Fearful of returning to their home countries and unable to continue north, many asylum seekers now face eviction as Mexico starts to demolish the camps set up to house them
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Caribbean leaders call for ‘de-escalation and dialogue’ amid US oil embargo on Cuba ⊖
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Four-day Caricom summit dominated by debate about US interventions in the region as military strikes against suspected drug boats continue
US interventions dominated speeches at a summit of 15 nations…
8 days ago
Study finds global increase in hot, dry days ideal for wildfires ⊕⊕
Dangerous days have nearly tripled in past 45 years – and increase largely driven by human-made warming
The number of days when the weather gets hot, dry and windy – ideal to spark extreme wildfires –…
17 days ago
The Great Resistance by Carrie Gibson review – a panoramic account of the fight to end slavery ○
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An ambitious chronicle of the fight for freedom by enslaved Africans spans four centuries of escapes and uprisings in the Americas
‘I am painting a historical landscape,” writes Carrie Gibson – “one …
22 days ago
UN agency warns of ‘sharp increase’ in measles cases in the Americas ⊖
Mexico and the US both reported thousands of measles cases last year, threatening their measles elimination status.
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What Trump is forgetting: American nations have a long history of open borders | Daniel Mendiola ⊕
The US cites the ‘wisdom’ of historical immigration policy. But nation states in the Americas have spent more time with open borders than closed
Late last year, Donald Trump’s White House published a …
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Brutal, vibrant and creative: capturing the soul of Latin America in 100 photographs ⊖
The journalist Paulo Antonio Paranaguá uses images from the turbulent continent to weave a history of the region, covering colonisation, slavery and dictatorship
Its tumultuous past, marked by massacr…
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‘There’s this whole other story’: inside the fight to end slavery in the Americas ⊖⊖
The Great Resistance, an expansive new book by author and historian Carrie Gibson, brings together often unheard narratives to tell the bigger picture of a difficult time
The Great Resistance is Carri…
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What is the Monroe Doctrine, which Trump has cited over Venezuela? ⊖
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US attack on Venezuela evokes Monroe Doctrine, laid out in 1823 to cement Washington's sphere of influence in Americas.
‘Naked imperialism’: how Trump intervention in Venezuela is a return to form for the US ⊖
Most of the Americas have suffered from interference from their powerful northern neighbour – and are usually the worse off for it
US attacks Venezuela – live updates
The US bombardment of Venezuela an…