Americas

Blinken heads to Haiti, Dominican Republic this week

Secretary of state's visit to Port-au-Prince underscores US support for Haiti, with additional humanitarian assistance anticipated as the country grapples with gang violence

World pumps out 57 million tons of plastic pollution yearly and most comes in Global South

Researchers at University of Leeds in United Kingdom examine waste produced at local level in more than 50,000 cities and towns for the work published in journal Nature

Protesters block Mexican Congress over judicial overhaul; lawmakers vote at gym

Opponents say reforms would politicize and de-professionalize the court system

Haiti unveils new corruption cases against high-level officials despite impunity

Newest cases involve food meant for public school students being diverted for other purposes to government fuel being used for personal benefit

Venezuela issues arrest warrant for opposition candidate Gonzalez

Musk's Starlink will comply with judge's order to block X in Brazil

Starlink said in a statement posted on X that it will heed Justice Alexandre de Moraes' order despite him having frozen the company's assets

US border policy spurred migrant camps hundreds of miles away in Mexico's capital

Informal settlements spring up as people wait to receive U.S. asylum appointments

Venezuela attorney general requests arrest warrant for opposition leader Gonzalez 

Gonzalez failed to respond to summonses to testify about opposition website that published detailed results of country's disputed presidential election

Brazil Supreme Court panel upholds judge's decision to block X nationwide

Broader support among justices undermines effort of Elon Musk and his supporters to cast Justice Alexandre de Moraes as a renegade and authoritarian censor of political speech

US seizes plane used by Venezuela's Maduro, citing sanctions violations

US officials say the Dassault Falcon 900EX jet was illegally purchased through a shell company and smuggled out of the United States; it was seized in the Dominican Republic

Mexico's Lopez Obrador gives final report as opponents, US fret

Opponents see controversial reform of judiciary as worryingly autocratic move by governing party