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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
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…