Observers fear pandemic could be responsible for deaths, adding intrigue to freedom protests taking place in Cuba and USFive mostly elderly and retired Cuban military generals have died in recent days in mysterious circumstances, the country’s communis…
Leftwing rural teacher Pedro Castillo sworn in as president of Peru
Castillo vows to govern ‘for the people and with the people’ but will face deeply divided CongressA rural school teacher who has never held public office has been sworn in as Peru’s new president pledging to govern “with the people and for the people” …
A young Mexican mourns his teenage cousin: Luis Antonio Rojas’s best photograph
‘Children have to deal with the fallout of the drug trade. They are the ones who can’t walk to their school in safety, who have to train to use a gun’In the mountains of Guerrero in south-west Mexico, there is a small town called Alcozacán. Violence is…
London court reopens $7bn Brazil dam collapse lawsuit against BHP
Six years after deadly Fundao dam rupture, lawsuit against Anglo-Australian mining giant proclaimed as ‘an opportunity for real justice’ London’s court of appeal made a U-turn on Tuesday by agreeing to reopen a US$7bn lawsuit by 200,000 claimants agai…