Latin America & Caribbean
Colombia makes slow progress on land rights since FARC peace deal
By Nelson Bocanegra Reuters President Gustavo Petro, Colombia’s first leftist leader, promised his government would acquire 3 million hectares (7.4 million acres) ...More than 10,000 Haitians flee gang attacks in past week, UN says
More than 10,000 people in Haiti have been internally displaced in the last week as armed gangs operating in and around the ...Cuba keeps schools closed, workers home during recovery from power failure, hurricane
Cuba said on Wednesday it would keep schools closed and non-essential workers home through Sunday as the crisis-racked Caribbean island nation struggled ...Storm Nadine weakens over Guatemala after pummeling Belize, Mexico’s Yucatan
Storm Nadine weakened to a tropical depression on Saturday as it chugged across Guatemala, after dumping heavy rain and bringing strong winds ...Cuba slowly starts restoring power after island-wide blackout
By Dave Sherwood and Marianna Parraga Reuters Cuba restored a trickle of power to its grid by mid-evening on Friday, officials said, ...More than 3 million without power as Hurricane Milton slams Florida, causes deaths and flooding
BY TERRY SPENCER and KATE PAYNE AP Hurricane Milton plowed into Florida as a Category 3 storm, bringing misery to a coast still ...Bolivia wildfires burn record area, scorching homes and farms
By Monica Machicao and Daniel Ramos Reuters Wildfires in Bolivia have burned through more than 10 million hectares (24.7 million acres) this ...Haitian gang slaughters at least 70 people as thousands flee
By Harold Isaac and Sarah Morland Reuters Gang members brandishing automatic rifles stormed through a town in Haiti’s main breadbasket region, killing ...Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest region surge for third month
By Stefanie Eschenbacher Reuters Fires in Brazil’s Amazon rainforest region surged to the highest number for September in almost a decade and ...Haiti conflict drives thousands toward famine
A gang-fueled social and political crisis in Haiti has swollen the ranks of those suffering severe hunger in recent months, with an ...