Americas

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Cuba blames US for stoking protests amid power cuts and food shortages
US embassy says ‘absurd’ to suggest Washington behind protests in Santiago de Cuba led by parents struggling to feed their children

Ruaridh Nicoll in Havana

18, Mar, 2024 @7:17 PM

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Medical studies find no trace of physical harm in Havana syndrome patients
Two new studies find no significant differences between US government officials suffering from condition and control group

Julian Borger in Washington

18, Mar, 2024 @5:04 PM

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‘The stigma has returned’: abortion access in turmoil in Javier Milei’s Argentina
Health workers fear the return of unsafe abortions as recent statements lead to a spike in doctors refusing to provide care

Harriet Barber in Buenos Aires

18, Mar, 2024 @11:15 AM

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‘Holy grail of shipwrecks’: recovery of 18th-century Spanish ship could begin in April
The San José, sunk in 1708, has been at the center of a dispute over who has rights to the wreck, including $17bn in booty

Luke Taylor in Bogotá

18, Mar, 2024 @10:30 AM

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Haiti healthcare system on verge of collapse as gang warfare rages on
Only a single hospital in Port-au-Prince remains open, with others devoid of staff as patients look for care and the dead pile up

Luke Taylor

17, Mar, 2024 @12:15 PM

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Plundered and corrupted for 200 years, Haiti was doomed to end in anarchy | Kenan Malik
Successive foreign governments plunged it into unpayable debt and left its citizens in penury

Kenan Malik

16, Mar, 2024 @7:00 PM

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Bolsonaro laid out plan for Brazil coup after defeat by Lula, ex-commanders say
Testimony contained in documents released by supreme court details alleged plot to overturn result of 2022 Brazilian election

Constance Malleret in Rio de Janeiro

15, Mar, 2024 @8:00 PM

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Canada moves to protect coral reef that scientists say ‘shouldn’t exist’
Discovery was made after First Nations tipped off ecologists about groups of fish gathering in a fjord off British Columbia

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

15, Mar, 2024 @1:09 PM

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India blocks access to documentary about death of Sikh activist in Canada
CBC aired an investigation into the death of Hardeep Singh Nijjar, whose killing the Canadian government suspects India was behind

Leyland Cecco in Toronto

14, Mar, 2024 @4:02 PM

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‘A struggle for us all’: new film reveals light and shade of fight for Amazon
Five years in the making, We Are Guardians takes a hard look at the complexity of the struggle between Indigenous people, loggers and ranchers

Saeed Kamali Dehghan

14, Mar, 2024 @4:00 PM

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Guns and weapons trafficked from US fueling Haiti gang violence
Experts say most guns smuggled from places with lax firearms laws such as Florida, Arizona and Georgia

Oliver Laughland

14, Mar, 2024 @10:30 AM

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Can Haiti avoid history repeating as burning streets meet vying elites?
Plan for transitional council to rule after prime minister’s resignation brings strong sense of deja vu

Peter Beaumont

13, Mar, 2024 @7:59 PM

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