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Joaquin “El Chapo” Guzman is escorted by soldiers at the hangar belonging to the office of the Attorney General in Mexico City, Mexico. (Reuters/Henry Romero/File Photo)

El Chapo’s US trial set for opening statements

The 61-year-old is considered the world’s largest drug trafficker since the death of Colombia’s Pablo Escobar

Marin was convicted of accepting bribes from sports marketing companies in exchange for contracts to broadcast major tournaments like the Copa America and the Copa Libertadores. (Brendan McDermid/Reuters)

First convicted FIFA bigwig awaits US sentencing

Jose Maria Marin was one of the FIFA executives arrested in May 2015 at a luxury hotel in Zurich in a raid requested by the United States

Brazil calls emergency Cabinet meeting amid protests

Brazil’s President Dilma Rousseff has called an emergency Cabinet meeting after at least a million people took to the streets in protest.

Immigration, tourism collide in Canaries

Immigration and mass tourism are coexisting rather awkwardly in Spain’s Canary Islands, where more than 24 000 African migrants have arrived this year. Over the summer, a…

Latinos flex political muscle, but can they deliver votes?

Mass protests demanding legalisation of undocumented migrants has bolstered United States Latinos, but it is too early to know if they can muster voters in upcoming elections.…

Cuban ‘bomber’ puts Bush on the spot

The arrest of accused airline bomber Luis Posada Carriles in Florida poses a thorny problem for United States President George Bush, who has vowed to battle terrorism anywhere,…

Bush, Kerry battle for Hispanic vote

Hispanic voters are hot commodities this year, as President George Bush and Democrat John Kerry fight to win their support in what is expected to be an extremely close…