Mexicans have been expressing their admiration and affection for the navy’s search and rescue dogs on social media after a photographer posted glossy portraits of the animals on his Twitter feed. Santiago Arau took photos of the dogs wearing the goggles which are used to protect their eyes from dust and chemicals when they are […]

Luxurious properties seized from drug cartel leaders have been sold at auction in Mexico City. Houses with swimming pools and escape tunnels, a large ranch and an apartment where a cartel leader was killed were all up for sale. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador had pledged that profits from the auction would go towards […]

Luxurious properties seized from drug cartel leaders have been sold at auction in Mexico City. Houses with swimming pools and escape tunnels, a large ranch and an apartment where a cartel leader was killed were all up for sale. Mexico’s President Andres Manuel López Obrador had pledged that profits from the auction would go towards […]

Honduras has deployed the military across the country after violent anti-government protests left two dead. Shops were looted and government buildings attacked in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Some roads were blocked with barricades and burning tyres. Protests against President Juan Orlando Hernández have been building in recent weeks, sparked by proposed health and education reforms. The […]

Honduras has deployed the military across the country after violent anti-government protests left two dead. Shops were looted and government buildings attacked in the capital, Tegucigalpa. Some roads were blocked with barricades and burning tyres. Protests against President Juan Orlando Hernández have been building in recent weeks, sparked by proposed health and education reforms. The […]

Hundreds of Hondurans have set off on a new migrant caravan towards the United States. An estimated 500 left early on Tuesday from the bus terminal in the crime-ridden Honduran city of San Pedro Sula. Another group of about 300 set off a few hours later. It comes as thousands of Hondurans and other Central […]

Once ruled by Spain, the Dominican Republic shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti, a former French colony. The Caribbean nation is a major tourist destination. This, coupled with free-trade zones, has become the country’s major employer and key sources of revenue, replacing dependence on sugar, coffee and other exports. The Dominican Republic is inhabited […]

Argentina is investigating what caused a massive power cut that hit nearly 50 million people. President Mauricio Macri called the outage “unprecedented”, promising a thorough inquiry. Almost all of Argentina, neighbouring Uruguay and some areas of Paraguay woke up to darkness on Sunday. The disruption hit public transport while hospitals were forced to run on […]

Failure in electrical interconnection has left several countries without electricity. An electrical failure has left Argentina and Uruguay without power, according to reports by local media.  Infobae, an Argentinian website, reported on Sunday that the country had been in the dark for more than an hour, and all trains were suspended. Uruguay’s UTE power company […]

Jair Bolsonaro won Brazil’s presidential election last October on a platform of change. He said he would deliver a safer Brazil to appease those worried about rising violence, an economic turnaround after several years of crisis and – perhaps most central to his campaign – an end to old-style corrupt politics which have seen dozens […]