Category: Americas

Democratic Activists Buy Up Spanish-Language Media With Soros Funds to Win Latino Votes: Brazilian Journalist

The recent launch of a Spanish-language media company partially financed by billionaire George Soros, and the startup’s almost immediate acquisition of 18 Spanish-language radio stations, was aimed at shifting voting preferences in Latino communities, said Brazilian journalist Paulo Figueiredo. The new startup, Latino Media Network (LMN), launched in early June by activists Stephanie Valencia and…


Official Cause of Death Confirmed for 3 Americans Found Dead at Bahamas Resort

The three U.S. citizens found dead at the Sandals resort in the Bahamas in May died from carbon monoxide poisoning, according to the Royal Bahamas Police on Wednesday. “We can officially confirm that all three of the victims died as a result of asphyxiation due to carbon monoxide poisoning,” the Royal Bahamas Police Force said…


‘Lack of Controls’ in US Border Contributes to Horrible Migrant Deaths: Mexican President

The devastating situation in the migrants’ home countries and the status of the U.S.-Mexico border were to be blamed for the tragic incident that happened in San Antonio, Texas, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Tuesday. At least 50 migrants died after being stuck inside a sweltering semi-trailer in San Antonio in one of…


At Least 51 Dead in Prison Riot Fire in Colombia, Prisons Agency Says

BOGOTA—At least 51 prisoners died after a fire started during a prison riot in the southwestern Colombian city of Tulua, the head of the national prisons agency said on Tuesday, one of the worst incidents of recent prison violence in the country. “It is a tragic and disastrous event,” General Tito Castellanos, director of the…


Argentina, Iran Apply to Join BRICS Group of Emerging Economies That Includes China and Russia

Argentina and Iran have applied to join to become members of the group of emerging economies known as the BRICS, according to officials. The BRICS includes the world’s leading emerging market economies: Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, and is an acronym for those developing nations, which represent 42 percent of the world’s population…


4 Killed When Stands Collapse During Colombian Bullfight

BOGOTA, Colombia—Part of the wooden stands collapsed during a bullfight in central Colombia Sunday, sending spectators plunging to the ground and killing at least four people and injuring hundreds, authorities said. The disaster took place in a stadium in the city of El Espinal in Tolima state during a traditional event called “corraleja” in which…


4 Killed, Hundreds Injured as Stand Collapses During Colombian Bullfight

BOGOTA, Colombia—Four people were killed and about 70 injured on Sunday when part of a stand collapsed at a bullring in the town of El Espinal, Colombia, provincial officials said. Videos posted on social media showed the section of the stand toppling forward into the ring, where locals were participating in a bull-running event tied…


‘I Didnt Realize I Was a Target’: American Girl Says She Was Sexually Assaulted at Mexican All-Inclusive Resort

A 23-year-old girl from New Hampshire says she was sexually assaulted at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico during a family vacation trip on April 27. The family of 7 had been planning the trip to Riviera Maya, a Caribbean coastline on the Yucatán Peninsula, since October last year as a Christmas gift for the children. Nicola…


‘I Didnt Realize I Was a Target’: American Woman Says She Was Sexually Assaulted at Mexican All-Inclusive Resort

A 23-year-old woman from New Hampshire says she was sexually assaulted at an all-inclusive resort in Mexico during a family vacation trip on April 27. The family of 7 had been planning the trip to Riviera Maya, a Caribbean coastline on the Yucatán Peninsula, since October last year as a Christmas gift for the children. Nicola…


8 Bodies Found, May Be Kidnapped Workers From Mexican Resort

MEXICO CITY—Eight bodies were found Saturday on Mexico’s Yucatan peninsula, and they appear to be those of eight men apparently kidnapped from a resort on the Caribbean coast. Prosecutors in the state of Yucatan said the bodies were probably those of men reported abducted in the laid-back beach town of Xcalak. Xcalak, which is sometimes…