Latin America & Caribbean
One Salvadoran goes missing each day under security crackdown, NGOs say
El Salvador, a small Central American nation whose government has spearheaded a brutal crackdown on criminal gangs, is seeing one person go ...Dominican Republic creates state miner to explore for rare earths
By Sarah Morland Reuters The Dominican Republic on Tuesday said it will create a state mining firm to explore and exploit the ...Colombia government says it will not unilaterally end ELN peace talks
Colombia’s government will not unilaterally end peace talks with rebels from the National Liberation Army (ELN), its peace delegation said, even though ...Colombian ELN rebels will not attack military despite ceasefire end
Colombian leftist rebel group the National Liberation Army (ELN) will not attack the country’s military even after its ceasefire with the government ...Venezuelan streets fill with protesters opposing Maduro claim of election victory
By Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas Reuters Protesters took to streets throughout Venezuela on Tuesday, waving flags and demanding President Nicolas Maduro acknowledge he ...Venezuelan protests against Maduro spread, opposition says it has proof it won the election
By Deisy Buitrago and Mayela Armas Reuters Venezuela’s opposition said it had voting-tally proof it had won the election claimed by President ...Maduro is declared winner in Venezuela’s presidential election as opposition claims it prevailed
BY REGINA GARCIA CANO AND JOSHUA GOODMAN AP Venezuela’s opposition claimed victory in Sunday’s presidential election, setting up a showdown with the ...Ecuador and Chilean subsidiary ENAP renegotiate oil agreement
Ecuador and a subsidiary of Chile’s state-owned oil company ENAP renegotiated an existing agreement for the exploitation of an oil block in ...Global cyber outage grounds flights, hits media, financial, telecoms
BY CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY and ELAINE KURTENBACH AP A widespread Microsoft outage was disrupting flights, banks, media outlets and companies around the world ...Hurricane Beryl, churning toward Jamaica, threatens Haiti and Dominican Republic
By Maria Cardona and Harold Isaac Reuters Hurricane Beryl barreled toward Jamaica as a powerful Category 4 storm on Tuesday, threatening to ...