Tag: Latin America and Caribbean
Uprooted again: Venezuela migrants cross US border in droves
DEL RIO, Texas — Marianela Rojas huddles in prayer with her fellow migrants, a tearful respite after trudging across a slow-flowing stretch of the...
Puerto Rico to receive nearly $4B in US pandemic funds
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico — U.S. Education Secretary Miguel Cardona said Monday that Puerto Rico will receive nearly $4 billion in federal education pandemic...
AP Sportlight
June 29
1906 — Alex Smith shoots a record 295 to...
US to open Olympic baseball against Israel on July 30
Host Japan will open the Olympic baseball tournament against the Dominican Republic at Fukushima on July 28, and Mike Scioscia's U.S. team will start...
Nicaragua’s police spread fear with arrests, raids
MANAGUA, Nicaragua — It was around 10:30 p.m. on a Sunday night when journalist Verónica Chávez heard a loud noise as she put her...
Mexico high court mandates permits for personal pot use
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s Supreme Court ordered the government Monday to issue permits for the personal use of marijuana and for the growing of...
Man faces charges after jumping from moving plane in LA
LOS ANGELES — A passenger who tried to break into an airplane's cockpit last week and jumped from the moving plane in Los...
Hurricane Enrique aims for brush with Mexico’s Pacific coast
MEXICO CITY — The first hurricane of the eastern Pacific season headed for a possible close brush with Mexico's southwestern shoulder Sunday night, and...
Guyana: 3 crewmembers killed when fuel vessel explodes
GEORGETOWN, Guyana — Three crewmen were killed in Guyana when a vessel used to transport fuel exploded at a pier, police said.
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No rest for record-chasing Messi at Copa America
CUIABA, Brazil — Record-chasing Lionel Messi doesn't want to rest at the Copa America despite Argentina already having secured its place in the quarterfinals....
