Tag: Latin America and Caribbean
Evacuation request ignored at Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano
<p>GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Pacaya volcano continued to spew columns of ash thousands of feet (meters) into the air Thursday, but residents of hamlets...
Nicaragua finds boat with bodies of 6 migrants in Caribbean
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — Nicaraguan authorities said Tuesday the bodies of six people, apparently migrants, have been found in a small boat drifting off the...
Chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela leaves country
CARACAS, Venezuela — The chief European Union diplomat in Venezuela left the country on Tuesday, a week after the government of Nicolás Maduro ordered...
Mexico Senate passes energy bill favoring state, fossil fuel
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Senate passed an electrical energy bill that favors government-owned generating plants that largely run on fossil fuels Tuesday, putting renewable...
Klopp won’t allow players to travel if need to quarantine
LIVERPOOL, England — Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp will not allow his players to travel to international matches this month if they have to quarantine...
Activists sue big French retailer over Amazon forest damage
PARIS — Environmental groups and indigenous activists from the Amazon region filed a lawsuit Wednesday in a French court alleging that France-based supermarket chain...
In Peru, sterilization case against Fujimori goes to court
LIMA, Peru — Former Peruvian President Alberto Fujimori is on trial for his role in a 1990s government program in which many Indigenous women...
Trevor Simsby gets unusual shot at WGC and holds his own
BRADENTON, Fla. — The latest World Golf Championship event has gone to nine venues with five title names since it began in 1999. What...
Trevor Simsby gets unusual shot at WGC and holds his own
<p>BRADENTON, Fla. — The latest World Golf Championship event has gone to nine venues with five title names since it began in 1999. What...
US men’s soccer to play Jamaica on March 25 in Austria
CHICAGO — The U.S. men’s soccer team will play 47th-ranked Jamaica on March 25 at Wiener Neustadt, Austria, the first of two exhibitions with...