ACAPULCO, Mexico, (Reuters) – Hurricane Otis roared into the Mexican beach resort of Acapulco early yesterday as a rare Category 5 storm and one of the strongest to ever hit Mexico’s Pacific Coast, battering hotels, ripping off roofs and smashing windows.
GUATEMALA CITY, (Reuters) – The U.S. could apply sector-based sanctions against Guatemala if democratic processes there are not respected, a top U.S.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – Mexico’s Senate yesterday voted to terminate 13 trusts held for the judiciary, ratcheting up tension between the government and judicial authorities, which President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador argues are corrupt and hostile to the public interest.
(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs and Caricom Minister Dr Amery Browne has condemned the vandalism of temples, saying these acts threaten to affect the foreign perception that Trinbagonians are loving and peaceful people.
BEIJING, (Reuters) – China elevated diplomatic relations with Colombia to a strategic partnership today, deepening a push with one of the oldest U.S.
(Trinidad Express) Foreign Affairs and Caricom Minister Dr Amery Browne has condemned the vandalism of temples, saying these acts threaten to affect the foreign perception that Trinbagonians are loving and peaceful people.
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Former Venezuelan lawmaker Maria Corina Machado, who has declared victory in a primary to choose the opposition’s 2024 presidential candidate, yesterday defended the vote against government accusations that it violated an electoral deal.
SAN JOSE, (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s attorney general’s office has opened an investigation into the disappearance of some $6 million at the Central American country’s largest commercial bank, bank officials said yesterday.
SAO PAULO, (Reuters) – Food production in Brazil, the world’s biggest beef and soybean exporter, accounted for 74% of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2021, according to a study released Tuesday by environmental group Climate Observatory.
PORT-AU-PRINCE, (Reuters) – A U.S. court has charged Haitian gang leader Vitel’homme Innocent for his role in the plot to kidnap an American couple and the death of the wife who was shot dead when armed men entered their home.
NAIROBI, (Reuters) – A Kenyan court extended today a temporary order barring the government from deploying hundreds of police officers to Haiti in a U.N.-approved
CARACAS, (Reuters) – Venezuelan opposition leader Maria Corina Machado held an overwhelming lead late yesterday in a presidential primary contest with almost 93% of an updated vote tally, said opposition officials, but questions about her candidacy persist.
RIO DE JANEIRO, (Reuters) – Criminal groups set at least 35 buses on fire in the Brazilian city of Rio de Janeiro yesterday, according to the industry group that represents bus companies, after police killed a crime boss in an operation.
MANAUS, Brazil, (Reuters) – Human faces sculpted into stone up to 2,000 years ago have appeared on a rocky outcropping along the Ama-zon River since water levels dropped to record lows in the region’s worst drought in more than a century.
(Reuters) – The head of Haiti’s democratic transition council yesterday urged action on a plan to deploy foreign troops to the Caribbean island nation to help police restore security amid a worsening conflict as powerful gangs have forced around 200,000 people to flee their homes.
MEXICO CITY, (Reuters) – The 35-year-old governor of Mexico’s industrial powerhouse announced yesterday he will take the first step toward a centrist independent presidential bid in next year’s election, a move that could divide opposition to the ruling leftist party.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s ruling Peronist coalition smashed expectations to lead the country’s general election on Sunday, setting the stage for a polarized run-off vote next month between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and far-right libertarian radical Javier Milei.
(Trinidad Guardian) Father of six Ronald Mc Queen was gunned down outside his Pleasantville home.
LA PAZ, (Reuters) – Bolivia’s attorney general is seeking a prison sentence of 30 years for former President Jeanine Anez, who is set to be tried for genocide over deaths during protests that followed the country’s 2019 election, officials said yesterday.
BUENOS AIRES, (Reuters) – Argentina’s ruling Peronist coalition smashed expectations to lead the country’s general election yesteday, setting the stage for a polarized run-off vote next month between Economy Minister Sergio Massa and far-right libertarian radical Javier Milei.
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