerning" and
September 03, 2024
The seven people killed in a weekend bus crash in Mississippi were all from Mexico
September 03, 2024
China's electric automaker BYD said on Tuesday that it has not postponed "any decision" regarding its planned factory in Mexico, denying a report from earlier in the day.
September 03, 2024
A report from the United Nations released on Tuesday detailed alleged crimes committed by the government of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega, including
September 03, 2024
In a marathon session, Mexico's lower house of Congress on Wednesday morning approved a controversial judicial reform, a crucial step toward cementing a key ambition of outgoing
September 03, 2024
Maduro decrees Christmas will start in October as Venezuela cracks down on dissent
September 03, 2024
Haiti's anti-corruption agency is accusing high-ranking government officials of crimes ranging from illicit enrichment to abuse of office
September 03, 2024Nicaragua’s Sandinista-controlled National Assembly has approved criminal code changes that allow the government to try opponents in absentia and seize the assets of the condemned
September 03, 2024Two French rugby players are heading back to France nearly two months after their arrest in the South American nation on charges of aggravated sexual assault
September 04, 2024
Protesters in Mexico City are blocking the entrance to Congress over proposals that would make judges stand for election
September 03, 2024
A global human rights watchdog has implicated Venezuelan security forces and pro-government armed groups in killings that occurred during the protests that followed the country’s disputed July presidential election
September 04, 2024
In the rugged Micay Canyon of southwestern Colombia, rebel groups have beefed up their presence over the past two years despite efforts by Colombian President Gustavo Petro to negotiate peace deals with these irregular armies under a strategy known as total peace
September 04, 2024
In a marathon session, Mexico's lower house of Congress approved on Wednesday morning a controversial judicial reform, a crucial step towards cementing a key ambition of
September 04, 2024
In a push to unlock more of the oil riches buried in a massive shale deposit in Argentina, Vista Energy will invest about $1.1 billion this year as it also
September 04, 2024
Brazil's central bank said on Wednesday that credit growth and asset prices do not pose a medium-term concern, though it highlighted existing uncertainties that warrant ongoing
September 04, 2024
Brazil's Finance Minister Fernando Haddad said on Wednesday that he trusts central bank officials when asked about the prospect of an interest rate hike at the upcoming monetary
September 04, 2024
Protests by truckers in Colombia, who are angry at an increase in diesel prices, have cut off the country's biggest cities and are threatening fuel supplies, though the government
September 04, 2024
US service member detained in Venezuela, officials say
September 04, 2024
The lawyer for Venezuela opposition leader Edmundo Gonzalez said on Wednesday the attorney general's office received his affidavit explaining why Gonzalez ignored three summons,
September 04, 2024
The United States is aware of reports that a Navy sailor was detained by Venezuelan authorities on or about Aug. 30 while on personal travel to Venezuela, a U.S. defense
September 04, 2024A U.S. Navy sailor has been detained in Venezuela after traveling there unauthorized on personal business, the Pentagon said Wednesday
September 04, 2024Mexico's lower house of Congress approved an overhaul of the country's judiciary early on Wednesday that would usher in a new era of
September 04, 2024
Colombia's peace efforts will not bear fruit while the Andean country is divided by social and economic strata comparable to India's caste system, a United Nations
September 04, 2024
El Salvador should end a long-running state of emergency and reinstate suspended constitutional rights after achieving significant security gains due to its
September 04, 2024
Two loggers have been killed by the reclusive Mashco Piro Indigenous tribe deep in Peru's Amazon
September 04, 2024
The U.S. assistant secretary for Western Hemisphere affairs says the U.S. is mulling a U.N. peacekeeping operation in Haiti as one way to secure funding and staffing for a current mission led by Kenya to quell gang violence in the Caribbean country
September 04, 2024
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September 04, 2024
Brazil's government expects public debt linked to interest and foreign exchange rates to surpass half of the total debt this year, a level last seen in October
September 04, 2024
A leading anti-corruption activist called on Honduran President Xiomara Castro on Wednesday to resign after a video surfaced that appeared to show her brother-in-law
September 04, 2024
Brazil's Senate will vote on the nomination of current central bank's director Gabriel Galipolo as the new chief of the monetary authority on October 8, chief of the upper house
September 04, 2024
General Motors said on Wednesday that it would begin producing its first-ever hybrid-flex vehicles that can run on 100% ethanol or gasoline alongside their batteries in Brazil.
