Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil’s Bolsonaro, Lula competing rallies a preview of presidential campaign
Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro and his main rival, former leftist President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, staged competing rallies on Sunday ...El Salvador extends emergency powers to fight gangs
El Salvador’s Congress on Sunday approved a month-long extension of emergency measures that rights groups say infringe civil liberties but which President ...Ecuador court seeks extradition of former President Correa from Belgium
An Ecuadorian court chief on Friday signed a request seeking the extradition of ex-President Rafael Correa from Belgium to serve an eight-year ...Former Honduras president extradited to U.S. on drugs, weapons charges
The U.S. government on Thursday unveiled charges against former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez of participating in a cocaine-importation conspiracy and related ...Chile announces unprecedented water rationing plan as drought enters 13th year
As a punishing, record-breaking drought enters its 13th year, Chile on Monday announced an unprecedented plan to ration water for the capital ...Peru imposes curfew to stymie protests over rising fuel costs
Peruvian President Pedro Castillo imposed a curfew in the capital, Lima, on Tuesday, banning people from leaving their homes in an attempt ...No country met WHO air quality standards in 2021 – data
Not a single country managed to meet the World Health Organization’s (WHO) air quality standard in 2021, a survey of pollution data ...Guatemala law punishes abortion with prison for up to 25 years
Guatemala’s Congress approved on Tuesday a law that punishes abortion with up to 25 years in prison and prohibits same-sex marriage and ...From Tokyo to New York, thousands protest against invasion of Ukraine
Protesters turned out on public squares and outside Russian embassies in cities from Tokyo to Tel Aviv and New York on Thursday ...Heavy rains, flooding kill dozens in Brazil’s ‘Imperial City’
At least 94 people died in the historic Brazilian mountain town of Petropolis, local government officials said on Wednesday, after heavy rains ...














