Category: Americas

Gunmen Threaten Messi, Shoot up Family-Owned Supermarket

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—Gunmen threatened Argentine soccer superstar Lionel Messi in a written message left Thursday when they opened fire at a supermarket owned by his in-laws in Argentina, police said. Nobody was injured in the early morning attack, and it was unclear why assailants would target Messi or the Unico supermarket in the country’s third-largest…


Tesla Plans Gigafactory in First Mexico Investment

MEXICO CITY—Tesla will open a gigafactory in Mexico, Chief Executive Elon Musk said on Wednesday, as the electric vehicle behemoth pushes to expand its global output. Mexico on Tuesday said Tesla had chosen the northern border state of Nuevo Leon for a new factory worth more than $5 billion, calling it the “the biggest electric…


Mexican President Says Tesla to Build Plant in Mexico

MEXICO CITY—Mexico’s president announced Tuesday that electric car company Tesla has committed to building a major plant in the industrial hub of Monterrey in northern Mexico. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said the promise came in phone calls he had Friday and Monday with Tesla head Elon Musk. It would be Tesla’s third plant outside…


LIVE 1 PM ET: USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


LIVE NOW: USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


USMCA: Building more integrated, resilient, and secure North American supply chains: A Brookings conversation

The United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is critical in building more integrated, resilient, and secure supply chains for all three North American country’s governments, industries, and civil societies. It sets rules and market access commitments for business and lays the foundation for expanding investment into complex and capital-intensive manufacturing and supply chains across North America. On…


Massive Forest Fires Rage on in Eastern Cuba

HAVANA—Forest fires raged on in Cuba’s eastern region on Monday, inching toward more populated ground more than a week after sparking near a national park. More than 2,000 hectares of forest, including plantations and coffee crops, have been devoured by the flames, authorities said, as firefighters, park employees, and soldiers battled the blaze. The fires…


Argentine Fishermen Find Remains of Missing Man Inside Shark

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina—The remains of a man who had disappeared in southern Argentina earlier this month appear to have been found inside a school shark that was captured by local fishermen. The family of Diego Barría, 32, recognized his remains due to a tattoo that was visible, Daniela Millatruz, the law enforcement officer who was…


Mexican Troops, Border Residents Clash After 5 Shot, Killed

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico—A shooting by Mexican army soldiers left five people dead in the rough border city of Nuevo Laredo, igniting a clash between the soldiers and residents who came to the scene to protest. The soldiers were investigating gunshots from the area and opened fire on a pickup truck early Sunday after it failed…


LIVE NOW: The Army’s Role in the Indo-Pacific: An American Enterprise Institute Conversation

What is the role of the Army in the future battleground in the Indo-Pacific region, given the massive ocean and the island chains, or even in the scenarios up to and beyond an invasion of Taiwan? How to maintain deterrence or even quarantine, and blockade while China’s increasing aggression? U.S. Secretary of the Army Christine…