Americas News Stories
Ecuador approves extradition, anti-gang measures
Quito: A solid majority of Ecuadoran voters on Sunday approved the extradition to the United States of organized crime bosses in a referendum on measures against drug trafficking and gangs, the electoral council said. The "yes" vote in favor of extradition received 65 percent of valid ballots, while...
photo: AP / Ariel Ochoa
Thousands of Colombians protest Petro government’s reform agenda
Tens of thousands of Colombians took to the streets on Sunday to protest against President Gustavo Petro’s reform agenda. Despite heavy rains in many parts of Colombia, the most emblematic places in the country’s biggest cities were filled with people chanting "Petro leave." People came...
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
Chile to recall ambassador from Venezuela for consultations
SANTIAGO, April 11 (Xinhua) -- Chilean President Gabriel Boric said on Thursday that he will recall his country's ambassador to Venezuela, Jaime Gazmuri, for consultations after Venezuelan Foreign Minister Yvan Gil denied...
photo: AP / Matias Delacroix
One of the world’s highest cities starts rationing water as reservoirs fall to critical levels
There’s a new meme being shared widely this week across social media accounts in Colombia’s capital Bogotá, as the city grapples with a water crisis. It’s an image of C. Montgomery Burns, the supervillain from the animated series “The Simpsons,” showing up at the door with a bunch of red roses and a...
photo: AP / Fernando Vergara
Crabs, kelp and mussels: Argentina’s waters teem with life – could a fish farm ban ...
A rocky path, strewn with thick tree roots, leads from a dirt road down to a small green hut overlooking the choppy waters of the Beagle Channel, a strait between Chile and Argentina. The shack is home to Diane Mendez and her family but doubles as Alama Yagan, one of nine restaurants in the fishing...
photo: Creative Commons / Liam Quinn from Canada https://www.flickr.com/people/59222181@N03
Total solar eclipse sweeps across North America: Eight highlights
A total solar eclipse has crossed North America, slicing a diagonal line from the southwest to the northeast, briefly plunging communities in Mexico, the United States and Canada along the path into darkness. This was the first total eclipse to sweep across a large swath of North America since 2017....
photo: UN / Mark Garten
Ecuador’s former vice president hospitalized days after arrest in Mexican embassy
Ecuador’s former vice president Jorge Glas has been hospitalized, days after his arrest during a high-profile raid of the Mexican embassy in Quito. Glas was taken a hospital in Guayaquil after falling ill, the country’s national prison agency SNAI said Monday. He became ill after he refused to eat...
photo: AP / Dolores Ochoa
The Take: Where in the world is Jair Bolsonaro?
Jair Bolsonaro, facing legal troubles at home, is looking for help abroad. Since his passport was seized earlier this year, the former Brazilian president has spent the night in the Hungarian Embassy...
photo: Creative Commons / Palácio do Planalto Alan Santos/PR
Brazilian judge orders probe of Elon Musk amid X disinformation row
A Brazilian judge has opened an investigation of Elon Musk for obstruction of justice after the tech mogul said he would defy a court order to remove X accounts accused of spreading disinformation. In a decision on Sunday, Supreme Court Justice Alexandre de Moraes said the probe will examine whether...
photo: AP / Darko Vojinovic
Study finds mercury contamination in Brazil’s Yanomami people
Indigenous people from nine villages in Brazil’s Yanomami territory were found to be contaminated by mercury, with those living closer to illegal gold mining sites presenting higher levels of contamination, a study released on Thursday found. The study by Brazil’s state-run Fiocruz...
photo: AP / Edmar Barros

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