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A Kenyan-led security mission finally starts to arrive in Haiti

But can it make a difference?

By Editors Desk

July 4, 2024

Americas

Venezuela to hold talks with US – Maduro The

The president of the South American nation has agreed to Washington’s proposal to re-start negotiations

By Editors Desk

July 2, 2024

Americas

Ecuador’s Risky War on Narcos

Does President Daniel Noboa’s campaign against drug gangs imperil the democracy he claims to defend?

By Editors Desk

June 19, 2024

Americas

Javier Milei finally lugs key reforms through Argentina’s Senate

Markets celebrated the two bills’ passing, after protesters took to the streets of Buenos Aires

By Editors Desk

June 14, 2024

Americas

Have Milei's first six months improved the Argentine economy?

When Javier Milei was campaigning last year to become the president of Argentina, he brandished a chainsaw to symbolise his determination to substantially cut public spending.

By Editors Desk

June 10, 2024

Americas

Mexico elects first woman president

Claudia Sheinbaum of the ruling Morena party is projected to have won between 58.3% and 60.7% of the vote, according to officials

By Editors Desk

June 3, 2024

Americas

Mexicans Are on the Verge of Electing Their First Female President

Claudia Sheinbaum is the front-runner in Mexico’s presidential race, but she is wrestling with the image that she could be a pawn of the current president.

By Editors Desk

May 30, 2024

Americas

Haiti's transitional council names Garry Conille as prime minister

Garry Conille was named Haiti’s new prime minister Tuesday evening, nearly a month after a coalition within a fractured transitional council had chosen someone else for the position.

By Editors Desk

May 29, 2024

Americas

Kenyan special forces police to arrive in Haiti to help combat gang violence

An advance group of Kenyan officers, part of a larger UN-backed ‘support mission’ to stabilize Haiti, landed in Port-au-Prince

By Editors Desk

May 22, 2024

Americas

US delegation travels to Turks and Caicos after 5 tourists detained over ammunition

The ammunition charge carries a minimum 12-year sentence in prison if convicted.

By Editors Desk

May 21, 2024

Americas

Former minister Jose Raul Mulino wins Panama presidential race

Jose Raul Mulino, the protege of a graft-convicted former head of state, was declared Panama's president-elect after elections Sunday.

By Editors Desk

May 6, 2024

Americas

South American state to sever ties with Israel

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has slammed the continued violence in Gaza, calling it “an extermination of an entire nation”

By Editors Desk

May 2, 2024

Americas

Haiti’s transitional council names new head

Haiti's transitional ruling council, which is leading the Caribbean nation following the resignation of its prime minister amid a wave of gang violence, chose politician Edgard Leblanc Fils as its head on Tuesday.

By Editors Desk

April 30, 2024

Americas

Ariel Henry resigns as Haiti's PM as transitional council takes power

Ariel Henry resigned Thursday as prime minister of Haiti, leaving the way clear for a new government to be formed in the Caribbean country, which has been wracked by gang violence that killed or injured more than 2,500 people from January to March.

By Editors Desk

April 25, 2024

Americas

US reimposes sanctions on Venezuela as Maduro continues opposition crackdown

The United States said Wednesday it will snap back sanctions on Venezuela's crucial oil industry after President Nicolas Maduro's government continued its repression of opponents.

By Editors Desk

April 18, 2024

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