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Josep Borrell ignored staff advice over EU Venezuela 2021-10-12 14:30:34European External Action Service report warned that sending monitors would legitimise Maduro regime

South32 is frontrunner to buy stake in Chilean 2021-10-12 13:57:15Miner could pay as much as $2bn for 45% of Sierra Gorda facility

China’s bellicose behaviour is the driver of tensions 2021-10-12 06:00:32Region has become world’s busiest staging ground for military rivalry between Beijing and liberal democracies

US and Mexico look to revive security partnership 2021-10-08 18:14:00Blinken and López Obrador discuss migration, drug trafficking and criminal justice

Emerging markets need to get ahead of inflation 2021-10-07 12:51:25Price pressures are greater and central banks less trusted to keep them under control

Havana’s new breed of boutique retreats 2021-10-07 00:00:41When Cuba reopens to foreign tourists next month, a new type of high-end ‘casa particular’ awaits

Peru’s president reshuffles cabinet in shift towards centre 2021-10-06 22:40:35Pedro Castillo makes seven changes and ousts Marxist prime minister after taking office at the end of July

Colombia’s landmines are more than a legacy issue 2021-10-06 09:39:38The number of victims is on the rise as new armed groups lay down explosives, even as areas are cleared

Five ski adventures for 2021-22 2021-10-06 00:00:44From first descents on Baffin Island to an alternative Alpine ‘haute route’

Canada faces reckoning on abuse of Indigenous children 2021-10-05 05:00:32The Trudeau government must pay billions to those forcibly removed from their families

Emerging markets’ tough test 2021-10-05 01:30:32Where stagflation hits hardest

Crop of agtechs aim to overturn Brazil’s image 2021-10-04 23:00:32Country is fertile ground for novel sustainable methods but must overcome cost and cultural barriers

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Migration Issues Largely Absent from US-Mexico Security Framework  2021-10-14 15:21:41Immigration advocates say a new security framework between the United States and Mexico largely sidesteps thorny migratory issues at a time of near-re

Hurricane Pamela Makes Landfall in Western Mexico 2021-10-13 12:34:47Hurricane Pamela came ashore on Mexico's Pacific coast Wednesday, bringing with it strong winds and rain.  The Category 1 storm had just regai

US Announces Plans to Reopen Land Borders With 2021-10-13 05:56:15The United States announced Wednesday that it will reopen its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated travelers beginning next month.

Chile President Declares 'State of Exception' Over Mapuche 2021-10-12 23:17:00Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes had b

Colombian Governor Survives 2 Armed Attacks in 24 2021-10-12 22:30:49A Colombian governor claimed on Tuesday he had survived two armed attacks in the space of 24 hours in a region rife with dissident left-wing guerrilla

Cuban Government Bans Bid for New Protests  2021-10-12 20:21:15Cuba's government on Tuesday rejected a request from the opposition to stage a protest on November 15, claiming the organizers are backed by the Unit

Venezuelan Teenagers Provide Useful Information Along with a 2021-10-12 08:57:00In a rural Caracas neighborhood, a group of teenagers has started providing useful information on handwritten notes along with a free lunch. The init

UNICEF: 19,000 Migrant Children Have Crossed Dangerous Jungle 2021-10-11 22:48:01On their trek north toward the United States, some 19,000 migrant children have crossed the dangerous jungle sprawling the border between Pa

Pope Meets Colombian Nun Released by Mali Jihadists 2021-10-10 14:34:22Pope Francis on Sunday met with Gloria Cecilia Narvaez, a Franciscan nun from Colombia, a day after she was freed by jihadists in Mali after more than

Dams Dry Up as Water Levels Fall in 2021-10-10 14:21:00Low rainfall plagues one of the world’s major agricultural producers. Brazil now faces a crisis of drying dams, forcing farmers to look to more

Record Number of Players Defect From Cuba’s National 2021-10-09 22:12:01One player took off from the airport, while another jumped out of the window of his hotel room. In all, of the 24 members of Cuba's national baseball

Colombian Nun Abducted in 2017 Freed in Mali  2021-10-09 18:57:44A Franciscan nun from Colombia kidnapped by jihadis in Mali in 2017 was freed Saturday, a statement from Mali's presidential office said. The state

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Chilean president declares state of emergency over Mapuche 2021-10-12 23:22:04Chilean President Sebastian Pinera on Tuesday announced a state of emergency and deployed troops to two southern regions where clashes have broken out

US to open land borders to vaccinated travellers 2021-10-12 23:12:00The United States will lift restrictions at its land borders with Canada and Mexico for fully vaccinated foreign nationals in early November, ending h

US House passes bill to raise the debt 2021-10-12 21:36:11The Democratic-controlled U.S. House of Representatives gave final approval on Tuesday to legislation temporarily raising the government's borrowing

Bolivian protesters block streets, allege 'persecution' by government 2021-10-12 04:57:45Bolivia's opposition blocked streets in the country's main cities on Monday in protest against the government of President Luis Arce, whom they accu

Merck Covid-19 treatment pill 'a very powerful tool 2021-10-12 02:15:49Drugmaker Merck asked US regulators Monday to authorize its pill for treating Covid-19 in what would add an entirely new and easy-to-use weapon t

Texas governor bans all Covid-19 vaccine mandates, accuses 2021-10-11 23:37:46Republican Texas Governor Greg Abbott, responding to what he called "bullying" by the Biden Administration, on Monday barred all COVID-19

IMF reaffirms 'full confidence' in head Georgieva after 2021-10-11 23:11:41The IMF Executive Board reaffirmed on Monday its "full confidence" in the Washington-based crisis lender's chief, Kristalina Georgieva, keeping her

UN chief Guterres warns Afghanistan faces 'make-or-break moment' 2021-10-11 22:23:08Warning that Afghanistan is facing “a make-or-break moment,” the United Nations chief on Monday urged the world to prevent the country&rsq

Brazil's indigenous leaders call for stronger rights as 2021-10-11 03:45:34Indigenous peoples in the Amazon rainforest have a clear message for decision-makers ahead of two global environment conferences: respect our land and

US appeals court reinstates restrictive Texas law banning 2021-10-09 01:46:01A federal appeals court Friday night quickly allowed Texas to resume banning most abortions, just one day after clinics began racing to serve patients

Chile's President Pinera under the lens over Pandora 2021-10-08 13:15:33The Chilean public prosecutor's office on Friday opened an investigation into President Sebastian Pinera over the sale of a mining company through a

Tree of life: The rare Chilean tree behind 2021-10-08 12:28:22The quillay tree, a rare evergreen native to central Chile, has long been used by indigenous people to make soap and medicine. Now it is also providin