Latin America
Canada announces 50% retaliatory tariffs on hundreds of US imports as trade war escalates – video
Announcement of tariffs on $20bn worth of US goods follows through on Mark Carney's vow to match US tariffs 'dollar for dollar' Continue reading...
First Thing: Supreme court threatens midterms mail-in voting as it backs Trump plan
US president has been obsessed with restricting the ability to vote by mail, despite using it himself. Plus why we are still fascinated with Meg from the White StripesDon’t alread…
Canadians do not seek a trade war – but neither will we be bullied by Donald Trump | Jen Gerson
A fundamental rupture in the values that have united North America is not a problem that can be wished away: this is a warning to the western allianceThe Canadians are exceedingly…
Colombia’s new president Abelardo de la Espriella announces immigration crackdown
Far-right leader echoes ally Donald Trump and says operations to ‘track down illegal immigrants’ should begin this week, amid earthquake aftermathColombia’s far-right president, A…
US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
US Southern Command has struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two accused of trafficking drugsAfter a pause of more than two months, the US military announced Mond…
Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel
Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between neighbors with historically strong economic tiesDonald Trump announced a new 50% tariff on automobiles and crucial raw mate…
Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from disputeAre you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from y…
Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you
We’d like to hear from Canadians who are avoiding American products and what they’re buying insteadThe US has imposed 50% tariffs on some Canadian goods after trade talks between …
Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’On an overcast summer morning, Carolyn Boyd, an archeologist at Texas State Unive…
The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile
Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground‘No more!!!’: Trump lashes out after US-Canada talks devolve into trade wa…
Canada vows to match Trump’s 50% tariffs after trade deal talks fail
Mark Carney accuses Washington of ‘unfair’ last-minute changes to deal, as US and Canada fail to reach agreement after three-day extension of talksCanadian prime minister Mark Car…
JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade
Audio recording of US vice-president apparently made at New York fundraiser and shared with Canadian PressLeaked audio from a private event has reportedly captured the US vice-pre…
Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures
The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories Continue reading...
Peru earthquake damages buildings and causes power cuts
A magnitude 6.7 earthquake struck the Ayacucho region on Thursday, the US Geological Survey says.
Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’
With plentiful jobs and community support, one Mexico City neighbourhood has become a haven for those who have lived much of their lives in the USWith its wide avenues lined with …
Panama canal to reduce shipping as El Niño strikes vital route
Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe droughtThe Panama canal will cut the number of ships passing through it starting next month bec…
US sanctions more Cuban companies and officials
An international socialist institute and Cuba's construction ministry are subject to the latest US sanctions, Marco Rubio announces.
Watch: Fishermen rescued after five days adrift in cool box
The men, aged 53 and 32, lost contact with their fishing cooperative on 14 August, 75 miles off the coast of Mexico.
Landslide at unlicensed Colombian gold mine kills 13
Four members of an indigenous family are among the dead, witnesses said.
The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholdsHeatwaves and wildfires are not just scorching …
The long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship: she wasn’t who she thought she was – neither was her father | Meaghan Beatley
A young activist thought her father’s disapproval of her leftwing views was purely political. Then one evening, a kiss goodbye sent her on a remarkable journey that continues toda…
‘A critical crossroads’: who is the woman vying to become the first Caribbean head of the UN?
If elected, Guyanese politician, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett wants to prioritise climate issues and restore the United Nations as a force for goodDon’t already get The Long Wave in …
Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend
Fernando Cerimedo, 42, arrested on suspicion of ordering shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia BellerA senior adviser to many of Latin America’s new wave of far-right leaders has been…
Head-on collision between bus and lorry in Brazil kills more than 20
It is not yet clear what caused the two vehicles to crash into each other in the early hours of Wednesday morning.