HAVANA—A boat off northern Cuba traveling toward the United States sank Saturday after a collision with a Cuban coast guard ship, and at least five people died, Cuban officials said Saturday. The craft reportedly flipped over after the crash near Bahía Honda, about two hours from the capital of Havana. Among the five known dead…
Magnitude 5.9 Earthquake Near Peru’s Central Coast, No Damage Reported
An earthquake of a revised magnitude 5.9 struck near the coast of central Peru on Friday, the European Mediterranean Seismological Centre (EMSC) said, with the country’s emergency authorities saying there had not been any reports of damage. The quake was at a depth of 15 kilometers (9.32 miles), EMSC added. EMSC initially said the quake…
Bolivians Say Economic Shutdown Is About Freedom From Socialist Government and Resources
Empty streets and closed store-fronts and offices stretch as far as the eye can see in Santa Cruz, Bolivia’s largest city. The normally traffic-clogged avenues remain vacant, save for the occasional biker or motorcycle. The reason things have come to a standstill is because residents have erected roadblocks at dozens of intersections throughout the city,…
Brazilian President Bolsonaro to Appeal to Top Court Ahead of Sunday’s Election Runoff
BRASILIA—Brazil’s President Jair Bolsonaro plans to appeal to the Supreme Court over a national electoral authority ruling that rejected his campaign’s complaint about radio station ads, three days before a runoff election vote on Sunday. “We will take this to the last consequences, within the limits of the Constitution, to uphold the findings of our…
Canada to Send Delegation to Haiti, Joly Says Following Blinken’s Ottawa Visit
Canada is sending a delegation to Haiti to assess the nation’s ongoing power struggle, Foreign Affairs Minister Mélanie Joly said on Oct. 27 following a visit by U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken to Ottawa. Joly called it “an assessment mission” while speaking to reporters during a press conference. “The goal is to be able…
Mexican Police Say Drug Lord Killed 20 Townspeople
MEXICO CITY—Authorities said Thursday the massacre of 20 townspeople in southern Mexico appears to have been the work of a drug lord who used social media to try to blame a rival gang. The new revelations illustrate how Mexican drug cartels are increasingly using social media to apportion blame for attacks and mislead authorities and…
3 Migrants Dead, 7 Injured in Mexico Highway Accident
TAPACHULA, Chiapas—Three migrants died and seven were injured Wednesday when the vehicle they were riding in crashed on a highway in southern Mexico. Mexico’s National Immigration Institute said the three dead migrants were from Guatemala and those injured were almost all from Guatemala and El Salvador. An SUV carrying the migrants rolled over near the…
Giant New Mural Celebrates ‘Warrior’ Maradona in Buenos Aires
BUENOS AIRES—An Argentine artist has painted a giant mural of late soccer legend Diego Maradona in Buenos Aires to commemorate what would have been the World Cup winner’s 62nd birthday at the end of October. Muralist Martín Ron filled the 1,600-square-meter (17,000- square-ft) wall in the heart of the city with a depiction of Maradona,…
Brazil’s Top Soccer Players Lean Toward Bolsonaro in Presidential Election
SAO PAULO—A few days before Brazil’s first round of voting in this month’s general election, a 13-second video electrified supporters of President Jair Bolsonaro: soccer star Neymar coming out in favor of his reelection bid. The video posted on Sep. 29 showed Neymar dancing to a campaign jingle highlighting Bolsonaro’s position on the ballot, and…
2 Dead in Mexico After Storm Roslyn Dumps Heavy Rains, Flooding
MEXICO CITY—Two people died on Sunday from destruction caused by Tropical Storm Roslyn after it made landfall along Mexico’s Pacific coast as a powerful hurricane before weakening farther inland, authorities said. A 74-year-old man was killed in the town of Mexcaltitan de Santiago Ixcuintla when a beam fell on his head, Nayarit state’s Ministry of…
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