Tag: Latin America and Caribbean
USA Basketball ends AmeriCup prelims 6-0, tops Mexico 96-75
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — This team that USA Basketball assembled for its final two FIBA AmeriCup qualifying games knew it would be together...
USA Basketball ends AmeriCup prelims 6-0, tops Mexico 96-75
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — This team that USA Basketball assembled for its final two FIBA AmeriCup qualifying games knew it would be together...
Stratigakis’ late goal lifts Canada over Argentina 1-0
ORLANDO, Fla. — Sarah Stratigakis scored in stoppage time to give Canada a 1-0 victory over Argentina in the SheBelieves Cup on Sunday.
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Chinese loans to Latin America plunge as virus strains ties
MIAMI — It seemed like a match made in finance heaven.
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Mexican president defends costly pet building projects
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador lashed out Monday at audits of some of his pet infrastructure projects by the country’s...
Guatemalans outraged by fake COVID-19 tests
GUATEMALA CITY — Lawmakers and rights official in Guatemala called Monday for an investigation into 30,000 fake COVID-19 tests that were bought by public...
Mexican national extradited to NY on sex trafficking charges
NEW YORK — A Mexican national accused of coercing women into working as prostitutes around the United States has been extradited to New York...
Israel says Equatorial Guinea to move embassy to Jerusalem
JERUSALEM — Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Friday that Equatorial Guinea would move its embassy to Jerusalem in the latest sign of improving...
Brazilian forward Pepê to join Porto from Gremio
SAO PAULO — Brazilian club Gremio has agreed to sell forward Pepê to Porto in the offseason in a €15 million ($18 million) deal,...
Officials: 8-year-old Honduran migrant drowned in Rio Grande
MEXICO CITY — A Honduran boy drowned as he attempted to cross the Rio Grande dividing Mexico and the United States, Mexican immigration officials...