BUENOS AIRES/SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Argentine President Javier Milei will travel this weekend to Brazil for the first time since taking office, his spokesman said yesterday, but plans to meet with the neighboring nation’s former right-wing leader instead of the current president.
PORT OF SPAIN / KINGSTOWN, (Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl strengthened as it churned toward the Caribbean’s Windward Islands today, according to officials, threatening devastating flooding and storm surges as life-threatening high winds picked up speed.
(Trinidad Express) Hurricane Beryl strengthened into what experts called an “extremely dangerous” category 4 storm as it approached the south-east Caribbean, which began shutting down yesterday amid urgent pleas from government officials for people to take shelter.
(Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl has become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to bring life-threatening winds and flash flooding to the Caribbean’s Windward Islands as it rapidly strengthens into Monday, the U.S.
LA PAZ (Reuters) – Detained 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 prosecutor said on Friday.
(Reuters) – Hurricane Beryl has become an “extremely dangerous” Category 4 storm in the Atlantic Ocean and is expected to bring life-threatening winds and flash flooding to the Caribbean’s Windward Islands as it rapidly strengthens into Monday, the U.S.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China and Peru have achieved “substantial conclusion of negotiations” on the upgrading of a free trade agreement between both countries, Chinese state media said yesterday.
(Trinidad Express) Energy Minister Stuart Young says no site has been identified for the disposal of the 60,000 barrels of waste from the oil spill which took place off the shores of Tobago.
(Trinidad Guardian) The Pan American Health Organisation (PAHO) team’s investigation into baby deaths at Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) in April has highlighted deficiencies in the operations at the Port-of-Spain General Hospital.
(Reuters) – Bolivian leftist President Luis Arce told Reuters yesterday support on the streets had strengthened his government after a failed military coup just days ago and that he would keep working until his last day, in one of his first interviews since the dramatic attack.
LONDON, (Reuters) – The Bahamas is to join a growing trend where countries promise better protection of precious ecosystems in return for having their debts reduced.
BRASILIA/MADRID, (Reuters) – The former CEO of retail giant Americanas AMER3.SA, wanted in Brazil in connection with a $4.5 billion alleged accounting fraud, was arrested in Madrid yesterday at the request of Brazilian authorities, who will now seek his extradition.
SANTIAGO, (Reuters) – 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 dramatic images of cracked lake beds replaced by mirror-like still waters.