A legal challenge against Guatemala’s election of an anti-corruption leader has been called an “attempted coup” by international organisations. Bernardo Arévalo is due to take office as president in January – but on Friday, the country’s prosecutor’s...
If Reginald Beckford had been told a few years ago that he would later make a living as a scuba diving instructor, he would probably have laughed. A long-held fear of sharks meant he preferred to keep his feet firmly on dry land. That is until he saw what lay beneath the ocean’s...
Catholics in Mexico are marking the feast day of Our Lady of Guadalupe, the day almost 500 years ago on which the Virgin Mary is said to have appeared to an indigenous man near what is today Mexico City. Every year, millions of faithful embark on a pilgrimage to the shrine on the...
The director of the Miss Nicaragua beauty pageant, Karen Celebertti, has stepped down 10 days after she was accused of treason. Police said Ms Celebertti had rigged the contest in favour of anti-government beauty queens. The accusations were made days after Miss Nicaragua, Sheynnis...
Argentina’s new government says it will weaken the value of its currency by more than 50% against the US dollar. It is part of the “economic shock therapy” that President Javier Milei says the country needs to fix its worst crisis in decades. Economy Minister Luis Caputo...