September 04, 2024
The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights urged El Salvador Wednesday to end the more than two-year state of emergency, which has suspended fundamental civil rights while the government pursued the country’s powerful street gangs
September 04, 2024The head of an anti-corruption organization on Wednesday demanded that Honduran President Xiomara Castro to resign after a video was released in which her brother-in-law allegedly received drug money
September 04, 2024Another plane linked to Venezuela’s Maduro is under investigation in the Dominican Republic
September 05, 2024
Colombia's President Gustavo Petro on Wednesday asked the attorney general's office to investigate the $11 million purchase of Pegasus spy software, which he said could have been
September 05, 2024
Haiti has expanded its state of emergency to cover the entire nation's territory, a spokesperson for Prime Minister Garry Conille said on Wednesday, as the Caribbean country
September 05, 2024
Mexico’s governing party says judges in the current court system are corrupt, and it wants to push through a unusual proposal to make the country’s entire judicial branch — some 7,000 judges —stand for election
September 05, 2024
Walt Disney's animated musical "Moana 2" debuted with an estimated $368 million in global ticket sales through Sunday and combined with "
December 01, 2024
Farm cooperatives in Brazil that supply some of the world's biggest multinational agricultural firms are buying soybeans grown illegally on Indigenous
September 05, 2024
Brazilian Justice Kassio Nunes Marques said the full Supreme Court will make the final decision on a case filed by a conservative political
September 05, 2024
In December, Drew, a 36-year-old man from San Antonio, Texas, drove more than 250 miles (400 km) to Mexico to buy cheap Ozempic to help him lose weight.
September 05, 2024
Brazil's real will continue to be restrained by worries about the fiscal situation in the near future despite an expected boost from a widely anticipated
September 05, 2024
Brazilians are split over Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes' order for social media giant X to be taken down in the country, a poll shows.
September 05, 2024
The United States secured the release of dozens of political prisoners in Nicaragua on Thursday following talks with the government of President Daniel Ortega, who
September 05, 2024
The United States government says it has secured the release of 135 Nicaraguan political prisoners who have arrived in Guatemala
September 05, 2024
Venezuela opposition leader Maria Corina Machado said on Thursday she wants the United States to do "much more" to press President
September 05, 2024
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration said on Thursday it filed a lawsuit against its former president in U.S. district court that accuses him of attempted extortion and
September 05, 2024
As billionaire Elon Musk’s clash with a Brazilian Supreme Court justice came to a head last week, there were legal twists, insults, ultimatums, defiance and then, finally, capitulation
September 05, 2024
Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado is vowing to keep the pressure on President Nicolás Maduro to leave office in January
September 05, 2024
Automaker Stellantis will invest $385 million in its plant in the province of Cordoba, Argentina, between 2025 and 2030, the firm's South America head Emanuele Cappellano said on
September 05, 2024
Three Colombian nationals arrested in connection with hidden camera found outside Temecula home
September 05, 2024The board of Mexican bank regulator CNBV on Thursday approved the terms of a stock market reform passed last year, Deputy Finance Minister Gabriel Yorio, who spearheaded the
September 05, 2024
Police in the Denver suburb of Aurora say a Venezuela street gang with a small presence in the city has not taken over a rundown apartment complex
September 05, 2024
U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken has arrived in Haiti to reaffirm the government’s commitment to a multinational mission deployed to fight gangs in the Caribbean country and push for the organization of long-awaited general elections
September 05, 2024
A court in the Brazilian state of Rondonia has found two beef slaughterhouses guilty of buying cattle out of what is supposed to be a protected area in the Brazilian Amazon, which is illegal
September 05, 2024
Argentina's monthly inflation rate stood at 3.9% in August and is expected to close the year at an annualized rate of nearly 123%, according to analysts surveyed by the
September 05, 2024
China is ending foreign adoptions of its children. That leaves hundreds of American families in limbo
September 06, 2024
A growing perception in Canada that immigration is to blame for some of the country's economic woes is fuelling a xenophobic backlash evidenced by a surge in
September 06, 2024
Colombia's government on Friday reached a deal with truckers to suspend a protest over a rise in diesel prices after road blockades threatened to cause food and fuel shortages in the
September 06, 2024
American swimmer Ali Truwit wins silver medal 16 months after losing her leg in a shark attack
September 06, 2024
Philadelphia Eagles and Green Bay Packers set to clash in NFL’s first foray into South America
September 06, 2024
There's an army taking to Mexico City's streets — the Tree Army
September 06, 2024
More than two months after Hurricane Beryl, the strongest July Atlantic hurricane on record, some farmers in Jamaica are still unable to restore their crops and repair their homes
September 06, 2024
Foreign business chambers have been warning for weeks that a proposed, sweeping overhaul of Mexico’s judiciary that would make judges stand for election, would endanger foreign investment in Mexico
September 06, 2024
Sérgio Mendes, Brazilian singer and pop artist, dead at 83
September 06, 2024
Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Friday fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following accusations that he sexually harassed several
September 06, 2024
Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has fired Human Rights Minister Silvio Almeida following reports he was involved in sexual misconduct
September 06, 2024Mexico's headline inflation rate likely eased in August after accelerating for the previous five months, a Reuters poll of analysts showed on Friday, boosting expectations that
