Tricked, abducted and killed: the last day of two child migrants in Mexico

Posted on February 16, 2019 by Admin

The deaths show the vulnerability of migrants forced to ‘remain in Mexico’ under new US policy for asylum seekers

On a Saturday afternoon in December, three Honduran boys walked out through the gates of the blue stucco YMCA shelter for unaccompanied child migrants in Tijuana, and turned past the gas station next door on to Cuauhtémoc Boulevard for a walk.

Their destination was a sports centre-turned-migrant camp to visit people they’d met travelling north with a caravan of other Central Americans.

Trump declares national emergency to build US-Mexico border wall

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Admin

Plan may divert billions from projects such as counterdrug efforts, has been condemned by Democrats and activists

Donald Trump has defied fierce criticism to announce that he is using emergency powers to bypass Congress and pursue the building of a wall on the US-Mexico border.

At a combative, rambling and at times incoherent press conference in the White House, the US president insisted he had no choice but to declare a national emergency to stop illegal immigrants spreading crime and drugs.

Canada police rebuke public for complaining about late-night alert on murdered girl

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Admin

An emergency mobile phone alert about an abducted child resulted in a barrage of angry calls to police

Police in Canada have issued a rare rebuke to the public after a late-night emergency mobile phone alert about an abducted child prompted widespread complaints.

At 11.36pm on Thursday night, police in Ontario issued an amber alert for Riya Rajkumar, 11, after police feared the girl’s father had kidnapped her.

Venezuela: Juan Guaidó denies bid to unseat Maduro has failed

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Admin

Opposition leader believes movement for change in the country is irreversible

The Venezuelan opposition leader spearheading efforts to unseat Nicolás Maduro has rejected his rival’s claim that his campaign has failed but admitted the “trickle” of military defections to his side had so far been insufficient to force change.

In an interview with the Guardian, Juan Guaidó – now recognised as Venezuela’s legitimate interim president by more than 50 governments – insisted his country’s march into a new political era was unstoppable and Maduro’s “cruel dictatorship” doomed.

Vogue Brazil director resigns over birthday photos evoking slavery

Posted on February 15, 2019 by Admin

Images show Donata Meirelles, who is white, sitting on a throne-like seat flanked by four black women dressed in white

The fashion director of the Brazilian edition of Vogue has resigned after photos from her 50th birthday party drew criticism for evoking colonial depictions of slavery.

Images from the party showed Donata Meirelles, who is white, sitting on a throne-like seat flanked by four black women dressed in white at the celebration in Bahia, Brazil’s blackest state.

New drug raises hopes of reversing memory loss in old age

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Admin

Toronto researchers believe the drug can also help those with depression, schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s

An experimental drug that bolsters ailing brain cells has raised hopes of a treatment for memory loss, poor decision making and other mental impairments that often strike in old age.

The drug could be taken as a daily pill by over-55s if clinical trials, which are expected to start within two years, show that the medicine is safe and effective at preventing memory lapses.

Haiti in disarray as anti-government protests lead to prison breakout

Posted on February 14, 2019 by Admin

Demonstrations over missing $4bn in development funds leave police overstretched, allowing 78 inmates to escape

The impoverished Caribbean nation of Haiti, hit by days of violent demonstrations that have claimed four lives, has suffered a mass prison breakout after 78 inmates escaped while police were dealing with protesters.

The demonstrations, the culmination of months of anti-corruption protests over the fate of almost $4bn (£3.1bn) in missing funds earmarked for social development – delivered via a controversial deal for Venezuelan petrol – have swelled in recent days under the slogan: “Kot kòb Petrocaribe a?” (“Where’s the Petrocaribe money?”).

Nicolás Maduro claims foes ‘totally failed’ to topple him as efforts falter

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Admin

The US conceded it was ‘impossible to predict’ how long Maduro will remain in power

Venezuela’s embattled leader, Nicolás Maduro, has claimed he has seen off a dramatic opposition challenge to his rule, as those efforts appeared to falter and the United States conceded it was “impossible to predict” how long he might remain in power.

In an interview with Euronews, Maduro boasted that his political foes had “failed totally” in their quest to topple him. Opponents “could march every single day of their lives” and achieve nothing, Maduro said.

‘If it gets me, it gets me’: the town where residents live alongside polar bears

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Admin

Residents of Churchill, Canada share their streets with the largest land carnivore in the world as their isolated town’s identity faces a reckoning: a revitalized port

Spend enough time in Churchill, and you will hear the stories.

Of hearing a noise outside, pulling open the drapes and seeing a polar bear looking in through the window.

Will El Chapo’s conviction change anything in the drug trade?

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Admin

The nearly half a century old ‘war on drugs’ shows no sign of ending, and neither does the illegal drug trade

Standing on the steps of the Brooklyn courthouse amid flurries of sleet and snow, US attorney Richard Donoghue hailed the conviction of Joaquín “El Chapo ” Guzmán as a famous victory in America’s longest conflict.

“There are those who say the war on drugs is not worth fighting. Those people are wrong,” he said.

Brazil environment minister’s dismissal of slain Amazon defender stirs outrage

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Admin

Ricardo Salles’ comments fuel criticism of administration’s stance, which environmentalists say is excessively pro-business

Brazilian environmental groups have blasted Jair Bolsonaro’s environment minister after he dismissed the murdered Amazon rain forest defender Chico Mendes as “irrelevant”.

‘Venezuela doesn’t want you’: protesters intensify mutiny against Maduro

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Admin

Thousands of demonstrators marched across the country as rebellion enters its fourth week and Maduro clings to power

Tens of thousands of demonstrators have poured back on to the streets of Caracas and towns and cities across Venezuela to intensify their mutiny against Nicolás Maduro.

