The Americas - Page 21

January 22, 2021

Alberta premier: Biden disrespected America's closest friend by canceling Keystone Pipeline

The leader of the Canadian province of Alberta ripped President Biden Friday over his decision to cancel the Keystone XL pipeline almost immediately after taking office earlier this week.

January 20, 2021

Guatemala buses more migrants back to Honduras; small groups press on toward Mexico

A once large caravan of Honduran migrants that pushed its way into Guatemala last week had dissipated by Tuesday in the face of Guatemalan security forces.

January 19, 2021

Guatemalan forces clear road of migrants bound for US, some agree to return to Honduran border

Guatemalan security forces have cleared a road occupied by hundreds of U.S.-bound migrants who crossed into the country from Honduras last week.

January 12, 2021

Maduro remains Venezuela's president two years after the US declared him 'illegitimate'

Two years ago, the Trump administration government took a bold stance when it declared that it was no longer recognizing Nicolas Maduro as the legitimate president of Venezuela.

January 5, 2021

Maduro's grip tightens as Venezuelan socialists take control of once-defiant congress

Nicolás Maduro was set to extend his grip on power Tuesday as the ruling socialist party prepared to assume the leadership of Venezuela’s congress, the last institution in the country it didn’t already control.

December 22, 2020

Grandmother of Georgia teen imprisoned on Cayman Islands alleges double standard

The grandmother of a Georgia college student who has been imprisoned in the Cayman Islands for violating quarantine protocols admitted Tuesday that her granddaughter had "made a bad judgement call."

December 21, 2020

UK's new coronavirus strain leads these countries to close their borders

Countries have moved quickly to establish travel restrictions as the facts about the new variant are still unknown.

December 14, 2020

Total solar eclipse cuts a path across South America

Skywatchers in parts of South America experienced a rare total solar eclipse on Monday.

December 10, 2020

Honduran migrant caravan heading to US: reports

Hundreds of Hondurans formed a caravan bound for the U.S. on Wednesday after two hurricanes wrecked and flooded areas of Central America last month, according to a report.

December 6, 2020

Venezuelan voting begins in disputed assembly elections amid boycotts from opposition

Polling places in Venezuela open Sunday to elect members of the National Assembly in a vote championed by President Nicolás Maduro but rejected as a fraud by the nation's most influential opposition politicians.