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Nicaraguan former president Violeta Chamorro waves as she arrives for the inauguration of President-elect Daniel Ortega in Managua in January 2007. Photo: AFP
War and conflict

Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua, dead at 95

The first woman to be elected president in the Americas, Chamorro ended the civil war between the Contras and the Sandinista government.

Crime

Police officer blown up with dynamite as Bolivia’s crisis deepens

Crime

Teen assassins plague Colombia decades after Escobar hired kids to kill

Colombia

Colombia rocked by deadly wave of bombings, gun attacks

Multiple attacks came as the country was already on edge after the attempted assassination of a presidential candidate.

A view of the wreckage of a car after it exploded in front of the City Hall in Corinto, Colombia. Photo: AFP
Colombia

Colombian presidential contender has successful surgery after shooting

The senator was addressing a rally in Bogotá when a gunman shot him thrice before being detained.

Crime

El Salvador convicts ex-military for 1982 killings of Dutch journalists

Former defence minister and two retired officers sentenced to 15 years in landmark ruling decades after civil war atrocity.

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Mexico

Mexico votes on judges amid El Chapo scandal and rule of law fears

Critics fear the overhaul risks judicial independence, but President Claudia Sheinbaum says the election will root out corruption in a flawed judiciary.

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum says the election will root out corruption in a flawed judiciary. Photo: EPA-EFE
Argentina

Maradona death trial collapses amid judge’s documentary scandal

New trial to start in Argentina after one of the three judges withdrew from the high-profile case.

United States

Opinion | Why UK-Mauritius deal over military base is more than a legal milestone

Once seen as a relic of colonialism, the Chagos Archipelago has evolved into a flashpoint in global strategic competition.

Argentina

Judge in Maradona homicide trial steps down amid scandal

Julieta Makintach was one of three judges in the trial of seven medical team members accused of negligence in the football legend’s death.

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Judge Julieta Makintach arrives at the courthouse in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Mainland China

Suriname elects leaders to steer new-found oil wealth

Tiny South America nation – which has growing ties to China – is battling debt but recent offshore crude discoveries suggest this may change.

People vote at a polling station during parliamentary elections in Paramaribo, Suriname on Sunday. Photo: AFP
Energy

Suriname poised for oil wealth injection as voters head to the polls

Besides investing in agriculture, tourism, health, education and green energy, some of the oil money is being paid directly to Surinamese citizens.

United States

Venezuelan opposition politician Guanipa arrested ahead of election

The rightist party has called on voters to boycott the ballot, which comes 10 months after President Nicolas Maduro was re-elected.

Diplomacy

Brazilian data partnership with China draws criticism from former officials

‘China is not a model for statistical openness,’ says Martha Mayer, ex-research director at Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics.

A databoard at the offices of the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics in Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Handout
Brazil

Sebastiao Salgado, award-winning Brazilian photographer, dies at age 81

One of the world’s most famous artists, his signature black-and-white images were marked by a deep interest in impoverished communities.

Brazilian photographer Sebastiao Salgado poses for a portrait in London in April 2024. Photo: AFP
Alibaba

Alibaba CEO doubles down on plans for ‘unified global cloud network’

Eddie Wu sees Alibaba Cloud providing the ‘best AI technical services’ to support Chinese enterprises’ global expansion.

Disease

Brazil urges China to limit chicken embargo to city with bird flu outbreak

China, a major consumer of Brazilian poultry, immediately suspended imports after the country reported a bird flu outbreak last week.

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El Salvador

El Salvador arrests human rights lawyer helping deported migrants

Rights groups said the arrest reflected a trend of growing authoritarianism under President Bukele, a Trump ally.

Ruth Eleonora Lopez was detained on Sunday. Photo: Attorney General of El Salvador via Reuters
European Union

EU follows China and bans Brazilian poultry exports after bird flu outbreak

Brazil confirmed its first outbreak of bird flu on a poultry farm on Friday.

Diplomacy

France to build supermax prison in South American territory

The facility in French Guiana, a territory north of Brazil, is intended for high-profile criminals such as drug kingpins and Islamist radicals.

Music

Just another album? Really good? Dire Straits pair on making of a hit

From Sting barking on Money for Nothing to replacing the drummer halfway through, recording bestselling Brothers in Arms was an experience.

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Dire Sraits’ John Illsley performs at The O2 Arena in London in 2020. Looking back at the making of the band’s hit 1985 album Brothers in Arms, he says: “I think it surpassed anything that we possibly could have imagined.” Photo: Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images
Taiwan

Beijing ‘flexible’ in courting Taiwan allies as Haiti, St Lucia attend summit

The Caribbean countries are among handful of nations with formal Taipei ties, but presence in Beijing signals pragmatism, analysts say.

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Haiti’s foreign minister Jean-Victor Harvel Jean-Baptiste attends the plenary session of the China-Celac Forum ministerial meeting in Beijing, China on Tuesday. Photo: EPA-EFE
Icons and Influencers

Gone, soon forgotten: Mexican TikTok influencer’s murder reveals femicide crisis

Mexico had 852 femicides in 2023, the fourth highest rate per capita in Latin America, according to a UN report.

Brazil

Brazil confirms bird flu outbreak, sparking China shipments ban

The South American nation exported US$10 billion of chicken meat last year, accounting for about 35 per cent of global trade.

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US-China relations

Outside In | China’s message on trade deals is clear: multilateral is the only way

The choice of the Swiss city of Geneva for US-China negotiations was telling, and the breakthroughs achieved are only the start of a long process.

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US Secretary of the Treasury Scott Bessent speaks to Chinese Vice-Premier He Lifeng in Geneva, Switzerland, on May 10. Photo: Handout via Reuters
China travel

China to expand visa-free travel to 5 Latin American countries

The announcement comes amid Beijing’s latest push to gather international support for its opposition to Donald Trump’s tariffs.

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China has been expanding visa-free access as part of a push to attract more foreign tourists. Photo: AP
Argentina

Milei orders immigration crackdown to ‘make Argentina great again’

New order tightens rules for residency and citizenship, and makes it easier to eject foreigners who break the law.

Venezuela

2-year-old girl reunites with mother in Venezuela after US deportation

Maikelys Espinoza was separated from her parents when they were removed from the US in what Venezuela denounced as a kidnapping.

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