Colombia presidential hopeful Miguel Uribe in ‘critical’ condition after emergency surgery
The 39-year-old senator was shot at a campaign rally in Bogota on 7 June and has now undergone three surgeries Colombian senator and presidential hopeful...
Category : Americas
Episode four: the ambush
The Guardian’s Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, recalls the moment that he and others on the search team found Dom and Bruno’s belongings in a...
Send in armed UN troops to protect aid convoys or risk ‘dystopia’, says expert
UN rapporteur calls for move as food deliveries are attacked and starvation becomes a weapon of war in Gaza and Sudan UN peacekeepers should be...
Brazil to auction oil exploration rights months before hosting Cop30
Sale covering 56,000 square miles set to go ahead despite opposition from Indigenous and environmental groups The Brazilian government is preparing to stage an oil...
Canada and India to share terrorism intelligence despite 2023 murder plot, says report
Accord comes as Mark Carney seeks shift in Ottawa’s relationship with New Delhi after long diplomatic spat Canada and India plan to share intelligence in...
Family of woman who died from Covid after giving birth sues Brazilian state
Exclusive: Lidiane Vieira Frazão, a black woman from Rio, was repeatedly denied appropriate treatment as President Bolsonaro downplayed the pandemic, lawsuit says In the early...
Cuba’s students call for resignations and strikes after brutal internet price hike
Students say rise in prices was trigger but underlying anger was communist government’s increasing reliance on USD Having endured electricity blackouts, water shortages, transport failures...
At least seven dead and 50 wounded as Colombia hit with bombings and gun attacks
Police say 19 attacks launched on targets in Cali and nearby areas, hitting police posts, municipal buildings and civilians Colombia has been rocked by a...
‘The odds are astronomical’: Canadian man wins lottery jackpots four times
Cancer survivor David Serkin won draws in August, November and May, and another more than a decade ago How do you say “lottery winner” in...
‘Win-win’: new maps reveal best opportunities for global reforestation
New study shows regions with best potential to regrow trees and suck climate-heating CO2 from the air New maps have revealed the best “win-win” opportunities...
