Latin America

Amid a dramatic standoff, Haiti extends its state of emergency for another 30 days

5:08am March 08, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

Gangs, which have called for the ouster of the country's defacto prime minister, are surrounding the Port Au Prince airport. The prime minister is presumed to still be in stranded in Puerto Rico.

Sandra Martínez Martínez shows the dirty tap water she and her family are using as toilet water at her home in the municipality of Ecatepec, in the State of Mexico, on Sunday.

Mexico City's long-running water problems are getting even worse

5:00am March 08, 2024

by Emily Green

Reservoirs that furnish a large part of the Mexican capital have fallen to historic lows, as low rainfall, climate change and mismanagement exacerbate the problem.

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A pedestrian walks past the international airport in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday. Gang members exchanged gunfire with police and soldiers around the airport in the latest of a series of attacks on government sites.

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Haiti's prime minister is stranded abroad as gangs threaten 'civil war'

6:18pm March 06, 2024

Haiti's embattled prime minister is in neighboring Puerto Rico, still unable to return to Port-au-Prince, as calls for him to resign grow louder by the day.

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Gabriel García Márquez greets journalists and neighbors on his birthday outside his house in Mexico City on March 6, 2014.

Gabriel García Márquez's last novel is published against his wishes

4:54pm March 06, 2024

by Carrie Kahn

Until August is the last novel of the Nobel Prize-winning author, a work he asked his sons to destroy. But, nearly 10 years after his death, they have decided to publish his final novel.

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A view of the destruction caused by demonstrators outside the presidential palace in Mexico City on Wednesday, during a protest over the disappearance of the 43 students of the Ayotzinapa teaching training school in 2014. The group of demonstrators knocked down one of the doors of building with a pickup truck.

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Protesters ram a truck into Mexico's presidential palace over missing students

12:47pm March 06, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

Protesters broke down the door of Mexico's presidential palace with a truck on Wednesday, demanding answers for 43 college students who went missing a decade ago.

A demonstrator holds up a Haitian flag during protests demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry in Port-au-Prince, Haiti, on Friday.

World News

3 things to know about the current crisis in Haiti

10:50am March 05, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

The scenes from Haiti may look familiar, as heavily armed gangs trade fire and civilians cower in fear. But there is something different about this latest episode.

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Armed gangs in Haiti trade fire with police and soldiers as civilians cower in fear

5:04am March 05, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

As gangs vow to topple the government, Haiti is entering its second day of a state of emergency.

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Haiti declares a state of emergency as security chaos continues

6:18pm March 04, 2024

by Eyder Peralta

Haiti has declared a state of emergency and curfews are in place until Wednesday, as the beleaguered island descends into more security chaos.

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A patient is transferred to a hospital after receiving medical care at an improvised military aid station set up to treat suspected cases of dengue fever in the administrative region of Ceilandia, on the outskirts of Brasilia, on February 6, 2024.

Health & Safety

With a million cases of dengue so far this year, Brazil is in a state of emergency

4:00pm March 04, 2024

by Jill Langlois

Brazil looks to short-term and long-term strategies to fight a disease so painful it's known as "breakbone fever." The outbreak is part of a global wave of dengue triggered in part by climate change.

Haiti orders a curfew as it tries to restore order after weekend jailbreaks

5:26am March 04, 2024

Haiti's government declared a state of emergency and curfew Sunday in a bid to regain control after violence over the weekend saw armed gang members storm the country's two biggest prisons.