‘Disaster’: warning for democracy as experts condemn Meta over Canada news ban
Retaliatory move against Online News Act is ‘epic miscalculation’ that will promote spread of misinformation, analysts say Social media giant Meta’s ban on news access...
Category : Americas
Winter heatwave in Andes is sign of things to come, scientists warn
Human-caused climate disruption and El Niño push temperature in mountains to 37C Exceptional winter heat in the Andean mountains of South America has surged to...
Kenya’s offer to send police to Haiti sparks human rights concerns
Groups say move could worsen country’s security crisis given police force’s poor human rights record An offer from Kenya to dispatch police officers to Haiti...
Meta to end news access in Canada over publisher payment law
Move comes in response to Canadian legislation requiring internet giants to pay news publishers Meta has begun the process to end access to news on...
Four Nigerians survive 14 days on ship’s rudder before Brazilian rescue
Four men traveled about 5,600km before being rescued by Brazilian federal police in south-eastern port of Vitória On their 10th day at sea, the four...
Colombian president’s son arrested in money-laundering inquiry
Nicolás Petro held as part of investigation into funds he allegedly collected from drug traffickers during 2022 election campaign The son of the Colombian president...
Mexican security forces were complicit in kidnapping of 43 student teachers, report reveals
Report finds army, navy, police and intelligence agencies knew, minute by minute, where the student teachers were Mexican security forces at local, state and federal...
El Salvador clears way for mass trials as crackdown on gangs ramps up
Congress passes bill that could allow 900 people to be tried together if they are accused of being in the same criminal group Nayib Bukele’s...
Brazil: descendants of Africans who escaped slavery gain census recognition
Data counts 1.3m quilombola, historically excluded population whose communities were founded by fugitive enslaved people More than 1.3 million Brazilians who identify as descendants of...
Ecuador declares prison emergency as inmates killed and 100 guards taken hostage
President Lasso imposes 60-day order and authorizes armed forces to retake control of country’s violence-plagued prisons Ecuador’s president, Guillermo Lasso, has declared a 60-day state...
