Peru Gets Third President In A Week
By Marco Aquino
LIMA, Peru, Tues. Nov 17, 2020 (Reuters) - Peru's Congress on Monday chose legislator Francisco Sagasti as the Andean country's caretaker president,...
Evacuations Under Way In Guatemala, Honduras As Hurricane Iota Threatens
By Sofia Menchu and Gustavo Palencia
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Mon. Nov 16, 2020 (Reuters) - Hurricane Iota is rapidly gathering strength as it barrels toward...
Coronavirus Found On Packaging Of Brazilian Beef
BEIJING, Nov 13 (Reuters) - The Chinese city of Wuhan said today it has detected the novel coronavirus on the packaging of a batch...
Slaves Rescued In Brazil
By Fabio Teixeira
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil, Thurs. Nov. 12, 2020 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The rescue of 39 slaves from an illegal gold mine...
This Guatemala Village Will Be Abandoned
By Sofia Menchu
GUATEMALA CITY, Guatemala, Weds. Nov 11, 2020 (Reuters) - Guatemala has ended rescue operations in a storm-lashed village where scores of people...
Peru Congress Ousts President
By Marco Aquino
LIMA, Peru, Tues Nov 10, 2020 (Reuters) - Peru's Congress ousted President Martín Vizcarra on Monday in an impeachment vote over corruption...
Evo Morales Is Back Home After Year-Long Exile
By Ueslei Marcelino and Miguel Lobianco
VILLAZON, Bolivia, Mon. Nov 9, 2020 (Reuters) - Bolivia's former leader Evo Morales made a dramatic homecoming on Monday,...
Guatemalan Woman Loses 22 Relatives In Landslide
By Sofia Menchu
SAN CRISTOBAL VERAPAZ, Guatemala, Mon. Nov. 9, 2020 (Reuters) - Rescue workers continue to clamber over treacherous roads buried in mud and...
Dozens Dead From Eta In Central America
By Gustavo Palencia and Sofia Menchu
TEGUCIGALPA/GUATEMALA CITY, Nov 6, 2020 (Reuters) - The remnants of Hurricane Eta unleashed torrential rains and catastrophic flooding on...
Mexico Demands Explanation From Designer Over Indigenous Designs
MEXICO CITY, Mexico, Thurs. Nov 4, 2020 (Reuters) - Mexico's culture ministry on Wednesday questioned French fashion designer Isabel Marant's use of patterns from...