September 06, 2024
Mining companies Vale and BHP, together with their joint venture Samarco, may soon reach an agreement with Brazilian authorities to pay around 100 billion reais ($17.87
September 06, 2024
Brazil's has guaranteed 32 immigrants of various nationalities who are at Sao Paulo's Guarulhos Airport the right not to be forcibly repatriated, according to
September 06, 2024
Mexican President-elect Claudia Sheinbaum Friday announced her picks to serve as the country's top military leaders once she takes office next month, naming General Ricardo
September 06, 2024
European Union and South American negotiators ended two days of trade negotiations on Friday with "significant progress" on contentious issues that have been
September 06, 2024
Brazil's government is considering tax hikes that do not require congressional approval to balance this year's budget, two finance ministry sources said on
September 06, 2024
News organizations are asking the military commission at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, to make public the plea deal struck with the 9/11 defendants
September 06, 2024Mexico's opposition senators are uniting around the possibility of blocking controversial judicial reforms pushed by President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, which will go to a
September 06, 2024
Bolivian inflation hit its highest level in nearly ten years, data from the South American country's national statistics office INE showed on Friday, hitting a 12-month rate of 5.19
September 07, 2024
Saquon Barkley scored three touchdowns in his debut for Philadelphia, leading the Eagles past the Green Bay Packers 34-29 in the first NFL game in South America
September 07, 2024
Green Bay quarterback Jordan Love was helped off the field after being injured in the final seconds of the Packers’ 34-29 loss to the Philadelphia Eagles on Friday night in Brazil
September 07, 2024
Venezuelan security forces surround Argentine embassy after opposition members take refuge inside
September 07, 2024
Ecuadorean police reported on Sunday that officers found 10 dead bodies at a property in Guabo, a community in El Oro province in the Andean country's south.
December 01, 2024Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau promised President-elect Donald Trump that Canada would toughen controls over the long undefended joint border, a senior
December 01, 2024
Venezuela's former presidential opposition candidate Edmundo Gonzalez has left for Spain in the wake of the South American
September 07, 2024
Venezuela’s government has revoked permission for Brazil to serve as custodian of Argentina’s diplomatic missions in the country
September 07, 2024
A few thousand supporters of former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro have begun flooding Sao Paulo’s main boulevard for an Independence Day rally
September 07, 2024
Jacob Shaffelburg and Jonathan David scored off defensive misplays, and Canada beat the United States 2-1 in a friendly for its first win over the Americans on U.S. soil since 1957
September 07, 2024
Bolivia declared a national emergency due to raging forest fires the country's defense ministry announced on Saturday.
September 07, 2024
Former Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo González has fled into exile after being granted asylum in Spain, delivering a major blow to millions who placed their hopes in his upstart campaign to end two decades of single-party rule
September 08, 2024
Edmundo Gonzalez, the opposition presidential candidate who ran against President Nicolas Maduro in elections in July, has left the country, Vice President Delcy Rodriguez said on
September 08, 2024
Venezuelan opposition leader Gonzalez lands in Spain seeking asylum after disputed election
September 08, 2024
Venezuelan opposition presidential candidate Edmundo Gonzalez flew into Spain on Sunday to seek asylum, Madrid said, hours after quitting
September 08, 2024
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September 08, 2024For millions of Venezuelans, Edmundo González was the undisputed winner of the country’s July 28 presidential election
September 08, 2024
The National Weather Service says a tropical system in the southwestern Gulf of Mexico was expected to strengthen this week into a tropical storm and dump heavy rains onto Mexico and Texas before reaching the U.S. as a potential hurricane
September 08, 2024
Every vote counts: Americans living abroad could have big impact on elections
September 08, 2024Potential Tropical Cyclone Six forms in Gulf with tropical storm watch issued for Mexico
September 08, 2024
A highly contested proposal on judicial reform that critics say will hurt Mexico's business climate edged closer to approval when senators late on Sunday backed it at the
September 08, 2024
Over the past two years, an unprecedented number of Venezuelans have traveled to the U.S. border, seeking a better life
September 09, 2024
The head of El Salvador's police force and a man arrested on charges of a multi-million-dollar embezzlement were among the nine people killed when the military helicopter in
September 09, 2024
South America's Paraguay River, a key thoroughfare for grains, has hit a record low in Paraguay's capital Asuncion, with water levels
September 09, 2024
Marcos Galperin, chief executive of Latin American e-commerce giant MercadoLibre Inc - already the region's most valuable listed firm - says the company is
September 09, 2024
Brazilian economists surveyed weekly by the central bank have aligned their expectations with future interest rate pricing, now anticipating a rate hike at this
September 09, 2024Argentina's monthly inflation rate is expected to have edged down to 3.9% in August, a Reuters poll of economists showed on Monday, the lowest since the start
September 09, 2024
Tropical Storm Francine has strengthened in the Gulf of Mexico and is forecast to make landfall as a hurricane at mid-week in Louisiana
September 09, 2024
The Belize Defence Force is deploying two senior officers to Jamaica ahead of an assignment to Haiti, it said on Sunday, as part of its commitment to support a long-delayed
September 09, 2024On Oneida Nation in Wisconsin, white corn harvests are an important cultural practice
September 09, 2024
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