Americas

A series of fireworks explosions near Mexico City has killed at least 17 and injured dozens more, according to officials. A statement from Mexico State officials on Twitter confirmed that 17 people died, while The Associated Press reported that 19 people died, including four firefighters and two police officers. “The Secretaries of Government, Health and […]

Two shipping executives have been arrested in Florida on charges of conspiring to fix prices on international freight-forwarding services. The criminal complaint names the two defendants as Roberto Dip and Jason Handal. Dip is the owner and CEO of Dip Shipping and Handal is a manager at the company that operates in ports throughout the […]

RIO DE JANEIRO—Brazilian police arrested a senior General Electric executive on Wednesday, as part of a sprawling investigation into fraud in medical equipment tenders overseen by health authorities in the state of Rio de Janeiro, police and prosecutors said. In addition to the arrest of GE’s chief executive for Latin America, Daurio Speranzini Jr., prosecutors […]

MEXICO CITY—Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador won Mexico’s presidency in a landslide victory on July 1, setting the stage for the most left-wing government in the country’s democratic history at a time of tense relations with the Trump administration. The 64-year-old former Mexico City mayor won with the widest margin in a presidential election since the […]

A small tour boat sailing in the Bahamas on June 30 caught fire and exploded, killing one tourist and injuring nine others, reported Fox News. The boat, which was located about 130 miles south of Nassau, burst into flames around 9 a.m. Spokesperson Chanta Knowles from the Royal Bahamas Police Force confirmed that 12 passengers—10 Americans […]

The U.S. military will soon have a sixth branch focused on warfare in space, after President Donald Trump signed an executive order on June 18 directing the Department of Defense to create the Space Force. The decision will overrule plans that were pending in the Fiscal Year 2019 National Defense Authorization Act that would have […]

Hurricane season is quickly approaching, and it’s difficult not to think of the devastation Hurricane Maria caused in Puerto Rico last September. Aid resources were limited, but this man searched for a community in need, and made a crucial impact. Dr. Pedro Torres is a native of Brentwood, New York, and started his medical residency […]

At least 17 people were killed in a brawl and stampede at a nightclub in Venezuela, according to reports. A tear gas canister went off during a brawl in the crowded nightclub in Caracas, the capital, on Saturday, CBS News reported. Interior Minister Nestor Reverol said the incident at the “Los Cotorros” left 17 people […]

A volcano erupted spewing out lava in the Galapagos Islands, threatening wildlife, officials from the Galapagos National Park said on Saturday, June 16. Dramatic television images, distributed by Galapagos National Park of the eruption, showed clouds of gases and smoke rising hundreds of feet into the sky around La Cumbre volcano and streams of molten […]

MANAGUA, Nicaragua–Eight people died on Saturday in a shoot-out and fire that shattered a truce struck hours earlier between Marxist–Leninist President Daniel Ortega and protesters, and civic leaders condemned the violence while vowing to continue talks with the government. Nicaragua’s crisis, the country’s bloodiest confrontations since a civil war ended in 1990, has spanned two […]

EL RODEO, Guatemala—A communication breakdown between a disaster agency and volcanologists in Guatemala delayed evacuations as gas and ash clouds cascaded down the Fuego volcano last Sunday in its most violent eruption in four decades, authorities have admitted. Compounding the situation, rain and clouds hid signs of the toxic shower of debris, known as a […]

SAN MIGUEL LOS LOTES, Guatemala — Rescuers scoured a lava- and ash-ravaged landscape in Guatemala for a third straight day on Wednesday in search of survivors and victims of Fuego volcano’s calamitous eruption, which has killed at least 99 people. Volcan de Fuego, which means “Volcano of Fire,” exploded on Sunday in its most devastating […]

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday and again on Tuesday, with almost 192 people missing and 75 dead. The Fuego volcano’s largest eruption in 40 years happened on Sunday. The ash blasted 33,000 feet (10 km) into the air according to CONRED, the country’s natural disaster agency and the temperature of the lava flow reached […]

Guatemala’s Fuego volcano erupted on Sunday and again on Tuesday, with almost 192 people missing and 75 dead. The Fuego volcano’s largest eruption in 40 years happened on Sunday. The ash blasted 33,000 feet (10km) into the air according to CONRED, the country’s natural disaster agency and the temperature of the lava flow reached about […]

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemala’s Fuego volcano exploded again on Tuesday, June 5, sending rescue workers scrambling for cover beneath the smoking peak, as the death toll from the weekend’s eruption rose to at least 72. National disaster agency CONRED ordered evacuations and said that hot gas and molten rock were streaming from the volcano, which […]

EL RODEO, GUATEMALA—The death toll from a volcanic eruption in Guatemala rose to 69 on Monday as family members desperately searched for the missing in makeshift morgues and on streets blanketed with ash. Guatemala‘s national disaster agency, CONRED, increased the death toll as more bodies were pulled from the debris around the village of El Rodeo, which was […]

The death toll from the eruption of a highly active volcano near Guatemala’s capital on Sunday, June 3, rose to 69, authorities announced. A video filmed by a climber from neighboring Acatenango volcano showed Fuego volcano the morning of the eruption spewing lava and smoke. The eruption of Fuego–Spanish for “fire”–on Sunday was the biggest […]

SAO PAULO—While still more than a week away, the World Cup has already had a major impact on retailers in the self-described “Country of Soccer,” as football-mad Brazilians feverishly scoop up new televisions. Brazilian TV production – much of it by international companies like Panasonic Corp and LG Corp in a tax-free zone in Amazonas […]

The United States pledged $4.5 million through a four-year Child Protection Compact (CPC) to help Jamaica establish a program to prevent child trafficking. The CPC works with foreign governments to help reduce child trafficking by helping establish agreements and projects tailored to each country. According to the Jamaican government’s information services website, Jamaica is the […]

An estimated 25 people, including at least three children, were killed and nearly 300 injured on Sunday in the most violent eruption of Guatemala’s Fuego volcano in more than four decades, officials said. Volcan de Fuego, whose name means “Volcano of Fire”, spewed a 5-mile stream of red-hot lava and belched a thick plume of […]