Latin America & Caribbean
World could face record temperatures in 2023 as El Nino returns
The world could breach a new average temperature record in 2023 or 2024, fuelled by climate change and the anticipated return of ...Magnitude 6.8 earthquake shakes Ecuador, at least 14 deaths reported
At least 14 people were killed in a strong earthquake that shook a coastal region of Ecuador and northern Peru on Saturday, ...Six soldiers dead in Peru after seeking to cross river to flee unrest
Six members of Peru’s Army died after they tried to cross a river last weekend, officials said on Monday, as they tried ...Nations secure U.N. global high seas biodiversity pact
Negotiators from more than 100 countries completed a U.N. treaty to protect the high seas on Saturday, a long-awaited step that environmental ...Massive forest fires rage on in eastern Cuba
Forest fires raged on in Cuba’s eastern region on Monday, inching toward more populated ground more than a week after sparking near ...Three dozen dead as Brazil rains cause calamity
Heavy rains in coastal areas of Brazil’s southeast have caused flooding and landslides that killed 36 people and dislodged hundreds of others, ...Protester dies in Lima as Peru’s political crisis continues
A man in Peru’s capital Lima died on Saturday and others were hospitalized as nationwide clashes between protesters and police continued in ...Over 50 injured in Peru as protests cause ‘nationwide chaos’
Dozens of Peruvians were injured after tensions flared again on Friday night as police clashed with protesters in anti-government demonstrations that are ...Thousands march on Peru’s capital as unrest spreads, building set ablaze
Thousands of protesters in Peru, many from the country’s heavily indigenous south, descended on Lima, the capital, on Thursday, angered by a ...Brazil’s crowdfunded insurrection leaves paper trail for police
With a Brazil flag draped around his neck and his feet propped up on a dark wooden table, Samuel Faria leaned back ...













