Americas
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Brazilian Leader’s Pandemic Handling Draws Explosive Allegation: Homicide
The committee was scheduled to release the report on Wednesday and then vote on it a week later. The group…
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After Del Rio, Calls for Fairer Treatment of Black Migrants
Regardless, the images of agents on horseback drew such a visceral reaction not just from immigration advocates, but also from…
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Ecuador’s President Declares State of Emergency to Battle Crime
QUITO, Ecuador — President Guillermo Lasso has declared a state of emergency to confront drug trafficking and other crimes in…
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F.B.I. Is Working in Haiti to Recover Kidnapped Missionaries
They are also embittered about the legacy of foreign interventions, particularly of the United Nations peacekeeping mission that was deployed…
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Protests Against Lawlessness Erupt in Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Small, peaceful protests erupted across Haiti Monday morning, with groups taking to the streets and some burning…
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Hello? This Is Colombia’s Antimachismo Hotline.
A new hotline in Bogotá takes calls from men struggling with jealousy, control and fear — and challenges long-held assumptions…
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For Missionary Group in a Fragile Haiti, Charity Turns to Chaos
Christian Aid Ministries reported revenue of more than $130 million in 2019, according to its latest available tax filings. Almost…
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What is Christian Aid Ministries and what does it do in Haiti?
Christian Aid Ministries, the charity whose workers were kidnapped in Haiti on Saturday, has a long history of working in…
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Gang suspected in kidnapping of missionaries is among the country’s most dangerous.
The gang that the police say kidnapped 17 missionaries and their family members in Haiti on Saturday is among the…
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Charities and aid groups in Haiti have been marked by scandals in the past decade.
Over the past decade the international community has sent more than $13 billion in aid to Haiti, but life for…
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American Missionaries Kidnapped in Haiti, Officials Say
As many as 17 Christian missionaries from the United States and their family members, including children, were kidnapped on Saturday…
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U.S. Extradites Key Financial Ally of Venezuela’s President
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — A top ally of Venezuela’s authoritarian government has been extradited to the United States, one of his…
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Minnesota’s governor calls up the National Guard to ease crowding in hospitals.
Gov. Tim Walz of Minnesota said on Friday that he would call upon the state’s National Guard to help ease…
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In Venezuela, a Rum Maker Offers Gangsters a Life Outside of Crime
In the process, the family running the company, Ron Santa Teresa, has gone from bankruptcy to exporting an award-winning vintage…
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Quebec Language Debate Spurs Eerie Sense of Déjà-Vu
MONTREAL — When I go for a stroll in my Montreal neighborhood, the bourgeois-bohemian Plateau-Mont-Royal, I hear a Babel of…
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Faulty Studs Led to Mexico City Metro Collapse, Attorney General Says
MEXICO CITY — Poorly placed studs, clear design flaws and deficient welding led to a collapse in the capital’s metro…
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How Hungry Sea Otters Affect the Sex Lives of Sea Grass
Jane Watson studied sea otters for decades, but it was in the 1990s that the ecologist in British Columbia observed…
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Mexico City Replaces a Statue of Columbus With One of an Indigenous Woman
MEXICO CITY — Statues of Columbus are being toppled across the Americas, amid fierce debates over the region’s legacy of…
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Exuberant Art and Cable Car Can Lift a Poor, Violent Place Only So High
MEXICO CITY — Observed from a soaring cable car, the city is a sea of concrete stretching to the horizon,…
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Meteorite Crashes Through Ceiling and Lands on Woman’s Bed
Ruth Hamilton was fast asleep in her home in British Columbia when she awoke to the sound of her dog…
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