Latin America & Caribbean
At least 13 killed in Central America as heavy rains trigger floods, landslides
Thirteen people have died in flooding and landslides in El Salvador and Guatemala as heavy rains pound Central America, authorities from the ...Brazil women march against bill tightening abortion ban
By Dani Morera Trettin and Amanda Perobelli Reuters Thousands of women protested on Saturday against a bill advancing in Brazil’s conservative Congress ...Argentina’s riot police clash with protesters in capital’s streets over president Javier Milei’s reforms
By Nicolás Misculin and Eliana Raszewski Reuters Argentina’s Senate passed a sprawling bill on Wednesday that is key to libertarian President Javier ...Claudia Sheinbaum makes history as Mexico’s first woman president
By Daniel Rook and Yussel Gonzalez AFP Claudia Sheinbaum was elected Mexico’s first woman president by a landslide Sunday, making history in a ...Heat, hurricanes and blackouts: Cubans brace for long summer after scorching May
If May is any indication, Cuba is in for a long, hot summer, says Havana horse and buggy driver Osmel Valdes. The ...Colombian congress bans bullfighting nationwide
Colombia’s congress voted on Tuesday to ban bullfights in the South American nation, delivering a serious blow to a centuries old tradition ...Caribbean leader blasts ’empty’ climate promises at small islands summit
By Sarah Morland Reuters The president of this decade’s summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted “empty” and “grossly inadequate” ...From rebel to prisoner and leftist Latin American icon, Pepe Mujica reflects
By Lucinda Elliott Reuters José Mujica, a one-time guerrilla, prisoner and later president of Uruguay who has cemented himself as an icon ...Indigenous Brazil community stays on flooded land in dispute with developer
By Debora Ely Reuters Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not ...Brazil’s flooded south paralyzed as rivers swell, again
By Florian PLAUCHEUR AFP Rivers in south Brazil rose anew as flood rescue efforts intensified and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...












