Latin America

Grace upgraded to hurricane, heads for Mexico

Tropical storm Grace strengthened to a hurricane on Wednesday as it barreled toward Mexico’s Caribbean coast, threatening to bring heavy rain, flash flooding, and large waves, meteorologists said. A hurricane warning was in effect for a string of beach resorts, including Cancun, on Mexico’s Yucatan Peninsula, the US National Hurricane …

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Zapatistas ‘invade’ Madrid to mark Spanish conquest anniversary

Rebels hold a defiant commemoration in the Spanish capital to say they are ‘still here resisting’. In the summer of 1521, Spanish conquistadors led by Hernan Cortes looted and destroyed the Aztec capital of Tenochtitlan. Today, 500 years later, Mexico’s indigenous Zapatistas are holding their own “invasion” of the Spanish …

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Haiti to hold presidential, other elections in November

Haiti will hold a presidential election on November 7, following the assassination of President Jovenel Moise last month, which threw the country into political chaos. According to reports, Haiti’s provisional electoral council said legislative elections, delayed since 2019, and a constitutional referendum that had been twice postponed due to the …

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