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Dengue cases set a new record in the Americas this year as deaths also surge
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dengue fever is sweeping across the Caribbean and the Americas, with a record 12.6 million suspected cases of the mosquito-transmitted virus reported this year, nearly triple the number from last year, health officials said Tuesday. Cases of dengue have...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Nov. 22 - Nov. 28, 2024 Countries across the region marked International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women with performances and demonstrations. Left-wing opposition candidate Yamandú Orsi wins a tight presidential run-off election in Uruguay. ...
A third November storm, Sara, serves notice that a busy hurricane season isn't over yet
SAVANNAH, Ga. (AP) — As the third named storm to emerge during November, Tropical Storm Sara serves as a reminder that the Atlantic hurricane season hasn't quite ended. Sara formed in the western Caribbean Sea before making landfall Thursday on the northern coast of Honduras,...
Tropical Storm Sara forms in the Caribbean and threatens flash floods and mudslides in Central America, forecasters say
Guns smuggled from the US are blamed for a surge in killings on more Caribbean islands
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Dozens of soldiers and police fanned out across a neighborhood on a recent night in the Turks & Caicos Islands just days after the archipelago reported a record 40 killings this year. They were on the hunt for criminals and illegal weapons fueling a...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Oct. 25-31, 2024 Fans of Argentina's Lanús launch fireworks ahead of a Copa Sudamericana match against Brazil's Cruzeiro. Kayapos protest a proposed constitutional amendment in Brazil that threatens some Indigenous land. Venezuelan migrants cross the Suchiate River from Guatemala...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Oct. 18-24, 2024 Millions of Cubans were left without electricity for days after the nation’s energy grid went down when one of the island’s major power plants failed. The Amazon River naturally fluctuates during the dry and rainy seasons. But a dramatic drop has...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Oct. 11-17, 2024 One Direction fans flocked to the Casa Sur Hotel in Buenos Aires, Argentina, after singer Liam Payne died in a fall from a hotel balcony. Businesses in Ecuador’s capital have seen their sales dented by rolling power cuts introduced by the government...
How the tiny Caribbean island of Anguilla has turned the AI boom into a digital gold mine
The artificial intelligence boom has benefited chatbot makers, computer scientists and Nvidia investors. It's also providing an unusual windfall for Anguilla, a tiny island in the Caribbean. ChatGPT's debut nearly two years ago heralded the dawn of the AI age and kicked off a...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Oct. 4-10, 2024 An attack by an armed gang in Pont-Sondé killed and displaced people in Haiti. Brazilians voted in municipal elections. Hurricane Milton crashed through both Cuba and Mexico's Yucatán peninsula. This gallery highlights some of the most compelling...