World Briefing: Peru: Candidate Barred From Race Peru’s electoral council on Wednesday blocked the candidacy of the main challenger to the front-runner, Keiko Fujimori, in the April 10 presidential elections.
Brazil Adjusts Guidelines for Diagnosing Defect Linked to Zika Officials adopted stricter guidelines to determine when babies have been born with abnormally small heads, a step expected to reduce the number of false positives for microcephaly.
Ex-President of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Faces Charges The specific charges filed on Wednesday were unclear, but they were connected to claims of money laundering and misrepresentation of assets involving a luxury apartment.
After Living Brazil’s Dream, Family Confronts Microcephaly and Economic Crisis In the wake of the Zika epidemic, hundreds of families in northeastern Brazil are facing the prospect of raising a disabled child in poverty.
Brazilian Businessman Gets Stiff Sentence in Petrobras Scandal Marcelo Odebrecht got more than 19 years in prison after being convicted of corruption and money laundering in the investigation of the state-owned oil company.
World Briefing: Canada: Government Raises Its Target for Admitting Political Refugees The government said Tuesday that Canada would bring in a total of 55,800 political refugees this year, many of them fleeing the Syrian civil war.
World Briefing: Brazil: Former C.E.O. Is Sentenced to 19 Years in Corruption Inquiry Marcelo Odebrecht, the former chief executive of Brazil’s largest construction company, was convicted of corruption and money laundering.
Editorial: Migrant Children Deserve a Voice in Court Children who fled to the United States from Central America must have fair hearings before deportation.
World Briefing: Venezuela: Relatives Fear a Massacre After 28 Gold Miners Disappear Relatives of the missing miners have said that they were murdered Friday in a dispute over a gold claim.
Mexico’s Leader Likens Donald Trump’s Tone to Hitler and Mussolini’s President Enrique Peña Nieto also said that his country would not pay for Mr. Trump’s proposed wall along the border with the United States.
Brewing Anger in Nicaragua President Daniel Ortega has consolidated his power and helped the economy grow, but opposition from rebels reflects a rising backlash to his policies.
Ortega vs. the Contras: Nicaragua Endures an ’80s Revival Violent opposition from small groups of rebels reflects broader anger brewing against President Daniel Ortega as he has consolidated his power.
Venezuela Opens Investigation Into Possible Killing of Miners Family members of 28 missing miners have said that their relatives were murdered in a dispute over a gold claim.
White House Letter: White House and Cuba Maneuver Over Obama’s Visit An elaborate behind-the-scenes effort aims to ensure that the president’s historic visit yields both powerful symbolism and concrete policy progress.
Feature: 10 Shots Across the Border The killing of a Mexican 16-year-old raises troubling questions about the United States Border Patrol.
Men in Police Garb Kill 10 in Honduras Five men arrived in a vehicle at a billiards hall in the Honduran capital of Tegucigalpa and shot and killed at least eight people, and injured others, two of who later died.
U.S. Pays to Feed and Shelter Cuban Migrants in Costa Rica The aid to Cuban migrants has raised questions about their special status compared with Washington’s efforts to bar Central American migrants.
Snapshot of Brazil’s Web of Scandal A raid at the home of the former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva was the latest development in the country’s political and economic turmoil.
Police Raid Home of Ex-President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil The former leader is under investigation in the colossal graft scheme involving the national oil company Petrobras.
World Briefing: Venezuela: Opposition Hones Plan to Remove the President This Year The opposition will pursue a constitutional amendment, a recall referendum and a campaign for the resignation of President Nicolás Maduro, an opposition leader said.
Brazil’s President Rousseff, Facing Impeachment Effort, Is Deluged by More Bad News With Brazil’s economy tumbling and her campaign strategist jailed, President Dilma Rousseff now confronts a report that a senator from her party will accuse her in a plea deal.
Berta Cáceres, Indigenous Activist, Is Killed in Honduras Ms. Cáceres, a winner of the Goldman Environmental Prize, had led a decade-long fight against a proposal to build the Agua Zarca Dam.
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