Protesters rally in Venezuela’s capital as post-election crisis persists | Elections News

Protesters rally in Venezuela’s capital as post-election crisis persists | Elections News

Opposition protesters are taking to the streets of Venezuela’s capital once more to denounce the results of a recent election that saw President Nicolas Maduro secure another term in power. Opposition leader Maria Corina Machado urged her supporters “to remain firm and united” in a social media post on Saturday,…

Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in Bermuda as residents hunker down | Climate News

Hurricane Ernesto makes landfall in Bermuda as residents hunker down | Climate News

Bermuda minister warns third hurricane of this year’s Atlantic hurricane season ‘is not a storm to be taken lightly’. Hurricane Ernesto has made landfall in Bermuda, leaving tens of thousands of people without power as it lashed the British island territory with powerful winds, a dangerous storm surge and potentially…

Why are there questions about arrests of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel leaders? | Explainer News

Why are there questions about arrests of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel leaders? | Explainer News

On June 25, the United States Justice Department announced the arrest of two high-ranking leaders of Mexico’s Sinaloa cartel – co-founder Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia and Joaquin Guzman Lopez, the son of imprisoned drug lord Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman. “Both men are facing multiple charges in the United States…

‘A dream’: How the Americas’ first free town took its independence back | Arts and Culture News

‘A dream’: How the Americas’ first free town took its independence back | Arts and Culture News

San Basilio de Palenque, Colombia – Overlooking the usually sleepy, languid town of San Basilio de Palenque is a statue of Benkos Bioho, runaway slave, town founder, and symbol of the town’s heritage and unique nature. “Africa is everything to me, it’s everything to us Palenqueros,” says Nuno Bembele, education…

‘I was ambushed’: Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ details capture | US-Mexico Border News

‘I was ambushed’: Sinaloa cartel leader ‘El Mayo’ details capture | US-Mexico Border News

Ismael ‘El Mayo’ Zambada says he was taken against his will to US amid conflicting accounts of arrest last month. The co-founder of the Sinaloa drug cartel says he was kidnapped in Mexico and delivered into United States custody against his will, in the latest chapter of a dramatic case…

US says El Chapo son surrendered but El Mayo taken against will from Mexico | Drugs News

US says El Chapo son surrendered but El Mayo taken against will from Mexico | Drugs News

US ambassador to Mexico says no US resources were involved in the removal of El Mayo from Mexico to arrest in Texas. The US ambassador to Mexico has acknowledged that drug lord Ismael “El Mayo” Zambada Garcia was brought to the United States against his will when he arrived in Texas…