Latin America

BRICS invites six new members to join, covering over 1/3 of the world's population

5:51pm August 24, 2023

by Kate Bartlett

The BRICS group of emerging economies have invited six new members to join — expanding their reach to cover over a third of the world's population in an attempt to reshape the global world order.

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Nearly 500,000 people gathered in Cali, Colombia for the 27th annual Petronio Alvarez Festival. Nidia Góngora and her group Canalón de Timbiquí performed on the main stage.

Welcome to 'El Petronio,' the biggest celebration of Afro-Colombian music and culture

4:36pm August 23, 2023

by Betto Arcos

The Petronio Alvarez Festival has been the biggest source of income for artists, cooks and vendors in the Pacific region. But some critics say they want the festival to return to its roots.

Valerie Laveus greets her nephew Tristan-Ryan Malherbe Daniel, as he and his dad, Reginald Malherbe Daniel, rear, arrive in the U.S. for the first time at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, in Fort Lauderdale, Fla.

National

A key part of the White House's strategy for the U.S.-Mexico border goes on trial

5:00am August 23, 2023

by Joel Rose

The U.S. has admitted hundreds of thousands of migrants under a legal authority known as parole. Critics say it stretches the law too far. Now a federal judge in Texas is set to hold a trial.

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National

Texas retrieves anti-migrant buoys that moved to Mexico's side of the Rio Grande

7:58am August 22, 2023

by David Martin Davies

The Justice Department filed a lawsuit against Texas for placing the buoys in the Rio Grande. It's part of Republican Gov. Greg Abbott's effort to keep migrants from crossing the boarder.

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Guatemala astonishing victory of an anti-corruption presidential candidate

6:11pm August 21, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption campaigner has swept to an astonishing victory in the presidential elections there, but will the ruling elite honor Bernardo Arevalo's landslide result?

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Guatemalan presidential candidate for the Semilla party, Bernardo Arévalo, celebrates the results of the presidential runoff election in Guatemala City, on Sunday.

World News

Guatemala's anti-corruption candidate wins presidency in a landslide vote

1:43pm August 21, 2023

by Eyder Peralta

In Guatemala, an anti-corruption candidate wins the runoff election by a landslide, in a vote that was a critical test of the Central American country's democratic credentials.

Morning news brief

7:57am August 21, 2023

Tropical storm Hilary brings heavy rain to parts of California. An anti-corruption candidate appears to have won Guatemala's presidential runoff. Lawmakers in Tennessee to meet in a special session.

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BRICS group of major emerging economies will hold a summit in Johannesburg

5:04am August 21, 2023

by Philip Reeves

The trade block formerly known as BRICS — Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa — will meet this week with the expansion and the impact of the war in Ukraine high on the agenda.

Anti-corruption candidate wins Guatemala's presidency in a landslide vote

5:04am August 21, 2023

a reformist candidate has beaten the odds and will become president-elect. With nearly 100% of the vote counted, Bernardo Arévalo leads with more than 20 percentage votes.

Bernardo Arevalo, presidential candidate with the Semilla Movement, shows his finger dyed with electoral ink after voting in the run-off presidential election in Guatemala City, Sunday, Aug. 20, 2023.

World News

Progressive Arévalo moves to decisive lead in Guatemala's presidential election

11:41pm August 20, 2023

by The Associated Press

Outsider Bernardo Arévalo appeared to be the "virtual winner" of Sunday's election to be Guatemala's next president after voters made a decisive choice for change.