Browsing Category
Latin America
Venezuelan opposition figure ‘did not choose exile’
BOGOTA, Colombia
In his first press conference from Madrid, Venezuelan opposition figure Leopoldo Lopez said Tuesday that he did not want to leave his…
Read More...
Read More...
Hurricane Delta lashes Mexico’s Yucatan, then heads for US
CANCUN, Mexico
Hurricane Delta emerged into the Gulf of Mexico on Wednesday and headed toward Louisiana after making landfall just south of the Mexican…
Read More...
Read More...
Argentine lawmaker suspended after lewd act during virtual session
BUENOS AIRES
An Argentine lawmaker was suspended on Thursday after being caught on a live camera caressing a woman before appearing to partially pull down her…
Read More...
Read More...
Mexico identifies submerged wreck of Mayan slave ship
MEXICO CITY
Archaeologists in Mexico said Tuesday they have identified a ship that carried Mayan people into virtual slavery in the 1850s, the first time…
Read More...
Read More...
Report: Mexico leads in health worker deaths from COVID-19
MEXICO CITY
Mexico leads the world in coronavirus deaths among its health care workers, Amnesty International said in a new report Wednesday.
It said Mexico…
Read More...
Read More...
Venezuela’s Maduro pardons dozens of political opponents
CARACAS, Venezuela
The Venezuelan government said Monday that it had pardoned more than 100 people, including dozens of political opponents who are in prison,…
Read More...
Read More...
Mexico’s ‘teflon’ presidency loses some sheen but survives
MEXICO CITY
For a president with a plunging economy and the world’s fourth-highest number of confirmed COVID-19 deaths, Mexico’s Andrés Manuel López Obrador…
Read More...
Read More...
El Salvadoran sisters attending online classes up a tree
El Tigre, El Salvador
Two sisters in western El Salvador are taking their love of learning to great heights: every day they climb a mountain, then scramble up…
Read More...
Read More...
Warlord’s release from US prison ups tension with Colombia
MIAMI
A last-minute battle is unfolding over the fate of a former paramilitary warlord who the Colombian government wants returned following a long drug…
Read More...
Read More...