Tag: Latin America and Caribbean
Divided Ecuador heads to presidential runoff ballot in April
<p>QUITO, Ecuador — Ecuador is headed to a runoff presidential election in April with its deep political divisions evident after the first round of...
Austin FC signs Argentina’s Pochettino as designated player
<p>AUSTIN, Texas — Attacking midfielder Tomas Pochettino has signed with Austin as the Major League Soccer expansion club's second designated player.</p>
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Now-adult in same-sex custody battle seeks removal from suit
The now-18-year-old woman at the center of a yearslong, same-sex custody dispute that spanned Vermont to Nicaragua said in court documents filed Wednesday that...
Honduras investigates police in case of murdered student
TEGUCIGALPA, Hondruas — Relatives buried the body Wednesday of a 26-year-old Honduran nursing student who died in a police cell hours after she was...
3 years’ probation issued in Puerto Rico cruise ship death
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — A grandfather who pleaded guilty to negligent homicide in the fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window...
Honduran-born US citizen settles lawsuit over jailing
<p>NEW ORLEANS — A Honduran-born United States citizen has settled a lawsuit with a Louisiana sheriff’s office that jailed him in 2018 on suspicion...
Columbus-Real Esteli, Portland-Marathon in CONCACAF Champs
MIAMI — Major League Soccer champion Columbus was drawn Wednesday to play Nicaragua's Real Esteli in the first round of the CONCACAF Champions League.
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Brandon Bass joins USA Basketball for AmeriCup qualifying
<p>COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. — Brandon Bass is giving USA Basketball even more NBA experience going into next week’s final two games of FIBA AmeriCup...
Chile hires Lasarte as coach ahead of World Cup qualifiers
SANTIAGO, Chile — MartÃn Lasarte has been hired to coach Chile’s national soccer team, replacing Reinaldo Rueda.
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Puerto Rico prepares to reopen schools 1 year after pandemic
<p>SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — Puerto Rico officials announced Monday that five grades will return to in-person classes next month as the U.S. territory...