The fight for Rogers Communications has riven one of Canada’s richest families – and began with an accidental butt dialFor weeks, Canadians have been gripped by a messy public feud splintering one of the country’s richest families. Kicked off by an acc…
Ancient Maya canoe found in Mexico could be more than 1,000 years old
Boat was discovered in freshwater pool during construction of a tourist train to the ruins of Maya city A wooden canoe used by the ancient Maya and believed to be more than 1,000 years old has turned up in southern Mexico almost completely intact, offi…
Mexico City to replace Columbus statue with pre-Hispanic sculpture of woman
The statue is a replica of a mysterious carving of an Indigenous figure unearthed in January known as the Young Woman of AmajacA replica of a mysterious pre-Hispanic sculpture of an Indigenous woman has been chosen to replace a statue of Christopher Co…
Cuba denies opposition permission for march in Havana after July protests
Letter says protest planned for 15 November has ‘the open intention of changing the political system in Cuba’Cuba has denied government opponents permission to stage what they said would be a peaceful march for civil liberties in the capital Havana and…
Bolsonaro must be held criminally responsible for assault on the Amazon, say activists
In a petition to the international criminal court experts said the ‘mass deforestation’ poses a clear dangerThe Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro must be held criminally responsible for a “ruthless” assault on the Amazon that has exacerbated the clima…
Agony of Ecuador’s brutal prison massacre endures for bereaved relatives
At least 119 inmates died in a Guayaquil jail after local gangs’ links with Mexican cartels brought a new level of horrorIt was in mid-morning when María Elena Villacís got a WhatsApp message from her brother Darwín, who was jailed in the Litoral penit…
How tracking grizzly bears is helping veterans find way back from trauma
A project in western Canada lets former military service members put their skills to use tracking bears with wildlife experts and helps both groups overcome mental and physical woundsOn a recent crisp sunny morning, a small group of wildlife guides and…
Mexico police intercept 652 Central American migrants in three cargo trucks
Discovery is one of biggest of US-bound migrants, with 90% Guatemalans and nearly 200 unaccompanied minorsPolice in northern Mexico have discovered more than 600 Central American migrants hiding in three long cargo trucks headed to the United States, i…
Fast track to disaster? Brazil’s Grain Train plan raises fears for Amazon
Bolsonaro’s government plans to build a 1,00km railway to export soya beans despite warnings of a ‘catastrophe’ for indigenous people and the environmentThe Final Countdown blared from speakers and the crowd broke into applause as one of Jair Bolsonaro…
Fever Dream review – a beautiful and bonkers future cult classic
Director Claudia Llosa returns to form with a woozy work about a cosy domesticity in rural Argentina shattered by uncanny intrudersAfter making high-arthouse awards-magnet The Milk of Sorrow in her native Peru in 2009, director Claudia Llosa stumbled i…