Latin America - Page 48

June 9, 2023

Mexico to require employer-provided internet, ergonomic chairs for remote workers

Mexico's Labor Department issued new rules Friday, mandating employers subsidize internet costs and ergonomic chairs for their remote workers.

June 5, 2023

Mexico's AMLO-backed ruling party wins governorship in longtime conservative stronghold

Mexico's center-right Institutional Revolutionary Party has been dealt a devastating blow following the election of leftist Delfina Gómez to the State of Mexico's governorship.

June 2, 2023

Search for missing children after jungle plane crash intensifies thanks to new evidence

The four children have been missing for a month but searchers have found discarded items in that time that give authorities and officials hope that the four are still alive.

June 1, 2023

Brazilian Congress deals critical blow to environmental agencies, Lula administration

Brazil's Congress has stripped key powers away from two new federal agencies in a significant blow to socialist President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva's agenda.

May 31, 2023

Chile shuts down state-owned copper smelter after decades of pollution

Chile's state-owned copper mining company, Codelco, has shut down a smelting facility blamed for significant pollution in the Quintero Bay.

May 29, 2023

Natalee Holloway suspect Joran van der Sloot beaten in prison, lawyer says, and requests better security

Joran van der Sloot, the prime suspect in the disappearance of Natalee Holloway, was allegedly beaten in prison and his lawyer is requesting better security for his client.

May 26, 2023

Guatemalan high court blocks presidential frontrunner's candidacy

Guatemala's Constitutional Court has forcibly ended the presidential candidacy of Carlos Pineda, an independent who had been leading in polls.

May 22, 2023

'El Popo,' Mexico's second-tallest volcano, erupts

Mexico's Popocatépetl volcano, a 17,797 peak just outside Mexico City, erupted Monday, with civilians warned not to come within a 7.5-mile radius of it.

May 22, 2023

Colombia suspends ceasefire with Marxist rebel group accused of killing 4

Colombia's government on Monday announced the suspension of its ceasefire with parts of FARC-EMC after four people were reportedly killed by guerillas after refusing to join the group.

May 19, 2023

Mexico sends marines to seize part of private rail line

The Mexican government on Friday deployed marines to take over a section of a private railway line on the Yucatan Peninsula in the nation's south.