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CHEVROLET NCS AT MEXICO CITY: Quotes from Daniel Suarez and Ross Chastain
Daniel Suarez and Ross Chastain of Trackhouse Racing shared insights during a media session ahead of the NASCAR Cup Series race in Mexico City. Both drivers emphasized the importance of perseverance and community in pursuing motorsports careers....

This New York Museum is Highlighting Latin American Dance Culture
The history of Latin American dancing culture is getting explored at a new exhibit at the Museum of the City of New York. The interactive exhibition also features items by iconic artists like Rubén Blades and Celia Cruz. The Museum of the City of...

OVH targets Latin America for Local Zone deployments
European cloud firm OVH plans to expand into Latin America this year with new Local Zones in four countries. Local zones are suitable for workloads with latency-sensitive services such as real-time analytics, e-commerce websites, Content Delivery...

World News | Nicaragua's Former President Violeta Chamorro Dies at 95, Family Says
San Jose (Costa Rica), Jun 14 (AP) Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband's assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua's...

Al Mashat Announces Egypt’s Selection to Benefit from CIF’s Industrial Decarbonization Program with $1 Billion Funding
Sat 14 Jun 2025 | 06:45 PM Dr. Rania A. Al-Mashat, Minister of Planning, Economic Development and International Cooperation, announced Egypt's selection among 7 countries out of 26 applicants to benefit from the Climate Investment Funds (CIF)...

Canadians Boycott U.S. Travel As Airlines Shift to Europe and Latin America, Cutting U.S. Flights
Since the beginning of the year, the relationship between the U.S. and Canada has been pretty tense. The situation worsened considerably following Trump's tariff war in early April when thousands of Canadians decided to boycott U.S. travel and...

Scientists say a record amount of seaweed hit the Caribbean and nearby areas in May
A record amount of sargassum piled up across the Caribbean and nearby areas in May, and more is expected this month, according to a new report. The brown prickly algae is suffocating shorelines from Puerto Rico to Guyana and beyond, disrupting...
Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro passes away
Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua’s civil war, has died, her family...

Nicaragua's former President Violeta Chamorro dies at 95, family says
SAN JOSE, Costa Rica (AP) — Violeta Chamorro, an unassuming homemaker who was thrust into politics by her husband’s assassination and stunned the world by ousting the ruling Sandinista party in presidential elections and ending Nicaragua’s civil...
Mexican autoworkers speak out in support of the rank-and-file investigation into the death of Ronald Adams Sr.
Mexican autoworkers have joined the growing international support for the investigation initiated by the International Workers Alliance of Rank-and-File Committees (IWA-RFC) into the death of Ronald Adams Sr. at the Stellantis Dundee Engine plant...

Peru highlights regional integration to support Latin America and Caribbean development
The event was organized by the Latin American and Caribbean Economic System (SELA), in partnership with the Andean Community (CAN) and the Institute of Latin American Studies (ILAS) of the Chinese Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). The diplomat...

President Sees Demonstration of Mexican Flag at US Protests as Provocation
"We believe that these images with the Mexican flag during the violence, especially this image of a man with a Mexican flag on a burning police car, are a provocation. Everything points to it being a provocation to create a certain image of...
Mexico’s president says her flag should not fly over US protests that turn violent
The Mexican flag has become a symbol of defiance in demonstrations against immigration raids.PHOTO: AFP MEXICO CITY – Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum on June 13 said the appearance of the flag of Mexico at protests that had turned violent in...

Where Does Latin America Stand in the Global AI Race?
Welcome back to Foreign Policy’s Latin America Brief. The highlights this week: Engineers build a Latin American AI model, former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner loses a trial, and Colombia reels from a high-profile shooting....
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Mexico’s Wild Reinvention of Sushi Is Spicy, Cheesy, and Totally Delicious
I live in the Mexican state of Sinaloa, a long strip along the Pacific coast where no city sits more than 100 miles from saltwater. Here, seafood is not just cuisine—it's culture. Aguachile, ceviche, pescado zarandeado, shrimp tacos: these are the...

Prime Minister Browne Participates in Brazil-Caribbean Summit to Strengthen Regional Cooperation
PRESS RELEASE Brasília, Brazil – June 13, 2025 — The Honourable Gaston A. Browne, Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda, participated in the inaugural Brazil-Caribbean Summit, held in Brasília and hosted by His Excellency Luiz Inácio Lula da...

IRONMAN Announces Partnership with ESPN to Bring Live Coverage of the IRONMAN Pro Series to Latin America and the Caribbean
TAMPA, Fla (June 13, 2025) – IRONMAN, the global leader in long-distance triathlon, and ESPN, the world's leading multiplatform sports entertainment brand, have today announced a broadcast partnership exclusively for viewers in Latin America and...

President Ali attends Brazil-Caribbean Summit 2025
Jun 14, 2025 News President Irfaan Ali (6th left) stands next to Brazil’s president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva (6TH right) and other regional leaders in Brasília, Brazil on Friday. (OP) President Irfaan Ali during the plenary meeting held on the...

Latin America and Caribbean week in pictures
Argentina’s highest court upheld a six-year prison sentence for former President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner in a ruling that permanently banned her from public office over the corruption conviction that found she had directed state contracts...

Former Nicaragua president Violeta Chamorro dead at 95
Violeta Chamorro (C) ruled Nicaragua from 1990 to 1997 - Copyright AFP/File David AKE Violeta Chamorro, who brought peace to Nicaragua after decades of war and was the first woman elected president in the Americas, died Saturday at the age of 95,...