Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela says Brazilian, Canadian diplomats not welcome
Venezuela on Saturday said two diplomats from Canada and Brazil were no longer welcome, in an escalating showdown over their criticism of ...EU readies sanctions on Venezuela, approves arms embargo
European Union foreign ministers approved economic sanctions including an arms embargo on Venezuela on Monday, blaming regional elections last month for deepening ...U.S. orders expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats
The Trump administration on Tuesday ordered the expulsion of 15 Cuban diplomats after pulling more than half of its own embassy staff ...Hurricane Maria left over 15 dead in Dominica
Hurricane Maria left more than 15 people dead in hard-hit Dominica, the small Caribbean island\'s Prime Minister Roosevelt Skerrit announced on Thursday.More than 200 dead after 7.1 magnitude earthquake strikes Mexico
Desperate rescue workers scrabbled through rubble in a floodlit search on Wednesday for dozens of children feared buried under a Mexico City ...Hurricane Maria bears down on battered Caribbean
Hurricane Maria strengthened rapidly on Monday as it blasted towards the eastern Caribbean, forcing exhausted islanders -- still recovering from megastorm Irma ...Hurricane Irma kills 10, may hit Florida Sunday as Category 4
Hurricane Irma plowed past the Dominican Republic toward Haiti on Thursday after devastating a string of Caribbean islands and killing at least ...Maduro orders Venezuela military drill after Trump threat
Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro on Monday ordered his armed forces to carry out a national exercise next week in reaction to a ...Venezuela regime hit by US sanctions, strike
The regime of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro was hit by US sanctions and a 48-hour opposition-led nationwide strike on Wednesday, both aimed ...Eight killed, five missing in Colombia coal mine blast
An explosion at an illegal coal mine in central Colombia killed at least eight people, as rescuers scrambled to find five others ...




