Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela shuts Ecuador diplomatic missions over raid
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had ordered the closure of his country’s diplomatic missions in Ecuador after a raid on ...Total solar eclipse brings darkness to millions as it sweeps North America
By Joseph Ax, Brad Brooks and Henry Romero Reuters People across North America – from a Mexican seashore to breathtaking Niagara Falls ...Latin American governments rally around Mexico after embassy raid in Ecuador
By Alexandra Valencia Reuters Latin American governments, including regional heavyweight Brazil, rallied around Mexico on Saturday after its embassy in Ecuador was ...Mexico suspends relations with Ecuador after arrest of ex-VP
Mexico is breaking off diplomatic ties with Ecuador after police broke into the Mexican Embassy in Quito to arrest a former Ecuadorian ...Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people
By Fabio Teixeira Reuters Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those ...Panic in Haiti’s capital as wild shooting fills streets
By Ralph Tedy Erol Reuters Panic set in around downtown Port-au-Prince on Monday as wild shooting filled the streets of Haiti’s capital, ...Colombia expels Argentina’s diplomats after Milei calls Petro ‘terrorist’
Colombia ordered the expulsion of Argentine diplomats from their embassy in the Andean nation, Colombia’s foreign ministry said on Wednesday, citing “denigrating” ...Haiti gang wars push hunger to worst levels on record
By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland Reuters Almost half of Haiti’s people are struggling to feed themselves as gang violence spreads across ...Haiti suspected gang members set on fire as conflict spreads to capital suburb
By Ralph Tedy Erol and Sarah Morland Reuters Suspected gang members were killed during an attack on the Petion-Ville neighborhood on the ...Ten killed in Port-au-Prince suburb as tensions rise in Haiti
At least ten people were killed in a wealthy suburb of Haiti’s capital on Monday, there were reports of looting, and thefts ...