Americas
Massages and Private Shopping Trips Cushion Tycoon’s Detention
The Huawei executive, Meng Wanzhou, wanted by the United States on fraud charges, has already been leading a cushy life...
Joe Biden will shift gears in Latin America
IN 2013, after WikiLeaks revealed that the United States’ National Security Agency had bugged the phone of Dilma Rousseff, then...
A Battle of Singing Stars,With Wings and Feathers
PARAMARIBO, Suriname — Every Sunday just after dawn, while much of the city sleeps, a group of men gather on...
Cuba, Though Angered by Terror Designation, Is Looking Past Trump
HAVANA — When the Trump administration announced this week that it was designating Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism, the...
Pompeo Returns Cuba to Terrorism Sponsor List, Constraining Biden’s Plans
WASHINGTON — The State Department designated Cuba a state sponsor of terrorism on Monday in a last-minute foreign policy stroke...
Argentina’s legalisation of abortion will provoke a backlash
WITHIN DAYS Argentina’s president, Alberto Fernández, is expected to sign a law making abortion legal. Argentine women will be able...
Small slips in Barbados cause a big spike in covid-19
BARRACUDA, BLUE MARLIN and red snapper were for sale before Christmas at Millie Ifill fish market, but only to those...
A Polarizing Canadian ‘Messiah’ Shows How Pandemic Is Shaking Up Culture
Canadian luminaries, including the writer Margaret Atwood, have praised “Messiah/Complex,” which grapples with heady themes such as Islamophobia, climate change...
Guerrilla Leader, Drug Baron, Gold Magnate … and Now Social Reformer?
MOENGOTAPOE, Suriname — A cavalcade of black sport utility vehicles pulled up at a small village in a jungle clearing...
Gunmen Storm Wake in Mexico, Killing at Least Nine
MEXICO CITY — At least nine people were killed in central Mexico as gunmen opened fire at a wake late...
Canadian Politicians Face Ire After Taking Trips During the Holidays
She was the first member of Parliament to announce that she had tested positive for the coronavirus in Canada. About...
It Wasn’t Strictly a Coup Attempt. But It’s Not Over, Either.
A coup either succeeds or fails, usually within a few hours. Stopping anti-democratic actions like Wednesday’s attack on the Capitol...
A Canadian ‘Buy Local’ Effort Fights Amazon on Its Own Turf
“While I’m thrilled the movement is there, it’s competing against a pretty significant crosswind, and that is the business restrictions...
Why Chinese tipplers like Chilean wine
IN THIRTY YEARS Chile’s wine industry has gone from backwater to global powerhouse. Its vineyards are blessed with few pests,...
Argentina rolls out a Russian vaccine
AT THEIR DINNER table in Mendoza, Antonio and Marta, husband and wife, disagreed over the Russian vaccine Sputnik V. “If...
A beloved Canadian soy sauce runs out
THERE IS ONE bottle of China Lily soy sauce left in Vilma Portillo’s kitchen and she is measuring it out—drop...
A new law might hobble the US-Mexican fight against drug cartels
MEXICO CAN be relieved to finish the Trump era in one piece. Swingeing tariffs and border closures, ever threatened, never...
Is There a Future for Winnipeg’s Landmark Department Store?
While it was already on death row, Hudson’s Bay Company’s presence in downtown Winnipeg ended with unexpected abruptness. After announcing...
How Support for Legal Abortion Went Mainstream in Argentina
BUENOS AIRES — It was just two years ago that the organizers of a stirring women’s movement in Argentina were...
Armando Manzanero, Influential Mexican Balladeer, Is Dead
Armando Manzanero, one of Mexico’s greatest romantic composers, whose ballads were performed by the likes of Elvis Presley and Christina...
