Latin America & Caribbean
Death toll from violence in Ecuador prisons hits 31
Ecuador’s attorney general raised the death toll from a wave of violence over the weekend in one the country’s most dangerous jails ...Ecuador declares state of emergency amid violent clashes
Ecuador’s President Guillermo Lasso on Monday declared a state of emergency and night curfews in three coastal provinces, amid a wave of ...Eleven killed in suspected arson attack on northern Mexican bar
Eleven people were killed in a suspected arson attack on a bar in the northern Mexican border city of San Luis Rio ...Colombia, ELN rebels set to halt offensive actions
Colombia’s armed forces and the National Liberation Army (ELN) rebels are set this week to halt offensive actions against each other, prior ...Heat wave in Mexico leaves at least 100 dead
At least 100 people have died over the past two weeks in Mexico due to heat-related causes as temperatures climbed close to ...Honduras military takes over prisons after dozens die in riot
Honduras’ military began taking control of the country’s violent prisons on Monday, following a gang dispute that left 46 inmates dead at a women’s ...Curfews imposed after more than 20 killed in north Honduras
The Honduran government announced curfews on Sunday in two northern cities after more than 20 people were killed overnight in separate attacks ...Iran, Venezuela eye trade increase, sign petrochemical deal
Iran and Venezuela want to increase bilateral trade to $20 billion, up from $3 billion, Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi said on Monday ...Mine collapse kills at least 12 in southern Venezuela
Flooding collapsed a gold mine in southern Venezuela, killing at least 12 miners, local authorities said, adding that the victims’ bodies were ...G7 offers Ukraine long-term support, Zelenskiy laments Bakhmut ‘tragedy’
Leaders of the world’s richest democracies said on Sunday they would not back down from supporting Ukraine, in a warning to Russian ...