Cash-strapped Casino to sell participation in Brazil’s Assai
PARIS (Reuters) – Heavily indebted French supermarket chain Casino on Thursday announced it would sell its residual equity stake in…
Latin America
Honduras hands prison control to military police, expands emergency powers after deadly riot
TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – Honduras will return control of most of the country’s penal system to the military police for the…
Drought-hit Panama Canal further restricts maximum ship depth
By Elida Moreno PANAMA CITY (Reuters) – The Panama Canal will expand restrictions on the largest ships crossing the waterway,…
St. Lucia, Martinique shut schools as Storm Bret churns closer
(Reuters) – The Caribbean islands of St. Lucia and Martinique will shut down schools and nurseries tomorrow ahead of the…
‘I feel death here’: Honduran family mourns mother, daughter killed in prison
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) – On Sunday, in their final telephone conversation, Paola Yamileth told her cousin she feared…
Brazil’s Lula discusses peace, poverty and inequality with pope
VATICAN CITY (Reuters) – Pope Francis met Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on Wednesday and discussed a range…
Grupo Mexico defends legality of San Martin mine operations after U.S. labor complaint
By Daina Beth Solomon MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Grupo Mexico said Wednesday it legally resumed operations at its San Martin…
Canada, Dominican Republic reach agreement over Haitian crisis response
OTTAWA (Reuters) – Canada and the Dominican Republic have agreed that Canada will coordinate assistance for Haiti by boosting staff…
Argentina to make $1.9 billion payment to IMF as scheduled – econ min source
BUENOS AIRES (Reuters) – Argentina will make scheduled payments totaling some $1.9 billion to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) on…
Jeffrey Epstein got $300 million tax breaks, paid US Virgin Islands police, JPMorgan says
By Jonathan Stempel NEW YORK (Reuters) -JPMorgan Chase said the U.S. Virgin Islands gave Jeffrey Epstein more than $300 million…