Q24N (VOA) Nicaragua’s increasingly isolated and repressive government thought it had scored a rare public relations victory last week when Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition. Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios reacts after being crowned Miss Universe at the 72nd Miss Universe Beauty Pageant in San Salvador, El […]
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Q24N (VOA) Cuban and Haitian migrants are increasingly taking chartered flights to Nicaragua from where they seek to travel overland to the United States, prompting Washington to impose sanctions this week on the operators of the aircraft. Migrants take a break from doing chores at the Agape migrant shelter in […]
Q24N (DW.com) Argentina’s new right-wing populist president-elect Javier Milei has never hidden his true intentions. On the election campaign trail, he brandished an oversized US$100 bill with a montage of himself on it. If Milei has his way, the introduction of the US dollar as legal tender will solve Argentina’s […]
Q24N — In a second-round vote, the far-right candidate, Javier Milei, 53, a libertarian committed to reducing the size of the State and dollarizing the economy has defeated the Peronism that has dominated Argentina for more than 70 years, was elected as the new president of Argentina. Javier Milei is […]
Q24N (CBC) – The Canadian mining company that controls a massive copper mine in Panama says it has no plans to alter its operations despite widespread local protests against the firm’s mining contract that have escalated and turned deadly. A protester waves a Panamanian flag during a demonstration to celebrate […]
Q24N (VOA) Colombia will try to control its population of more than 100 hippopotamuses, descendants of animals illegally brought to the country by late drug kingpin Pablo Escobar in the 1980s, through surgical sterilization, the transfer of hippos to other countries and possibly euthanasia, the government said Thursday. Hippos float […]
Q24N — The president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, presented the registration request to compete in the 2024 elections and achieve a second consecutive term, despite allegations that it is unconstitutional. At the TSE. Nayib Bukele presented his registration request to be a candidate in the elections of February 3, […]
Q24N (VOA) MEXICO CITY — At least 27 people died due to Hurricane Otis and four others were still missing, Mexico’s government said on Thursday after one of the most powerful storms to hit the country smashed into the Pacific beach resort of Acapulco early the day before. People stand […]