The Americas - Page 688

October 3, 2016

City elections in Brazil point to post-impeachment future

Brazilians are voting across the country for the first time since President Dilma Rousseff was removed from office, and they appear to be in a kick-the-bums-out mood.

October 3, 2016

Matthew, a Category 4 hurricane, threatens Haiti, Jamaica

Hurricane Matthew, a potentially devastating Category 4 storm, swirled across the Caribbean toward Haiti and Jamaica, where residents frantically stocked up on emergency supplies and authorities urged people to evacuate threatened areas.

October 2, 2016

Mexican students march to mark anniversary of 1968 massacre

Several thousand students marched through Mexico City to mark the anniversary of a 1968 massacre in which troops fired on protesters at the capital's Tlatelolco Plaza, killing an unknown number.

October 2, 2016

For Colombia, a flawed peace is better than war

On Oct. 2, Colombians will vote on whether to approve or reject a flawed peace agreement reached by the government and the FARC narco-terror group.

October 2, 2016

Mega-Hurricane Matthew threatens Jamaica, Haiti, Cuba

Hurricane Matthew is roaring across the Caribbean Sea as a monster Category 5 storm on a course that puts Jamaica, as well as parts of Haiti and Cuba, in the path of its potentially devastating winds and rain.

October 2, 2016

Uncertainty over Philippine president alarms investors

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte's bloody anti-drug war and his foul-mouthed outbursts in defense of the campaign have unnerved foreign investors in one of Asia's fastest-growing economies.

October 2, 2016

Judge orders reopening of El Salvador military massacre case

A judge in El Salvador is reopening a probe into one of the most notorious massacres in recent history: the murder of hundreds of people in the village of El Mozote.

October 2, 2016

Curtis Roosevelt, grandson of FDR, dies at 86

Curtis Roosevelt, who lived in the White House as a child when his grandfather was president and worked for two decades at the United Nations, has died at 86.

October 2, 2016

Report: 13 bodies found in western Mexico

A total of 13 bodies have now been found in or around Lake Chapala in western Mexico, an official said Saturday.

October 1, 2016

Mexico's Colima volcano erupts, 3 hamlets evacuated

Eruptions at the Colima volcano in western Mexico have led authorities to evacuate two small hamlets on the volcano's slopes.