Nine killed in Ecuador pool hall were ‘collateral victims’, say policeJustin M. LarsonJuly 21, 20250 Police in Ecuador say nine people shot dead by gunmen in a pool hall on Saturday were “collateral victims” and…
Venezuela Targets Economists as Inflation Surges Under Trump’s SanctionsJustin M. LarsonJuly 21, 20250 As inflation surges under President Trump’s renewed sanctions, Venezuelan authorities are trying to keep a lid on the country’s worsening…
Powerful Ecuador drug lord ‘Fito’ extradited to USJustin M. LarsonJuly 20, 20250 The powerful Ecuadorean gang leader Adolfo Macías Villamar has been extradited to the United States to face charges of drug…
The rise of green tech is feeding another environmental crisisJustin M. LarsonJuly 20, 20250 BBCRaquel Celina Rodriguez watches her step as she walks across the Vega de Tilopozo in Chile’s Atacama salt flats. It’s…
Pet Owner Flooded With Puzzling Calls About a Lost Cat While Hers Is Safely at HomeJustin M. LarsonJuly 19, 20250 Natasha Lavoie’s phone number appeared on a T-shirt sold online that advertised a fictitious missing cat. She can’t stop the…
A Kite Surfer, Navy SEAL and Makeup Artist: Freed in a U.S.-Venezuela SwapJustin M. LarsonJuly 19, 20250 Over 260 people were released from prisons in El Salvador and Venezuela. Now they face the challenge of coming home.…
Desks become beds as Haitian school shelters people displaced by violenceJustin M. LarsonJuly 19, 20250 The classrooms at Anténor Firmin school in Hinche in central Haiti are no longer studiously quiet.Once a place of learning,…
A Rescue Center for Small Wild Animals Looks to Place a Blind Moose CalfJustin M. LarsonJuly 19, 20250 There is an ambitious long-term plan for Cedar, who cannot be released back into the wild even after his leg…
El Salvador and US negotiate prisoner swap with VenezuelaJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 El Salvador is repatriating approximately 250 detained Venezuelans in exchange for US nationals held in Venezuela, the governments of the…
UN envoy urges Colombia to ‘stay the course’ as peace faces new strainsJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 Briefing the Security Council for the last time as head of the UN Verification Mission, Special Representative Carlos Ruiz Massieu…
Prisoner Swap Frees Americans in Venezuela for Migrants Held in El SalvadorJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 A deal freed Americans detained in Venezuela for Venezuelan migrants who were imprisoned in El Salvador after being expelled from…
Court orders him to wear ankle tag and imposes curfewJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 A court has ordered Brazil’s former president Jair Bolsonaro to wear an ankle tag and put him under curfew over…
Colombian gold miners rescued after about 18 hours trapped undergroundJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 Watch: People clap and cheer as the gold miners emerge after nearly a day trapped undergroundEighteen workers trapped for about…
‘You have to be able to rule your life’: The care revolution in Latin AmericaJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 The workers we don’t pay or see are grandmothers, mothers, daughters — the women who take care of children, look…
Bolsonaro, Brazil’s Former President, Ordered to Wear Ankle Monitor Ahead of TrialJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 Brazil’s Supreme Court ordered Jair Bolsonaro, the former president, to stay home most hours, defying President Trump’s demands that charges…
Indigenous youth meet trailblazers ahead of Nelson Mandela DayJustin M. LarsonJuly 18, 20250 Accompanied by their parents and mentors from the midwestern state of Wisconsin, the group wore handmade ribbon skirts and vests…
New barrier built at Mexico borderJustin M. LarsonJuly 17, 20250 The US has started building a new ‘secondary’ wall at its southwestern border with Mexico to reinforce an existing steel…
Prominent Human Rights Group Flees El SalvadorJustin M. LarsonJuly 17, 20250 The group, Cristosal, has investigated prison deaths and torture under President Nayib Bukele. Its employees were threatened and surveilled, its…
Trump’s Brazil Tariff Threats Rekindle Support for President LulaJustin M. LarsonJuly 17, 20250 Once called the planet’s most popular politician, President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil faced long odds in next…
Trump Has Promised More Tariffs on Mexico. What Happens Next?Justin M. LarsonJuly 16, 20250 President Trump has threatened to increase Mexico’s tariff rate to 30 percent starting Aug. 1, claiming the country hasn’t sufficiently…
Carney Moves to Reduce Canada’s Chinese Steel Imports in Response to Trump’s TariffsJustin M. LarsonJuly 16, 20250 Canada’s steel industry fears that Chinese steel facing steep tariffs in the United States will be sent north and overwhelm…
Henry Raymont, First to Report Bay of Pigs Invasion, Dies at 98Justin M. LarsonJuly 16, 20250 On assignment for U.P.I. in Cuba, he learned of the U.S.- backed effort to overthrow Fidel Castro and was imprisoned.…
US President Donald Trump’s administration deports five migrants to EswatiniJustin M. LarsonJuly 16, 20250 The US says it has deported what it described as five “criminal illegal aliens” to the southern African kingdom of…
Looking for a Summer Ski Fix? Head to South America.Justin M. LarsonJuly 16, 20250 In Chile and Argentina, dramatic slopes, lots of snow and an unusual après ski scene await. Source link
