Usiminas posts Q1 profit beat but sees lower steel sales ahead
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – Usiminas expects its steel sales to slip in the second quarter from a year earlier, it…
Central America
Ukraine’s Zelenskiy to address Mexican lawmakers on Thursday
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) -Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy will address Mexican lawmakers on Thursday by video, the lower house of Congress…
Costa Rica president gets tougher on security as crime soars
SAN JOSE (Reuters) – Costa Rica’s president on Wednesday presented a set of security measures in response to surging crime…
US must stem ‘iron river’ of guns flowing to Latin America, activists say
By Sarah Morland (Reuters) – U.S. guns, many of them exported legally, are flowing into Latin America in an “iron…
Mexico nabs, swiftly deports MS-13 gang leader to El Salvador
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – Police in Mexico City arrested one of the most wanted leaders of the notorious Mara Salvatrucha…
Mexican National Guard suspected of killing pregnant teenager -state official
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Members of Mexico’s National Guard are suspected of killing two civilians this weekend in the northern…
Gunmen storm Mexican resort, kill 7, including child
By Daniel Becerril MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Armed men on Saturday killed a child and six others after storming a…
Mexico and U.S. search for three American sailors last seen in Sinaloa
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s Navy and the United States are searching for three American sailors who were last seen…
US charges El Chapo sons, Chinese businessmen with fentanyl trafficking
By Katharine Jackson and Luc Cohen (Reuters) – The United States has charged leaders of the Mexico-based Sinaloa Cartel with…
U.S. imposes sanctions on Chinese companies in action over fentanyl
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Washington on Friday imposed sanctions on two entities based in China, accusing them supplying precursor chemicals to…