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Storm death toll rises in Central America as Honduran leader pleads for help

Authorities in Central America recovered more bodies on Thursday from landslides triggered by hurricane Iota, which battered the impoverished region this week, the second deadly storm to roar through this…

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Coffee industry in Honduras hit badly due to Hurricane Eta

The devastation caused by Hurricane Eta earlier this month hit the Honduran coffee sector hard, causing farmers to lose tens of thousands of bags of beans that would normally be…

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“We are in the hands of God” – Central America battered by Hurricane Iota

Hurricane Iota sent zinc roofing flying into the streets, toppled electricity poles and flayed palm trees as its core approached a remote Central American coast on Tuesday, the second giant storm…

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Mexico surpasses 1 million confirmed cases of coronavirus

Mexico's health ministry reported on Saturday 5,860 new cases of the novel coronavirus in the country and 635 deaths, bringing the official totals to 1,003,253 cases and 98,259 dead. Health…

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Photo Story – Hot air balloons colour the sky of central Mexico

Hot air balloons take off on the second day of the International Balloon Festival (FIG) in Leon, Guanajuato state, Mexico, 14 November 2020. The ballooning event is, for the first…

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‘No more bullying’: fresh start to U.S.-Mexico relations eyed under Biden

A Joe Biden presidency could reset ties with top U.S. trade partner Mexico that have suffered since Donald Trump made his first White House bid, tarring Mexican migrants as rapists…

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Storm Eta’s death toll near 150

The death toll from torrential downpours unleashed by storm Eta leapt on Friday as Guatemalan soldiers reached a mountain village where around 100 people were killed by a landslide, adding…

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Photo Story: The tradition of kite flying in Guatemala on All Saints’ Day

A person raises a kite at the Santiago Sacatequez Kite Festival, in Santiago Sacatequez, Guatemala. With a setting other than the soccer field where it is usually held, the festival…

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Mexico reports 6,000 new coronavirus cases, 516 more deaths

Mexico's health ministry reported on Friday 6,000 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 516 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 918,811 and the…

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Photo story: Remains of 59 people found buried in Mexico

Personnel from the National Commission for the Search of Persons (CNBP) carry out search tasks at different sites in the town of Salvatierra, Guanajuato, Mexico. Mexican authorities reported the discovery…

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Mexico’s coronavirus cases pass 900,000

Mexico’s health ministry reported 5,942 additional cases of the novel coronavirus and 643 more deaths in the country, bringing the official number of cases to 901,268 and the death toll…

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Amazon announces $100 million logistics investment in Mexico

Amazon.com Inc said on Thursday it has invested $100 million in opening new warehouses in Mexico, including its first shipping centers outside the populous capital area, in a bid to…

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The Godfather – How Mexico’s former defence minister used power to protect drug trafficking cartels

Mexico's former defense minister Salvador Cienfuegos used his power in office to protect a faction of the Beltran-Leyva cartel, directing operations against rival gangs and even finding maritime transport to…

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Photo Story: Skulls on display in Mexico City for Day of the Dead

A view of the artistic skull 'Homenaje a mis seis minutos con la muerte' by Jose Esteban Martinez within the framework of the Mexicraneos 2020 exhibition, at the main avenues…

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Mexican billionaire Salinas says has contracted COVID-19

Mexican business tycoon and billionaire Ricardo Salinas has COVID-19, he said on Twitter on Wednesday. Salinas controls Grupo Salinas, a group of Mexican companies including broadcaster TV Azteca and retailer…

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Mexico asks Pope for loan of ancient books held in Vatican library

The Mexican government has formally asked Pope Francis for the temporary return of several ancient indigenous manuscripts held in the Vatican library ahead of next year's 500-year anniversary of the…

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Two arrested in Mexico on suspected involvement in LA firefighter disappearance

Two people have been arrested in Mexico on suspicion of participating in the disappearance of Los Angeles firefighter Francisco Aguilar, the Baja California district attorney’s office reported Friday. The couple…

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Guatemala sends over 3,000 Honduran migrants’ home from caravan heading to the U.S.

