Health authorities confirmed on Saturday that an infectious pneumonia outbreak which killed four people in northwest Argentina had died of Legionnaires’ disease. The cases are linked to a single private clinic in the city of San Miguel de Tucuman, according to the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). Local health officials so far have reported 11…
Legionnaires’ Outbreak Linked as Cause to Pneumonia Deaths in Argentina
4 Killed in Shooting at Soccer Field in Central Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Four people have been killed, including a former mayor, in an attack on a soccer field in central Mexico, according to state authorities. The Morelos state prosecutor’s office said in a statement that the attack occurred Thursday night in the town of Yecapixtla. In addition to the four dead, there were a number of…
Pistol-Wielding Gunman Attempts to Assassinate Argentina’s Vice President
In the fashionable neighborhood of Recoleta in Buenos Aires, a lone gunman attempted to shoot Argentina’s Vice-President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner while she was returning to her apartment on the evening of Sept. 1. Minister of the Economy Sergio Masa called the event an “attempted assassination” on Twitter. This arrives only eight days after legislators…
3rd Volunteer Grave Search Activist Killed in Mexico
MEXICO CITY—Yet another mother searching for her disappeared son has been killed in northern Mexico, becoming the third volunteer search activist killed in Mexico since 2021. Rubén Rocha Moya, the governor of the northern state of Sinaloa, identified the dead woman Wednesday as Rosario Rodríguez Barraza. “I deeply regret the killing of Rosario Rodríguez Barraza,…
Top 15 Most Wanted US Murder Suspect Arrested in Central America: USMS
A former U.S. Marine allegedly involved in the 2016 killing of Krystal Mitchell in California has been arrested by U.S. Marshals in El Salvador after he fled the country and hid in Central America for years. Raymond “RJ” McLeod was arrested around 4:30 p.m. on Monday after U.S. Marshals Service (USMS) and Salvadoran authorities received…
‘Man of the Hole,’ Last Survivor of Uncontacted Amazon Tribe, Died
An indigenous man known as “The Man of the Hole” has died, a tribal human rights organization said. He is believed to be the last member of his tribe in the western Brazilian Amazon, Survival International said in a statement. No outsider knows his name. He got the name “The Man of the Hole” for…
‘Taking the Knee’ Seen as ‘Window Dressing’by Soccer Fans
August 28, 2022
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Almost two-thirds of English soccer fans now oppose players taking the knee before matches, seeing the anti-racism gesture as superficial, a paper co-authored by an academic from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found. Starting in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020 and the subsequent reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement,…
‘Taking the Knee’ Seen as ‘Window Dressing’ by Soccer Fans
August 28, 2022
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AmericasAustraliaEnglish Premier LeaguefootballracismSoccerSocial IssuesSportsTaking the kneeUKUSWorld
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Almost two-thirds of English soccer fans now oppose players taking the knee before matches, seeing the anti-racism gesture as superficial, a paper co-authored by an academic from the University of South Australia (UniSA) has found. Starting in the wake of George Floyd’s killing in 2020 and the subsequent reignition of the Black Lives Matter movement,…
6 of 43 Missing Mexican Students Given to Army Commander Who Ordered Them Killed: Official
MEXICO CITY—Six of the 43 college students “disappeared” in 2014 were allegedly kept alive in a warehouse for days then turned over to the local army commander who ordered them killed, the Mexican government official leading a Truth Commission said Friday. Interior Undersecretary Alejandro Encinas made the shocking revelation directly tying the military to one…
Mexico, Cuba Report Deaths of Two Patients With Monkeypox
MEXICO CITY—Mexico and Cuba have reported the deaths of two people who had tested positive for monkeypox, although neither country attributed the fatalities to the viral disease. The reports follow monkeypox-related deaths reported in Brazil and Ecuador in the past month, but fatalities remain rare in the current outbreak. The Pan-American Health Organization has reported…
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