Latin America & Caribbean
Uproar as Venezuela wins seat on UN rights council
Venezuela won a seat on the UN Human Rights Council Thursday, sparking outcry from the United States, advocacy groups and Latin American ...UN ends Haiti peacekeeping operations, urges end to crisis
The UN Security Council ended 15 years of peacekeeping operations in Haiti, voicing regret that the country is still saddled with huge ...UN calls for calm in Haiti as new protest looms
The United Nations called Thursday for calm in crisis-wracked Haiti, eight days before the end of its police mission in the country.US sanctions Italy, Panama and Colombia firms over Venezuela ties
The United States imposed sanctions on 16 companies linked to Colombian businessman Alex Nain Saab Moran, an associate of Venezuelan President Nicolas ...Still reeling from Dorian, Bahamas hit by tropical storm
Tropical Storm Humberto moved away from the Bahamas after dumping rain on parts of the archipelago\'s northwest region that were already hammered ...El Ejército israelí denuncia que fuerzas iraníes intentaron un ataque desde Siria
El Ejército israelí aseguró que fuerzas iraníes lanzaron hoy varios cohetes desde Siria contra Israel, pero no lograron impactar en su territorio, ...Former Colombian rebel leader announces return to arms
A former senior commander of the dissolved FARC rebel army in Colombia announced he is taking up arms again along with other ...Trump switches tone on Iran, raising hopes at G7
US President Donald Trump said that he had agreed to the Iranian foreign minister flying in for a G7 summit and insisted ...Latin America set for feeble growth of 0.5% in 2019: UN
Hit by five years of "economic slowdown," Latin America\'s economy will grow by barely 0.5 percent this year, the United Nations economic ...Nicaragua releases anti-Ortega protest leaders
Nicaragua released dozens of protest leaders detained amid last year\'s deadly uprising against President Daniel Ortega, under a controversial new amnesty law ...






