All 29 McDonald’s Peru locations will remain closed until its local operator Arcos Dorados Holdings Inc completes inspections following the deaths of two teenaged employees at the weekend, the franchisor said in a statement on Wednesday. Arcos Dorados, which owns and operates McDonald’s restaurants throughout Latin America, said it started conducting the safety inspections on Wednesday following a two-day mourning… Read more »
All McDonald’s restaurants in Peru temporarily shuttered this week as part of “two days of mourning” following the deaths of two young employees at a Lima restaurant. McDonald’s Peru, which is operated by Arcos Dorados, announced the deaths of the two workers, Carlos Gabriel Edgardo Campos Zapata and Alexandra Antonella Porras Inga, in a statement Monday. “We want to announce… Read more »
Luis Fernando Guarachi, the head of the Bolivian police’s Public Corruption Division confirmed to journalists in La Paz that the warrant had been issued. Interior Minister Arturo Murillo tweeted a picture of what appeared to be the arrest warrant, adding: “FYI Senor (Morales).” Morales left Bolivia for Mexico in mid-November after being granted asylum there, following intense pressure from the… Read more »
Prosecutors in Bolivia’s capital have issued an arrest warrant against the former president Evo Morales, accusing him of sedition and terrorism. The interior minister, Arturo Murillo, recently brought charges against Morales, alleging he promoted violent clashes that led to 35 deaths during disturbances before and after he left office. On Wednesday, the minister tweeted a picture of what appeared to… Read more »
On the 12th of December, the US sent the first group of non-Guatemalan illegal migrants that had entered the US to Guatemala as part of a new cooperation between the countries. This preceded a meeting between the leaders of the two countries the following week. Among the first to be transported back were 7 Hondurans and 7 Salvadorans including children…. Read more »
A Salvadoran man was kidnapped and murdered in the Mexican city of Tijuana. Tijuana, a border city, is where a large number of asylum-seekers are being sent to await entry to the United States. Although the city is known to be particularly dangerous, many asylum-seekers are given no option. The 35 year old Salvadoran man, who’s name will be kept… Read more »
A hostile Trump administration and crises in Venezuela have left the landmark Obama-era detente hanging in the balance. Five years ago the United States and Cuba agreed to resume diplomatic ties and begin normalising relations after more than 50 years of hostility. The thaw was hailed by many as a turning point in relations between the two countries, which had remained frozen in a Cold War-era standoff. But looking… Read more »
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump thanked Guatemala’s president Tuesday for becoming a more active partner in helping stem a tide of migrants seeking to gain asylum in the United States. Trump praised President Jimmy Morales during the leader’s visit to the White House, an invitation that came after Guatemala in July signed a “safe third country” agreement with the… Read more »
GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala on Thursday received the first families of migrants sent by the United States under an agreement to return non-Guatemalans who passed through that country on their way to the U.S. border. The national migration agency confirmed the arrival of 14 people, seven from Honduras and seven from El Salvador and including children. The arrived on… Read more »
OTTAWA — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau says his government has asked the United States not to sign any final trade agreement with China until two Canadians detained in China have been released. It has been more than a year since China detained Michael Spavor and Michael Kovrig in apparent retaliation for Canada’s arrest of a top Chinese tech executive, Meng Wanzhou. Meng… Read more »
