Haiti President Jovenel Moïse assassinated at home
Haitian President Jovenel Moïse was assassinated in an attack on his private residence, a country official said Wednesday.
The country's first lady, Martine Moïse, was shot in the overnight attack and...
Tom Fowdy: A ‘red wave’ of left-wing resurgence engulfs South America
The apparent narrow victory of socialist Pedro Castillo in Peru is the latest splash of a ‘red wave’ engulfing South America, where Washington and its ‘free market fundamentalism’ have...
Peru: Daughter of imprisoned ex-president leads election
The daughter of an imprisoned former president was leading the race for Peru’s presidency late Sunday, hours after polls closed in a runoff election held as the coronavirus pandemic...
Mexico: President’s party appears to hold key majority in elections
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s party and its allies appeared poised to maintain their majority in Mexico’s lower chamber of the congress, but fell short of a supermajority, as...
Colombia’s president deploys military to protest-hit city
Colombian President Iván Duque on Friday announced the deployment of military forces to the city of Cali after at least three people died in increasingly violent protests and talks...
Corruption, economic woes spark deadly protests in Colombia
Kevin Anthony Agudelo wanted to live in a country where corruption was not part of everyday life. That dream motivated the electrician to join thousands of Colombians in a...
Brazil’s regulator not allowing Sputnik V’s import due to political reasons
Developers of Russia’s Sputnik V COVID-19 vaccine believe that the refusal of the Brazilian Health Regulatory Agency (Anvisa) to allow its import is politically motivated, the vaccine’s Twitter account said.
"The delay...
Venezuela slams Facebook’s move to suspend Maduro’s account as ‘digital tyranny’
Venezuela considered the suspension of the Facebook page of President Nicolas Maduro for 30 days “digital tyranny” after the latter was accused of posting misinformation about the coronavirus.
“We are...
Anthony Blinken: Biden will recognize Guaido as Venezuela’s leader
U.S. President-elect Joe Biden’s administration will continue to recognize Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaido as the South American country’s president, Anthony Blinken, Biden’s nominee for secretary of state, said...
Brazil’s Bolsonaro says he wants free trade agreement with U.S. in letter to Biden
Brazilian right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro on Wednesday wrote to newly inaugurated U.S. President Joe Biden that he hoped the two countries would pursue a broad free trade agreement during...