Category: Americas

Antonella Marty: How Socialist, Communist Ideology Took Over Cuba, Latin America

“Communism destroys the incentives. It destroys the most important essence of the human being … liberty,” says Antonella Marty, director of the Atlas Network’s Center for Latin America. At FreedomFest in South Dakota, we sat down with Marty to discuss the spread of communist and socialist ideology in Latin America—from Cuba to Venezuela to her…


Jamaican Parchment Tracks Down Volunteer Who Helped Him Win Gold

Olympic champion Hansle Parchment has tracked down a volunteer who rescued his gold medal hopes by giving him money for a taxi after a transportation mix-up meant he was dropped off at the wrong venue for his 110 meters hurdles semi-final. Jamaican sprinter Parchment, who initially went to an aquatic center instead of the Olympic…


Jamaican Olympian Tracks Down Volunteer Who Helped Him Win Gold

Olympic champion Hansle Parchment has tracked down a volunteer who rescued his gold medal hopes by giving him money for a taxi after a transportation mix-up meant he was dropped off at the wrong venue for his 110 meters hurdles semi-final. Jamaican sprinter Parchment, who initially went to an aquatic center instead of the Olympic…


US to Deliver Nearly 837,000 Pfizer Vaccines to Caribbean

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—The U.S. government said Wednesday that it will deliver nearly 837,000 Pfizer vaccines to Caribbean nations as the region with limited resources struggles with a spike in COVID-19 cases amid violent anti-vaccine protests. The Bahamas will receive 397,000 doses followed by Trinidad and Tobago with more than 305,000 doses. Barbados will receive…


Tropical Storm Fred Makes Landfall in Dominican Republic

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Tropical Storm Fred made landfall in the Dominican Republic on Wednesday, with forecasters warning that heavy rains could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides there and in the neighboring country of Haiti. After a quiet month of no named storms in the region, Fred became the sixth of the Atlantic hurricane season late…


US to Send 8.5 Million Doses of COVID-19 Vaccine to Mexico

MEXICO CITY—The United States will send Mexico 8.5 million more doses of COVID-19 vaccine, Mexican officials said Tuesday. Foreign Affairs Secretary Marcelo Ebrard said the U.S. government will send AstraZeneca and Moderna vaccines, though the latter hasn’t yet been approved by Mexican regulators. U.S. Vice President Kamala Harris informed Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador…


Tropical Storm Forms Near Puerto Rico, Heads for Hispaniola

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Tropical Storm Fred swirled just south of Puerto Rico early Wednesday heading for the Dominican Republic and Haiti, with forecasters warning that its heavy rains could cause dangerous flooding and mudslides. After a quiet month of no named storms in the region, Fred became the sixth of the Atlantic hurricane season as…


Tropical Storm Warnings for US Virgin Islands, Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico—Islands in the northern Caribbean braced Tuesday for the storm that could be Fred. The National Hurricane Center issued tropical storm warnings for the U.S. Virgin Islands and Puerto Rico, where forecasters expected the potential cyclone to strengthen Tuesday into the sixth named storm of the Atlantic hurricane season. “The most important…


US Warns Brazil Over Telecom Giant Huawei’s ‘Potential Role’ on 5G

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Brazil over Huawei’s “potential role” in its 5G network during his trip to the country last week, a White House official said on Aug. 9. “We continue to have concerns about Huawei’s potential role in Brazil’s telecom infrastructure,” Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council’s senior director for the…


US Warns Brazil Over Chinese Telecom Giant Huawei’s ‘Potential Role’ on 5G

U.S. national security adviser Jake Sullivan warned Brazil over Huawei’s “potential role” in its 5G network during his trip to the country last week, a White House official said on Aug. 9. “We continue to have concerns about Huawei’s potential role in Brazil’s telecom infrastructure,” Juan Gonzalez, the National Security Council’s senior director for the…