The Americas - Page 769

August 3, 2016

8 people believed to be migrants found drowned in Nicaragua

Police in southern Nicaragua say they have found the bodies of eight people believed to be migrants who drowned.

August 3, 2016

AP Photos: In Brazil's Amazon, worship with psychedelic tea

Canoes slide through a narrow river, dodging branches and trees for more than four hours to reach a tiny village deep in the Amazon jungle of western Brazil.

August 3, 2016

Mexico businesses file appeal against road, rail blockades

Mexico's private employers federation has gone to court seeking to force authorities to open highways and rail lines that have been hit by weeks of blockades by protesters.

August 3, 2016

Nicaraguan president's wife tapped to be his running mate

Nicaraguan first lady Rosario Murillo was named Tuesday to be the running mate of her husband, Daniel Ortega, in his bid to win election to a third consecutive presidential term in Nov. 6 elections.

August 2, 2016

British Columbia slaps real estate tax on foreign buyers

Foreign nationals buying Vancouver real estate will pay an additional property transfer tax of 15 percent as part of an effort to address high real estate prices and low vacancy rates.

August 2, 2016

Snapping up cheap spy tools, nations 'monitoring everyone'

It was a national scandal.

August 2, 2016

Deadly weather system strengthens, now Tropical Storm Earl

A weather system that already has caused at least six deaths in the Dominican Republic has been designated as Tropical Storm Earl.

August 2, 2016

Iran says world powers must fulfil nuclear deal commitments

Iran's President Hassan Rouhani says that world powers have not fulfilled their commitments under the landmark nuclear deal, harming Iranian economic growth.

August 2, 2016

Tropical Storm Earl threatens Mexico, responsible for 6 deaths

A weather system that already has caused at least six deaths in the Dominican Republic has been designated as Tropical Storm Earl.

August 2, 2016

Family: British-Iranian woman held in Iran appears in court

The family of a British-Iranian woman held in Iran says she's appeared in court for the first time and her case will be heard by the same judge who sentenced a Washington Post journalist to prison.