Haitian police demanding better working conditions shot up the army headquarters on Sunday, killing two servicemen and wounding a dozen more, the Defence Ministry said, prompting the government to cancel an upcoming carnival. In a statement issued Sunday evening, the government said it had observed “with concern and dismay that terror has reigned in certain arteries of the Port-au-Prince metropolitan area.” In… Read more »
Brazil confirmed the first case of a fast-spreading new coronavirus in Latin America on Wednesday, diagnosing a 61-year-old man in Sao Paulo who returned recently from Italy. The official diagnosis comes during Brazil’s carnival holiday, a peak time for domestic travel when millions of revelers throng to major cities for raucous street celebrations. Brazilian stocks tumbled more than 7% on… Read more »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – A cruise ship with more than 6,000 people aboard was given permission on Wednesday to dock in Mexico after passengers were denied entry in two Caribbean ports due to fears, later disproven, that a crew member was infected with the coronavirus. Cruise liner MSC Meraviglia is pictured while waiting for permission to dock at Punta Langosta after… Read more »
Campaigning for next month’s referendum on changing Chile’s dictatorship-era constitution began on Wednesday, more than four months after an outbreak of unrest that triggered the ballot. More than 14 million Chileans will be eligible to vote on April 26 on changing a charter established in 1980, under the military rule of Augusto Pinochet (1973-90). It has been changed before by referendum, following… Read more »