UN chief urges international aid in visit to gang-ravaged Haiti
By Harold Isaac PORT-AU-PRINCE (Reuters) -United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres, visiting Haiti’s capital on Saturday, said international aid has not…
Latin America
Venezuela blasts U.S. for critique over barred opposition candidate
CARACAS (Reuters) – Venezuela’s government on Saturday said it rejected the U.S. stance around the South American country’s upcoming elections,…
Pope names Argentine bishop, author of kissing book, to top Vatican post
By Philip Pullella (Reuters) – Pope Francis has named an Argentine theologian and prolific author who decades ago wrote a…
US chicken producers ordered to face price-fixing claims
By Jonathan Stempel (Reuters) – A federal judge on Friday said Pilgrim’s Pride, Sanderson Farms, Tyson Foods and several other…
Bolsonaro barred from holding public office in Brazil until 2030
By Ricardo Brito and Gabriel Araujo BRASILIA (Reuters) – Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s political career was in tatters on…
Prominent Mexican vigilante leader slain in violent attack
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – The prominent leader of a vigilante group in the western Mexican state of…
Argentina economic activity slumps 4.2% in April as drought hit farming
By Hernan Nessi BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina’s economic slumped 4.2% in April from a year earlier, the country’s official…
Argentina makes IMF payment as deal talks grind on
By Rodrigo Campos and Jorge Otaola NEW YORK/BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) -The International Monetary Fund said on Friday that Argentina is…
Colombia central bank keeps interest rate unchanged, ending cycle of rises
By Nelson Bocanegra and Carlos Vargas BOGOTA (Reuters) -Colombia’s central bank board on Friday unanimously held the benchmark interest rate…
US top diplomat Blinken to discuss Haiti crises with country’s premier
By Daphne Psaledakis and Arshad Mohammed WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken will discuss political, security and…