Two years of severe drought in the Amazon rainforest have left nearly half a million children facing shortages of water and food or limited access
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Cuba hit by second nationwide blackout as Hurricane Rafael makes landfall
Cuba’s national power grid has suffered a country-wide blackout as Hurricane Rafael made landfall on the island’s south-west coast as a powerful category 3 hurricane.
Sheinbaum tells Mexicans stunning Trump win is ‘nothing to worry about’
Mexico’s president, Claudia Sheinbaum, has reassured her country that “there’s nothing to worry about” after Donald Trump’s stunning victory in the US presidential election. But
Mexico to pursue judicial elections plan after top court fails to block reform
The Mexican government will press ahead with a controversial reform to elect all judges by popular vote after the supreme court fell one vote short
US cancels $1.1bn of Somalia’s debt in ‘historic’ financial agreement
Somalia has announced that more than $1.1bn (£860m) of outstanding loans will be cancelled by the US, a sum representing about a quarter of the
Lightning strike kills football player during match in Peru
Lightning has killed a 34-year-old player and injured five others during a football match in Peru. Sunday’s game between Juventud Bellavista and Familia Chocca in
Suspected homicide of politician shocks Antigua and Barbuda
The prime minister of Antigua and Barbuda has expressed “deep shock and sadness” after the suspected homicide of one of the country’s most prominent MPs.
Tropical Storm Rafael gains intensity in Caribbean as it nears Cuba
Tropical Storm Rafael has grown more powerful in the Caribbean Sea and is poised to reach hurricane strength on Wednesday, carrying the risk of damaging
Netflix adapts Pedro Páramo, the great Mexican novel that inspired Márquez
“I came to Comala because I was told that my father lived here, a certain Pedro Páramo.” Many Mexicans know the first sentence of Juan
World watches with bated breath as US votes for Harris or Trump
From Brazil to Ireland and Germany to the Caribbean, this year’s knife-edge – and more than usually momentous – US presidential vote will be watched