Latin America

Hurricane Beryl strengthens into a Category 4 storm as it nears the southeast Caribbean

Hurricane Beryl has strengthened into a powerful Category 4 storm as it approaches the southeast Caribbean.

Bolivian president orchestrated a ‘self-coup,’ political rival Evo Morales claims

Bolivian general accused of failed coup is transferred to a maximum-security prison

Bolivia’s leader says the general accused of leading failed coup wanted to ‘take over’ as president

Brazil’s Pantanal wetlands fire season hasn’t officially started but it’s already breaking records

Venezuelans rehearse voting weeks before the pivotal presidential election

Some Venezuelans have cast mock votes in a rehearsal less than a month before the highly anticipated election in which President Nicolas Maduro seeks a third term.

Judge in Ecuador orders judges, attorneys and officials held in jail as part of corruption probe

A judge in Ecuador has ordered that more than a dozen suspects including judges, attorneys and government officials be held in jail while authorities investigate judicial rulings that allegedly favored criminals.

Judge acquits 28 people accused in Panama Papers case, including law firm co-founder

A judge has acquitted 28 people accused of money laundering in an international case known as the Panama Papers. Among those acquitted Friday was Jürgen Mossack.

Cuba’s first transgender athlete shows the progress and challenges faced by LGBTQ people

Ely Malik Reyes stepped onto the platform and began delivering powerful punches and spectacular flying kicks against his combatant.

In an Argentine court, Venezuelans testify to alleged crimes against humanity under President Maduro

Venezuelans have brought their crimes-against-humanity case to a federal court 3,000 miles from home — in Argentina.

Judge partially ends court oversight of migrant children, chipping away at 27-year arrangement

A federal judge has approved the Biden administration’s request to partially end a nearly three-decade-old agreement to provide court oversight of how the government cares for migrant children in its custody.

Panama’s next president wants a deal with US on deporting migrants who cross the perilous Darien Gap

Panama’s President-elect José Raúl Mulino says he wants an agreement with the United States on deporting migrants who cross into the world’s busiest migration route, the perilous Darien Gap, along his country’s border with Colombia.

President Milei’s radical state overhaul officially becomes law after months of debate and protests

Argentina’s lower house has approved President Javier Milei’s sweeping economic overhaul bills, sealing a much-needed legislative victory for the libertarian leader after six months of bruising negotiations and raucous protests that had raised questions about his ability to govern.

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

June 21-27, 2024

People celebrated International Yoga Day on Copacabana beach in Rio de Janeiro. Bolivian soldiers entered the presidential palace in what President Luis Arce called a coup attempt.

Mexico’s incoming president appoints expert in sustainable development as head of energy

Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has announced five more members of her future cabinet.

Biden’s asylum halt is falling hardest on Mexicans and other nationalities Mexico will take

The Biden administration’s asylum halt that has led to a 40% drop in arrests for illegal border crossings this month falls hardest on nationalities most susceptible to being deported.

President Luis Arce’s career has mirrored Bolivia’s economic trajectory from boom to bust

The president of Bolivia is a 60-year-old leftist whom many see as an opponent of Washington-backed free-market and neoliberal policies.

More than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the Florida Keys

Local and federal agencies say that a group of more than a hundred Haitian migrants arrived in a sailboat off the lower Florida Keys.

Trial starts over the 2022 assassination attempt of Argentina’s Cristina Fernández de Kirchner

An Argentine federal court has opened proceedings in the trial of three people suspected in the assassination attempt two years ago of then-Vice President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, one of the country’s most powerful and divisive political figures in recent decades.

Former Honduran president sentenced to 45 years for helping traffickers get tons of cocaine into US

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández has been sentenced to 45 years in prison and fined $8 million for enabling drug traffickers to use his military and national police force to help get tons of cocaine into the United States.

Guatemalan appeals court revokes order to grant house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora

A Guatemalan appeals court has revoked a judge’s order to give house arrest to journalist José Rubén Zamora, known for railing against corruption in the Central American country.

Tax the super-rich, says a new report commissioned by Brazil for its G20 presidency

A global tax on the super-rich is proposed in a new report that Brazil commissioned for its current presidency of the leading 20 rich and developing nations.