Guatemalan authorities sent more than 3,000 Honduran migrants back to their home country over the past few days, they said, dissolving much of a caravan heading north even while dwindling…

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Photo story: Tropical storm Gamma brings unexpected visitor to Mexico

A crocodile stands outside a building in the aftermath of a flood triggered by tropical storm Gamma, in Villahermosa, Mexico. Mexican authorities issued an alert of heavy rains and wind…

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Thousands of U.S.-bound migrants cross into Guatemala without authorization

Guatemala invoked special measures for security forces on Thursday, after thousands of Central American migrants crossed the border without authorization as part of a caravan aiming to reach the United…

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Photo story: Feminist groups protest in Mexico City

Members and supporters of feminist groups scuffle with police during a protest in Mexico City, Mexico. Mexico has been witnessing several protests organized by feminist groups against gender-based and police…

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Photo Story: 11 people murdered in a bar in the Mexican state of Guanajuato

A federal security member guards the site where at least eleven people were murdered at dawn, in the municipality of Jaral del Progreso, Mexico. At least eleven people were murdered…

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Mexico issues arrest warrants on sixth anniversary of disappearance of 43 college students

Mexican authorities have issued dozens of arrest warrants for police and soldiers whom they believe may have participated in the 2014 disappearance of 43 Mexican college students, head of the…

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Femicides in Mexico rise more than 2%, protests rage

Femicides in Mexico are on the rise this year, according to official statistics released on the weekend, murders that have intensified protests this month demanding the government address violence against…

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Photo Story: Mexico celebrates beginning of independence amid coronavirus pandemic

Fireworks explode over Zocalo Square during the ceremony of the Cry of Dolores, at the National Palace in Mexico City, Mexico, on the evening of the 15 September 2020. Lopez…

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Costa Rica coffee exports soar 72% in August, boosted by coronavirus pandemic

Costa Rican coffee exports surged 72.4% in August compared with the same month last year, the national coffee institute ICAFE said on Tuesday, citing a jump in production and growing…

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Mexico records 4,921 new coronavirus cases, 575 more deaths

Mexico’s health ministry on Wednesday reported 4,921 new confirmed cases of coronavirus infections and 575 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 610,957 cases and 65,816 deaths. The…

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Mexico signs up to Italian vaccine trial for coronavirus

Mexico is due to take part in clinical trials of an Italian vaccine being developed against the coronavirus, Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard announced. Ebrard did not say when Mexico would…

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Mexico posts lowest weekly coronavirus death toll in 2 months

Mexico reported 226 more deaths from coronavirus on Sunday, finishing the week with 3,723 fatalities, the lowest total in over two months and lending weight to government assertions it is…

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Mexico to get at least 2,000 doses of Russia’s Sputnik vaccine to test

Mexico will receive at least 2,000 doses of Russia's potential COVID-19 vaccine, dubbed 'Sputnik V', to test among its population, a senior Mexican government official announced. "Mexico was offered at…

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Peru, Morocco to test China Sinopharm’s COVID-19 vaccine in Phase 3 trial

Authorities in Peru and Morocco have approved Phase 3 clinical trials for a potential COVID-19 vaccine developed by China National Biotec Group (CNBG), the company said late on Thursday on…

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Cuba to start clinical trials of potential coronavirus vaccine

Cuba kicks off clinical trials next week of a potential coronavirus vaccine called “Soberana 01” (“Sovereign 01”) developed by its state-run Finlay Institute, with results due in February, state-run media…

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Mexico exploring phase 3 trials of Russian coronavirus vaccine

Mexico told Moscow it would like to carry out phase 3 testing of Russia’s coronavirus vaccine, as part of the Latin American country’s intensifying efforts to secure early supplies of…

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Photo Story: Confession in times of the coronavirus pandemic

A woman confesses to a father in the Iglesia del Carmen, in Panama City, Panama. Panama reopened retail sales, beauty parlors and barbershops with limitations and maintaining mobility restrictions for…

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Mexico president says COVID-19 vaccine expected to be ready early next year

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador expects to be able to put a COVID-19 vaccine into use in the country during the first quarter next year, he said in a…

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Argentina and Mexico to produce AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine

Argentina and Mexico will produce the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine for most of Latin America, Argentine President Alberto Fernandez announced after a meeting with company executives involved in the project. An…

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Mexico to phase out use of herbicide glyphosate

Mexico will gradually phase out use of the herbicide glyphosate by the time the current administration ends in late 2024, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced, following a ministerial spat…

