Tag: Latin America and Caribbean
Panama exhumes body looking for victims of 1989 US invasion
PANAMA CITY — Investigators exhumed another body from a Panama City cemetery Thursday in an attempt to identify the remains of some victims of...
Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens
<p>PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed...
Mexico orders 30 marines to stand trial in disappearances
MEXICO CITY — Prosecutors in Mexico said Thursday a court has ordered 30 marines to stand trial in the cases of people who disappeared...
Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon
<p>RIO DE JANEIRO — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful...
Surge in violence rattles Haiti as poverty, fear deepens
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — The attack was brazen, streamed live on the internet: Men carrying big guns walked into a Holy Thursday church service, grabbed...
Big Chile study finds Chinese vaccine slashes COVID deaths
<p>SANTIAGO, Chile — A real-world study of millions of Chileans who had received the Chinese-developed CoronaVac vaccine has found it 67% effective against symptoms...
Senate Democrats urge Biden to deny funds for Brazil Amazon
RIO DE JANEIRO — More than a dozen Senate Democrats sent a letter to U.S. President Joe Biden on Friday complaining of a woeful...
Big Chile study finds Chinese vaccine slashes COVID deaths
SANTIAGO, Chile — A real-world study of millions of Chileans who had received the Chinese-developed CoronaVac vaccine has found it 67% effective against symptoms...
Argentina’s Defensa y Justicia wins 1st Recopa Sudamericana
<p>SAO PAULO — Defensa y Justicia of Argentina won its first Recopa Sudamericana in surprising fashion on Wednesday after a last-minute goal and a...
A retiring Castro to bring younger face to Cuba’s communists
<p>HAVANA — This week's Communist Party congress could be the last with a Castro at the helm of Cuba's all-powerful political institution. </p>
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