Brazilian police official wins crucial backing to become the next head of Interpol

Brazilian police official Valdecy Urquiza has won a crucial vote of confidence toward becoming the next head of Interpol and its first non-Western chief after the organization’s executive committee selected him as its preferred candidate.

Trial begins in Ecuador over murder of presidential candidate Villavicencio

Ecuador’s highest court has put five suspects on trial for last year’s murder of presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio.

Puerto Rico sues former officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30M in public funds

Puerto Rico’s Justice Department says it is suing at least 30 ex-government officials accused of corruption to recover more than $30 million in public funds.

US ambassador visits conflict-ridden Mexican state to expedite avocado inspections

United States Ambassador Ken Salazar has praised Mexico’s effort protect American agricultural inspectors in the conflict-ridden state of Michoacan on Monday, a week after the U.S. suspended avocado and mango inspections following an attack on inspectors.

Massive displacement latest sign of fear in Mexican state disputed by cartels

It was night when residents began hearing gunshots in the remote southern Mexico town of Tila. Then came trucks and the voices of men discussing which houses to burn.

US judge sentences Germine Joly, former leader of a powerful gang in Haiti, to 35 years in prison

The leader of a notoriously violent gang in Haiti linked to the kidnapping of 16 U.S. citizens has been sentenced to 35 years in prison.

Puerto Rico power company suspends $65M worth of maintenance projects, sparking outcry amid outages

The private operator of Puerto Rico’s power grid has confirmed the deferral of $65 million worth of maintenance and improvement projects in the U.S. territory.

Colombia launches talks with rebel group led by fighters who returned to arms after 2016 peace deal

Colombia has launched peace talks with the Second Marquetalia rebel group as President Gustavo Petro’s administration tries to pacify rural areas of the country that have seen rising violence despite efforts to broker ceasefires with various armed groups.

Bitter political fight in Bolivia is paralyzing the government as unrest boils over economic crisis

Prices are surging in Bolivia, dollars are scarce and lines snake away from supply-strapped gas stations.

Star Wars fans hone their lightsaber dueling skills at a Mexico City Jedi academy

A park on the south side of Mexico’s capital lights up with a multicolored glow of lightsabers as a man slashing a white saber through the air shouts: “Check the defense!”

It’s the longest bridge ever built in Peru, and so far, it goes nowhere

It is the longest bridge ever built in Peru, a massive structure of cement and iron spanning the Nanay River as it connects to untouched areas of the Peruvian Amazon.

2 people killed when police clash with locals protesting pork processing plant in Mexico

Two people have been killed when locals protesting alleged water contamination by a pork processing plant clashed with police in the Mexican gulf coast state of Veracruz.

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

June 14-20, 2024

Indigenous women in Ecuador take on soccer by inventing a sport: handball in traditional skirts.

Argentina’s president promises to quash corruption then shocks with his Supreme Court pick

Campaigning last year as a libertarian outsider in the presidential race, Javier Milei electrified crowds with his vows to destroy Argentina’s corrupt political elite.

Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo says he found a ‘semi-destroyed country’ on taking office

Nearly six months into his administration Guatemala President Bernardo Arévalo says opposition in the Congress and the Attorney General’s Office have made it difficult to implement the change he seeks for the Central American nation that he says he found “semi-destroyed.”

Without main opposition contender, Venezuela candidates vow to respect presidential election results

Eight of 10 candidates in Venezuela’s upcoming presidential election, including President Nicolás Maduro, have signed an agreement binding them to respect the results of the contest as announced by electoral authorities.

Mexico’s incoming president announces first Cabinet picks: academics and former public servants

Mexico’s incoming President Claudia Sheinbaum has begun naming her Cabinet, presenting an even gender distribution and a heavy presence from academia and her prior administration as Mexico City’s mayor.

Heat wave claims lives of at least 125 in Mexico this year, hitting country’s most vulnerable

Mexico’s health ministry has tallied at least 125 heat-related deaths this year. More than 2,300 more have suffered heat stroke, dehydration and sunburns.

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