The Latest Breaking News from Latin America

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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The Independent UK · Sep 23, 2022

AP: Probe finds evidence of bank boss' romance with top aide

Investigators say they found evidence a former Trump official who heads Latin America’s biggest development bank carried on a romantic relationship with his chief of staff

The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2022

Colombia's Petro calls on Latin America to unite against war on drugs

Colombian President Gustavo Petro called on Latin American countries to join forces to end the war on drugs during a speech to the United Nations General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.

Reuters · Sep 20, 2022

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2022

The Catholic Church is increasingly diverse – and so are its controversies

There is a lot of talk about “synodality” in the Catholic church these days. Synodality refers to a process in which bishops and priests consult with lay Catholics about issues in the church.

The Conversation · Sep 13, 2022

AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

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The Independent UK · Sep 9, 2022

PAHO secures 100,000 monkeypox vaccine doses for Latin America and Caribbean

The Pan American Health Organization (PAHO) has lined up a supply of monkeypox vaccine for Latin America and the Caribbean, as the Americas becomes a new epicenter for the rapidly spreading disease.

Reuters · Sep 7, 2022

Is Spanish-language media really a free-for-all? Here’s how it is —and isn’t — regulated

MIAMI — False claims on WhatsApp and Telegram that monkeypox isn’t a real virus. Russian war propaganda reaching from Latin America to Hispanic voters in the U.S. Unfounded assertions that the FBI’s raid of Mar-a-Lago was ordered up directly by President Joe Biden.

Miami Herald · Sep 6, 2022

New sub-lineages of monkeypox virus emerge

Despite a slow decline in cases globally, monkeypox cases continue to rise rapidly in Latin America

The Hindu · Sep 3, 2022

Factbox-Recent attacks on prominent figures in Latin America

Argentina's Vice President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner on Thursday night survived an apparent assassination attempt after a gunman threatened her at near point-blank range and the gun failed to discharge.

Reuters · Sep 2, 2022