Guatemala’s top electoral tribunal has declared Bernardo Arevalo the winner of the country’s presidential elections but his presidency was plunged into uncertainty even before it had officially begun after another government body suspended his Seed Movement party. Arevalo, the centre-left...
When India halted the exports of non-basmati white rice in late July to control soaring prices domestically and ensure its local availability, the country had an explanation ready. The ban, coming from the world’s largest rice exporter, was always going to send panic waves across the...
Tropical Storm Idalia has strengthened as it passed by the western tip of Cuba, taking aim at the Gulf coast of Florida as forecasters predicted it could become a hurricane “at any time”. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis on Monday warned that the storm – likely to make landfall in the US...
An independent panel of experts investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 students from a rural teachers’ college in Mexico announced they’re withdrawing from their probe because the government had failed to give them access to vital information.The Interdisciplinary Group of Independent...
A Chilean court has confirmed jail terms for seven elderly retired soldiers for the 1973 murder of beloved folk singer Victor Jara in the aftermath of the coup d’etat that installed Augusto Pinochet. The soldiers, aged between 73 and 85 and free men until the ruling, will now have to...
