Kenneth Roth, ‘Godfather’ of Human Rights Work, to Step Down
Mr. Roth joined Human Rights Watch when it was a fledgling organization. It has expanded into one of the most influential human rights advocacy groups.
View ArticleAs Mask Mandates End, Canada’s Atlantic Provinces See Rise in Covid Cases
Once relatively shielded from the virus transmission waves that flooded the rest of Canada, coronavirus infections are rising in the easternmost provinces.
View ArticleAt a Wilderness Resort in Canada, Getting There is the Only Hard Part
No roads lead to Shadow Lake Lodge, in the backcountry near Banff, and reaching it requires an eight-mile hike. The payoff: solitude, adventure and ease.
View ArticleA Woman’s Disappearance Sparks Outrage in Mexico Over Gender Violence
The case of Debanhi Escobar, 18, in Monterrey has ignited a national outcry over the government’s failure to deliver justice for missing women.
View ArticleColombian General and 10 Others Admit to Crimes Against Humanity
In the first hearing of its kind, officials admitted to orchestrating extrajudicial killings. But victims asked for more. “We know that there are powerful people behind you,” said one woman. “We need...
View ArticleIn El Salvador, the President Cracks Down on Civil Liberties
Much of the country’s population is willing to tolerate an autocratic leader, if it means that someone will finally solve their most pressing problem: gang violence.
View ArticleJosé Luis Cortés, Trailblazing Cuban Bandleader, Dies at 70
He was trained in the classics and jazz, but he helped popularize a new, danceable genre known as timba.
View ArticlePremier of British Virgin Islands Arrested on Drug Trafficking Charges in Miami
Andrew Fahie, the elected head of government of the small Caribbean territory, has been charged with conspiracy to import at least five kilograms of a cocaine mixture and conspiracy to launder money.
View ArticleFlagship Hudson’s Bay Store Turned Over to Indigenous Group
The Hudson’s Bay Company has turned over its former flagship store to an Indigenous group with big ambitions for the space.
View Article4 Canadian Military Cadets Die After Car Plunges Into River
The men were set to graduate from the Royal Military College in a few weeks, the authorities said.
View ArticleShe Promised to Empower Women. Will Honduras’s President Succeed?
The country’s first female leader, Xiomara Castro, is struggling to advance her feminist agenda 14 years after a coup ended the presidency of her husband, who pursued similar causes.
View ArticleAn Anaconda’s Play Date With Dolphins Took a Strange Turn
Why were Bolivian river dolphins swimming around with a large predatory snake in their mouths? “There are so many questions,” one researcher said.
View ArticleCuban Migrants Arrive to U.S. in Record Numbers, on Foot, Not by Boat
Political repression and escalating economic difficulties on the island, along with a new visa-free travel policy in Nicaragua, are some of the factors driving the change.
View ArticleIn Mexico, One Cartel Is Cleared, but Others Storm In
In the state of Michoacán, small drug cartels compete with larger ones for territory, leaving the residents caught in the middle of a brutal turf war.
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