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Edmar Barros/APFrom Brazil's expansion of firefighting brigades and aircraft to contingency plans for water, energy and agriculture in countries including Costa Rica, Ecuador, Peru and Colombia, authorities are preparing for potentially severe impacts. -
Bruna Prado/APScientists have discovered that a cove in Brazil's Ilha Grande bay is a nursery for pregnant blacktip sharks. This has led to conservation efforts to protect the area. Brazil is a major market for shark meat, but sharks face extinction threats from overfishing and climate change.
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The request follows the death of Mexican immigrant Lorenzo Salgado Araujo, who was shot and killed by an ICE agent in Houston. -
A decade after Colombia's peace accord with the rebel FARC group, the tribunal handling crimes related to the conflict faces uncertainty. President-elect Abelardo de la Espriella, endorsed by U.S. President Donald Trump, has pledged to dismantle the Special Jurisdiction for Peace, describing it as a "failed" court. -
A group of Caribbean leaders has met with senior clergy from the Church of England as the push for slavery reparations intensifies. Activists also are calling for the independence of British, French, Dutch and U.S. territories in the region. The reparations commission from Caribbean trade bloc Caricom also was scheduled to meet with British parliamentarians on Tuesday as part of a four-day official trip to the United Kingdom to seek reparations. -
Eighteen-year-old Alessandra Izaguirre is part of a massive grassroots effort to help Venezuela after devastating earthquakes. From Doral, she joins thousands at the nonprofit Global Empowerment Mission (GEM) to send aid to Caracas. -
El Salvador's ruling party has ratified President Nayib Bukele's candidacy for the February presidential elections. This decision paves the way for a third consecutive term, despite criticism from lawyers and human rights advocates. Bukele, who took office in 2019, enjoys high approval ratings. However, his 2024 reelection was criticized for violating a ban on consecutive terms -
Citing sources close to the investigation, the Argentine daily newspaper, La Nación, and the Miami Herald each reported that U.S. federal investigators are examining the Argentine Football Association's Miami branch's transfers of more than $300 million through U.S. banks — and an accounting of how the money was spent. -
U.S. Rep.'s María Elvira Salazar, R-Miami, Mario Díaz-Balart R-Miami, Carlos A. Giménez, R-Miami, and Christopher H. Smith, R-New Jersey, sent a joint letter to top Trump Administration officials demanding immediate action against the Comercializadora de Servicios Médicos Cubanos. -
U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services announced the work permit extension on Friday, the same day it was supposed to expire for 350,000 Haitian TPS holders nationwide, including more than nationwide was set to expire on Friday. -
Saturday's planned dual events, featuring the Cuban Freedom March and the Liberation Day Rally Miami, aims to honor those who stood up against the island's regime and those who continue to face political persecution. -
COMMENTARY Because President Trump insists he "runs" Venezuela today, he shares in its regime's abysmal response to last month's earthquakes — and bears the onus for the country's reconstruction.
