Latin America & Caribbean
Caribbean leader blasts ’empty’ climate promises at small islands summit
By Sarah Morland Reuters The president of this decade’s summit for Small Island Developing States on Monday blasted “empty” and “grossly inadequate” ...From rebel to prisoner and leftist Latin American icon, Pepe Mujica reflects
By Lucinda Elliott Reuters José Mujica, a one-time guerrilla, prisoner and later president of Uruguay who has cemented himself as an icon ...Indigenous Brazil community stays on flooded land in dispute with developer
By Debora Ely Reuters Stranded for nearly three weeks by record flooding in southern Brazil, one tiny Indigenous community is determined not ...Brazil’s flooded south paralyzed as rivers swell, again
By Florian PLAUCHEUR AFP Rivers in south Brazil rose anew as flood rescue efforts intensified and President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva ...Rains return to flooded southern Brazil, interrupting rescues
By Leonardo Benassatto and Debora Ely Reuters Authorities interrupted rescue efforts in flood-ravaged southern Brazil on Wednesday amid more rain and the ...Panama’s Mulino wins presidency with support from convicted former leader
By Valentine Hilaire and Elida Moreno Reuters Panama’s former security minister Jose Raul Mulino on Sunday stormed to victory in a presidential ...Race against time to rescue Brazil flood victims after dozens killed
By Carlos FABAL AFP Authorities were racing against time on Sunday to rescue people from raging floods and mudslides that have killed ...Heavy rains kill at least 10 in southern Brazil, governor warns of historic disaster
Ten people died and 21 are missing due to heavy rains this week in Brazil’s southern state of Rio Grande do Sul, ...Ecuador president decrees state of emergency in five provinces
By Alexandra Valencia Reuters Ecuadorean President Daniel Noboa on Tuesday decreed a state of emergency in five coastal provinces because of “internal ...Venezuela shuts Ecuador diplomatic missions over raid
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro said Tuesday he had ordered the closure of his country’s diplomatic missions in Ecuador after a raid on ...