Airbnb Inc.’s quarterly revenue topped Wall Street expectations and the short-term home rental company said on Thursday a rebound in global travel in the last three months of the year would drive growth in 2022. International travel search volumes have been rising as countries, including the United States, start to ease pandemic-related restrictions for fully…
Airbnb Revenue Surges as Countries Open Up for Vaccinated Travelers
November 5, 2021
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11 Killed in Western Mexico State of Michoacan
MEXICO CITY—Police found the bullet-ridden bodies of 11 men in the western state of Michoacan, where several drug cartels have been waging bloody turf battles. State prosecutors said late Monday the bodies were found near the town of Tarecuato, in the northern part of Michoacan near the border with the state of Jalisco. Prosecutors said…
High Desert Andean ‘Corridor of Death’ Proves a Hot Spot for Illegal Migration
In the high-altitude desert shared by Chile and Bolivia lies a remote stretch of dirt road that marks their sparsely patrolled border. Once military patrols are out of sight, illegal migrants dash across the road at all hours of the day, and continue their journey north from Pisiga, in Bolivia, or south from Colchane, in…
Nineteen Killed as Boat Sinks on Southern Coast of Haiti
PORT-AU-PRINCE—Nineteen Haitians died when a boat transporting them between the southern coastal settlements of Anse-a-Pitre and Marigot sank in the early hours of Saturday morning, Prime Minister Ariel Henry said on Twitter. Local media quoted a survivor identified as Marie Lucienne Pola as saying the boat, which was used for transporting gas, cement, food, and…
Socialist Venezuela Caused 50,000 Oil Spills From 2010 to 2016
October 26, 2021
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On Oct. 25, a Center for Strategic and International Studies panel discussed some of the environmental damage taking place in Venezuela, which has been led since 1999 by socialist Hugo Chavez and, after Chavez’s death in 2013, socialist Nicolás Maduro. Sponsored by the United States Agency for International Development (USAID), much of the event focused…
China’s Beef Demand in Bolivia Drives Deforestation and Wildfires
Soaring demand from China for Bolivian beef is fueling wildfires and deforestation as cattle ranchers slash and burn jungle in the Amazon ecosystem to make way for cattle pastures. The problem has escalated since April 2019 when then-president and leader of the Movement for Socialism (MAS) party Evo Morales signed an agreement with the Chinese Communist Party (CCP)….
Remote-Sensing Reveals Details of Ancient Olmec Site in Mexico
Aerial remote-sensing of a large region of Mexico has revealed hundreds of ancient Mesoamerican ceremonial centers, including a large one at an important site for the ancient Olmec culture that is known for its colossal stone heads. The remote-sensing method, called lidar, pinpointed 478 ceremonial centers in areas that were home to the ancient Olmec…
Hurricane Rick Edges Closer to Mexican Coast North of Acapulco
MEXICO CITY—Hurricane Rick edged slowly closer to Mexico’s Pacific coast on Sunday, expected to unleash heavy rains north of the beach resort of Acapulco late in the evening, the U.S. National Hurricane Center (NHC) said. Rick was packing maximum sustained winds near 85 miles per hour with strong gusts as it moved northward at about…
Colombia’s Most Wanted Drug Lord Captured in Jungle Raid
BOGOTA, Colombia—Colombian security forces have captured the country’s most wanted drug trafficker, a rural warlord who stayed on the run for more than a decade by corrupting state officials and aligning himself with combatants on the left and right. President Iván Duque likened the arrest Saturday of Dairo Antonio Úsuga to the capture three decades…
2,000-Person Caravan Surges Past Mexican Riot Police Near Guatemala Border
Thousands of illegal immigrants in a caravan broke through a barricade of Mexican police dressed in anti-riot gear on Saturday, driven to action by what they say are impossible conditions in the overcrowded southern Mexican border city of Tapachula. Around 400 Mexican interior police attempted to form a blockade to stop a flood of over…
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