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Mexico to trial China, U.S. COVID-19 vaccines, may produce some

Mexico aims to conduct late-stage clinical trials for COVID-19 vaccines in development by U.S. and Chinese companies, two of which might base some of their vaccine production in the country,…

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Havana back on lockdown as coronavirus rebounds

Cuba placed Havana back on a strict lockdown following a rebound in coronavirus cases, ordering restaurants, bars and pools once more to close, suspending public transportation and banning access to…

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Mexico’s coronavirus death tally exceeds 52,000

Mexico’s health ministry on Saturday reported 6,495 new confirmed coronavirus infections and 695 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 475,902 cases and 52,006 deaths. Officials have…

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Mexico nears 50,000 coronavirus deaths, with 829 new fatalities

Mexico’s health ministry reported 6,139 new confirmed coronavirus cases and 829 additional fatalities, bringing the total in the country to 456,100 cases and 49,698 deaths. The new numbers put Mexico…

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Crucifix in Nicaragua cathedral torched in ‘hatred of the Church’

Vatican News reports witnesses saying that a hooded man entered the Chapel of the Blood of Chris, Managua on Friday and threw a Molotov cocktail. The petrol bomb started a fire…

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Mexico overtakes Britain with third highest coronavirus death toll

Mexico surpassed Britain as the country with the third-highest coronavirus death toll on Friday, as the pandemic reaches new milestones in Latin America and threatens to disrupt efforts to reopen…

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Pre-Hispanic ruins discovered in a remote Mexican hill

Pre-Hispanic vestiges dating from the classical period of the Zapoteca culture were recently discovered on Cerro de la Pena, in the Huehuepiaxtla community of the municipality of Axutla, in the…

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Photo Story: Activity increases on Mount Pacaya volcano in Guatemala

An explosion is seen on the top of Mount Pacaya volcano in a photo taken from Cerro Chino, in San Vicente Pacaya, Guatemala, late 26 July 2020. The volcano's activity…

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Panama withdraws as host of 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games

Panama has withdrawn as host of the 2022 Central American and Caribbean Games due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Central American and Caribbean Sports Organization (CACSO) President Luis Mejia Oviedo criticised Panamanian…

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5.1 earthquake jolts Cuba

An earthquake with a magnitude of 5.1 jolted 79 km SW of Niquero, Cuba at 19:11:48 GMT on Friday, the U.S. Geological Survey said. The epicenter, with a depth of…

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Mexico’s president to donate part of salary to coronavirus effort

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced that he will return a fourth of his salary to help the country weather the coronavirus crisis that has battered the economy, encouraging…

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Panama extends suspension of international flights by a month due to coronavirus

Panama's civil aviation authority said on Friday it will extend a suspension of international flights by another month due to the coronavirus crisis. The additional month of suspended flights begins…

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Mexico surpasses Italy to post world’s fourth-highest coronavirus death toll

Deaths in Mexico from the coronavirus pandemic rose above 35,000 on Sunday, with the Latin American country overtaking Italy for the world's fourth-highest death total, according to Reuters data. But…

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Photo Story: Ice in the streets of Mexico as Tropical storm Cristina gains strength

A street is covered in large layers of hail in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. Tropical storm Cristina, at risk of turning into a hurricane, is moving away from the Mexican Pacific…

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Mexico posts new case record to overtake Spain

Mexico posted a fresh record for new coronavirus cases reported on a single day, with 6,995 infections, overtaking Spain to register the world’s eighth highest case count, according to a…

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Mexico reports 4,683 new coronavirus cases, total now 256,848

Mexican health authorities reported 4,683 confirmed new infections of the novel coronavirus on Sunday, pushing its tally to a total of 256,848, and 273 more deaths to a total of…

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Photo Story: Unusual find on the streets of Mexico

Members of the fire department work in the area where a small plane caught fire in the municipality of Felipe Carrillo Puerto in the state of Quintana Roo, Mexico. A…

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Photo Story: Earthquake uncovers cave paintings in southern Mexico

A fragment of a cave painting is seen in the community of Santa Maria Mixtequilla, in the state of Oaxaca, Mexico, 02 July 2020. The 7.4-magnitude earthquake that occurred on…

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