Latin America & Caribbean
Tensions mount as Brazilians vote in polarized presidential election
Brazilians voted on Sunday in the first round of their country’s most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula da ...Brazil votes in tense Lula-Bolsonaro presidential contest
Brazilians are voting on Sunday in the first round of their country’s most polarized election in decades, with leftist Luiz Inacio Lula ...Millions urged to evacuate as Florida Gulf Coast braces for Hurricane Ian
Florida Gulf Coast residents emptied grocery shelves, boarded up windows and fled to evacuation shelters as Hurricane Ian churned closer on Wednesday, ...Cubans approve gay marriage by large margin in referendum
Cubans approved gay marriage and adoption overwhelmingly in a Sunday referendum backed by the government that also boosted rights for women, the ...Powerful earthquake hits western Mexico
A magnitude 7.6 earthquake struck western Mexico on Monday on the anniversary of two devastating temblors, killing at least two people, damaging ...Colombian officials, dissident FARC hold meeting with view toward peace talks
Colombian government representatives have met with members of an armed group that grew out of the demobilized FARC rebels to explore potential ...Haiti unrest worsens misery as residences face water shortage
Thousands in Haiti faced water shortages after days of protest virtually halted distribution, eyewitnesses said on Saturday, as an approaching storm caused ...Puerto Rico faces hurricane, severe floods, as tropical storm Fiona nears
Tropical storm Fiona gained strength on Saturday as it headed toward Puerto Rico, prompting the National Hurricane Center (NHC) to issue a ...Stampede at Guatemala music festival kills at least nine including two children
At least nine people died, including two 12-year-old children, in a stampede at a large rock concert in the western Guatemalan city ...End of COVID pandemic is ‘in sight’ -WHO chief
The world has never been in a better position to end the COVID-19 pandemic, the head of the World Health Organization said ...