Door slams on guilty El Chapo after old mob pals line up to squeal

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Admin

Guzman’s dramatic trial showed how the cartels that traffick most of the world’s drugs today do not honour the mafia code of omertà

When Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán is sentenced on 25 June, he will most likely be sent to US maximum-security prison from which there will be no more tunnels and no more escapes.

Guzmán was convicted on all 10 charges after years of painstaking behind-the-scenes work by US Department of Justice prosecutors who cut deals with captive drug traffickers to get their man.

El Chapo trial: Mexican drug cartel boss found guilty

Posted on February 12, 2019 by Admin

Joaquín Guzmán, 61, could spend the rest of his life behind bars after being convicted following three-month New York trial

The notorious cartel boss Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán has been found guilty of 10 counts of drug trafficking, at the end of a three-month New York trial that featured dramatic testimony of prison escapes, gruesome killings and million-dollar political payoffs.

As El Chapo deliberations drag on, the unthinkable is asked – can he get off?

Posted on February 11, 2019 by Admin

Jury has surprised observers and unnerved prosecutors by asking for transcripts of ‘snitch’ witnesses

Whatever happens in the jury room in Brooklyn this Monday morning, people outside are starting to think the unthinkable: that Joaquín “El Chapo ” Guzmán might get off.

It would be a reckless gambler that would bet on acquittal for the accused Mexican drug lord, but the odds shorten with each day of indecision. This is not the slam-dunk conviction prosecutors – and most of the rest of the world – were expecting.

Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro’s demise is ‘irreversible’, Trump adviser says

Posted on February 10, 2019 by Admin

Top Latin America adviser claims ‘there is not a single scenario’ in which Maduro and his ‘cronies’ are able to retain power

Donald Trump’s top Latin America adviser has claimed “there is not a single scenario” in which Nicolás Maduro and his “cronies” are able to retain power in Venezuela.

The revolt against Maduro’s regime is entering its fourth week, with the Venezuelan strongman showing no sign of relinquishing power despite a startling and largely unforeseen challenge from a previously obscure opposition leader called Juan Guaidó.

Rio declares three days of mourning after fire kills 10 teenage footballers

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Admin

Flamengo president says it is ‘the worst tragedy to happen to the club in its 123 years’

Rio de Janeiro has declared three days of mourning as investigators seek to determine the cause of the fire that killed 10 teenage footballers at the training centre of the city’s Flamengo football club on Friday morning.

Cláudio Castro, the vice governor of Rio de Janeiro state, said authorities were looking at the possibility of a short circuit in an air conditioning unit.

Emiliano Sala: family of missing pilot launch fundraiser to continue search

Posted on February 9, 2019 by Admin

David Ibbotson, who was flying light aircraft that crashed in Channel, has not been found

The family of the missing pilot of the plane carrying the footballer Emiliano Sala have set up a fundraising page for donations to restart a search for him.

Sala’s body was recovered and formally identified earlier this week but David Ibbotson, who was flying the light aircraft, has not been found.

Evacuation alert at Vale-owned mine in Brazil two weeks after disaster

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Admin

Five hundred people told to leave area around Sul Superior tailings dam at mine near Belo Horizonte

Brazilian authorities have ordered the mining company Vale to evacuate hundreds of people from the vicinity of a dam in Minas Gerais, two weeks after a dam breach at another Vale mine in the state killed an estimated 300 people.

Vale said it was evacuating 500 people from three communities around the Sul Superior tailings dam at the Gongo Soco mine, near Belo Horizonte, on the orders of the national mining agency. It said it was a preventive measure after an engineering consulting firm, Walm, refused to give the dam a declaration of stability.

‘Pain has no borders’: loved ones recall victims of Toronto serial killer

Posted on February 8, 2019 by Admin

The eight men murdered by Bruce McArthur – many of south Asian or Middle Eastern heritage – all had lives, hopes and dreams

When Greg Dunn addressed a packed Toronto courtroom this week, his voice drew taut as he spoke of his close friend Andrew Kinsman, who was murdered by the serial killer Bruce McArthur.

“Fractures never heal as well as a break and they tend to bother you for the rest of your life,” Dunn said. “My life has been truly fractured. My heart, soul and spirit have been fractured. They may heal in time, but it will never be the same.”

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Category Archives: Americas

Tricked, abducted and killed: the last day of two child migrants in Mexico

Trump declares national emergency to build US-Mexico border wall

Canada police rebuke public for complaining about late-night alert on murdered girl

Venezuela: Juan Guaidó denies bid to unseat Maduro has failed

Vogue Brazil director resigns over birthday photos evoking slavery

New drug raises hopes of reversing memory loss in old age

Haiti in disarray as anti-government protests lead to prison breakout

Nicolás Maduro claims foes ‘totally failed’ to topple him as efforts falter

‘If it gets me, it gets me’: the town where residents live alongside polar bears

Will El Chapo’s conviction change anything in the drug trade?

Brazil environment minister’s dismissal of slain Amazon defender stirs outrage

‘Venezuela doesn’t want you’: protesters intensify mutiny against Maduro

Door slams on guilty El Chapo after old mob pals line up to squeal

El Chapo trial: Mexican drug cartel boss found guilty

As El Chapo deliberations drag on, the unthinkable is asked – can he get off?

Venezuela: Nicolás Maduro’s demise is ‘irreversible’, Trump adviser says

Rio declares three days of mourning after fire kills 10 teenage footballers

Emiliano Sala: family of missing pilot launch fundraiser to continue search

Evacuation alert at Vale-owned mine in Brazil two weeks after disaster

‘Pain has no borders’: loved ones recall victims of Toronto serial killer