Tag: Americas
MSF suspends its activities in Cité Soleil, a poor district of the capital
Armed gangs have absolute control over certain neighborhoods and kidnappings for ransom are committed every day, mainly in the capital Port-au-Prince. It is in this context that Médecins sans frontières…
Biden administration lifts Trump immigration restrictions
In the United States, the Biden administration announces the lifting of immigration restrictions imposed at the start of the Covid-19 pandemic. A decision that risks increasing arrivals at the southern…
the manager of the opposition newspaper “La Prensa” sentenced to nine years in prison
Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro was sentenced this Thursday, March 31, 2022, to nine years in prison for money laundering in one of the trials brought against opponents of President Daniel…
US passports will now recognize gender ‘X’
In the United States, as of April 11, all passport applicants will be able to check the X box when choosing their gender. The US administration wants to make life…
Joe Biden urges Congress to continue funding the fight against Covid-19
The Covid-19 pandemic, even if it is less in the forefront of the news, continues to cause concern with an increase in the number of cases of contamination in certain…
Sailing: the next America’s Cup will take place in 2024 in Barcelona
The next edition of the America’s Cup will take place in September and October 2024 in Barcelona (northeastern Spain), the organizers of the prestigious sailing event announced on Tuesday March…
president threatens to make inmates ‘pay’ if gangs don’t stop violence
El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele threatened on Monday (March 28) to attack some 16,000 imprisoned gang members if they did not stop their killings. The Parliament of the Central American…
Joe Biden’s diplomatic mess that could be expensive
” For God’s sake, this man can’t stay in power are the words of Joe Biden in Poland this weekend about Vladimir Putin. The White House and Secretary of State…
62 homicides in a single day, gangs singled out
Police have announced that they have recorded 62 homicides in El Salvador on Saturday March 26 alone, attributed to gangs. The country’s parliament is considering declaring a state of emergency…
In the Caribbean, the tour of Prince William and Kate Middleton turns to discomfiture
In the Caribbean, the tour of Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton has just ended. The grandson of the Queen of England Elizabeth II visited several Commonwealth countries in…