Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela seeks to criminalize oil tanker seizures as Trump puts pressure on Maduro
By REGINA GARCIA CANO AP Venezuela’s parliament on Tuesday approved a measure that criminalizes a broad range of activities that can hinder navigation ...US seizes second oil tanker off Venezuela’s coast
By Matthew PENNINGTON AFP The United States “apprehended” an oil tanker off Venezuela on Saturday, a move Caracas deemed a “theft and ...US bringing seized tanker to port as Venezuela war fears build
BY W.G. DUNLOP AP An oil tanker seized by American forces off the Venezuelan coast will be brought to a port in ...U.S.–Venezuela tensions rise after Coast Guard seizes sanctioned oil tanker
By Idrees Ali, Phil Stewart, Steve Holland and Marianna Parraga Reuters The U.S. has seized a sanctioned oil tanker off the coast ...Conservative Salvador Nasralla leads Honduras presidential vote after pause in results reporting
By CHRISTOPHER SHERMAN,Associated Press A day after Honduran electoral authorities stopped reporting updates to the presidential vote count because of “technical problems,” candidate ...Venezuela denounces ‘colonialist threat’ as Trump orders airspace closed
US President Donald Trump sharply escalated his threats against Venezuela on Saturday with an ominous warning that the country’s airspace should be ...Several international airlines cancel their flights in Venezuela after US warning
Three international airlines canceled their flights departing from Venezuela on Saturday, the day after the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration warned major airlines of a ...Jamaica reports deadly leptospirosis outbreak after Hurricane Melissa
Jamaica has declared an outbreak of the bacterial disease leptospirosis, suspected of causing six deaths, following the devastation from Hurricane Melissa in ...Cuba struggles to ease power cuts amid reduced fuel supplies from Venezuela, Mexico
By Marianna Parraga and Dave Sherwood Reuters Cuba’s imports of crude and fuel in the first 10 months of the year fell ...Thousands demonstrate against government over violent crime in Mexico City as ‘Gen Z’ protests gain ...
Thousands protested across Mexico on Saturday under the banner of “Generation Z,” denouncing rising violence after the public killing of an anti-crime ...














