Latin America & Caribbean
Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues
By Leonardo Benassatto and Debora Ely Reuters Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the ...Panama’s Mulino wins presidency with support from convicted former leader
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno Reuters Panama’s former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential ...Race against time to rescue Brazil flood victims after dozens killed
By Carlos FABAL AFP Authorities were racing against time on Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed ...Heavy rains kill at least 10 in southern Brazil, governor warns of historic disaster
Ten people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, ...Ecuador president decrees state of emergency in five provinces
By Alexandra Valencia Reuters Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of “internal ...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 ...














