Latin America

In Cauca, children and adults alike have grown up alongside the Farc, which has had a strong presence in the region since the leftist armed group was created in 1964. The group, which had over 20,000 members at its height, officially demobilised and signed a peace agreement with the government …

Tropical Storm Alberto, the first named storm of the season, has made landfall on the Mexican coast. At least three people have died in Mexico as a result. Although the storm is several hundreds of miles from the US Gulf Coast, its edges have brought significant rainfall to Texas. Video …

Riot police in Argentina’s capital have tried to disperse protesters outside Congress, where lawmakers have been debating reforms. Source link

Ecuador has been hit by a nationwide blackout, a senior government minister has said, leaving some 18 million people in the dark. Public Works Minister Roberto Luque blamed the power cut on the breakdown of a transmission line. The subway system in the capital, Quito, ground to a halt and …

The Windrush scandal emerged in 2018 when Commonwealth citizens, mostly from the Caribbean, were wrongly detained, deported or threatened with deportation despite having the right to live and work in the UK. It was discovered that the Home Office had kept no records of those granted permission to stay and …

Nefo and Rê, who were both 48 years old, were attacked while on a “sunbathing break” inside the prison compound, according to CNN Brasil. Nefo was stabbed to death in the toilets and Rê was killed in the courtyard, the news site reports. Three inmates confessed to the crime and …

Mr Conille’s attorney, Carlos Hercules, will be the minister for justice and public security and Haiti’s ambassador to Unesco, Dominique Dupuy, will be the foreign affairs minister. Princeton-educated Ketleen Florestal takes over the finance ministry from Michel Patrick Boisvert, who also served as interim prime minister this year. While some …

The class-action lawsuit against Chiquita which ended on Monday focussed on nine cases, which were chosen out of hundreds of claims against the banana company. The jury found that the AUC was responsible for eight of the nine murders examined as part of the lawsuit. The jury also ruled that …

Positioned in Carriacou, located to the north of the island of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea, the artwork pays homage to the island’s history of boat building and will be placed approximately three to five meters deep, making it ideal for snorkelling or diving. The sculptures are individual artificial reefs …

The Brazilian government says it will request the extradition of more than 60 people who fled to Argentina after being charged for their alleged involvement in riots that shook Brazil’s capital last year. The riots were led by supporters of the former right-wing president, Jair Bolsonaro, roughly a week after …

The Second Marquetalia is one of the main dissident groups to emerge after most of the Farc rebels had laid down their arms in 2016. Thought to be made up of around 1,000 fighters, the group engages in cocaine smuggling and kidnapping for ransom, and is known for attacking Colombia’s …

There are many types or strains of avian or bird flu. As well as birds, some wild mammals – such as seals, otters, wild dogs and foxes – can catch them too. Cases do occur in people from time to time and patients usually get better. One type of bird …

After PC Bradley Hay delivered the fossils to Brazilian officials in London, it was confirmed that they would be put on display in a museum once they had been flown back. He said: “It’s been rewarding to use our international law enforcement network to repatriate these unique and irreplaceable artefacts …

President Joe Biden on Tuesday announced a new executive action that would limit the number of asylum seekers entering the country through the US southern border. But the ban only takes effect when the southern border has been “overwhelmed”. The US president said the action was aimed at curbing migrant …

Multiple Democratic lawmakers came out against US President Joe Biden’s border-related executive action announced on Monday. The action would ban migrants crossing the US southern border “unlawfully” from seeking asylum. That will happen once a daily threshold is met and the border is “overwhelmed”, the White House said in a …

The president faced an attack on Tuesday, the day of his executive order, from Donald Trump, his rival in November’s election. Mr Biden had “surrendered our southern border”, and was now “pretending to finally do something” about it, Trump wrote on social media. He was echoed by others including Texas …

Her murder on Monday came less than a day after a general election that was overshadowed by the murder of local candidates. More than 20 people running for office have been killed since September according to official figures, but independent surveys have put the number closer to 40. The presidential …

A Canadian YouTuber accused of sedition in the Caribbean nation of Trinidad and Tobago has appeared in court and been ordered to surrender his passport. Christopher Arthur Hughes, who posts under the account “Chris Must List”, is known for videos in which he travels to dangerous places across the globe. …

On the stump, she often repeated her basic premise: that she would build the “second floor” of the “Fourth Transformation” – that is, the political project of her ally, Mr López Obrador. President López Obrador and his supporters call it the “Fourth Transformation” or “4T” because they put his movement …

Ms Sheinbaum, a 61-year-old scientist who served as mayor of Mexico City from 2018 to 2023, has the backing of the outgoing president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador. Mr López Obrador, who has been in power since 2018, cannot run for the top office again as under Mexico’s constitution presidents are …