List
Americas
News and analysis from North, Central and South America.
Latest stories
Newest first
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Hurricane Nolo still threatens Hawaii as Mexico’s Baja braces for Hurricane Polo
Hurricane Nolo moving away from Hawaiian islands but the threat of heavy rain, flash floods and strong winds persists
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Formerly enslaved people in Guyana embraced collective action | Letter
Letters: We should learn about emancipated people’s extraordinary capacity for mutual endeavour, writes Prof Kathryn A Monk, in response to an article in the Cotton Capital series
- Americas | The Guardian Read
‘Viscerally dedicated to social issues’: behind Lula’s drive to win final term in Brazil’s crunch election
Longtime friend tells of president’s obsession with social justice and fears for country’s future under another Bolsonaro presidency
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Melbourne man’s mysterious disappearance on popular Peru hiking trail prompts widespread search
Loved ones describe Jordan Yap, 30, as an experienced hiker who set out for a 10-day solo trek Peru before falling silent
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Hawaii braces for powerful winds and flash flooding with Hurricane Nolo
Preparation begins for extreme conditions as Nolo bears down on areas still recovering from previous storms
- Americas | The Guardian Read
US strikes on Ecuadorian fishing boats raise humanitarian concerns but Trump admin not wavering
Attorney says fishers ‘losing their livelihoods’, but Marco Rubio maintains US still willing to ‘blow up ships if need be’ While the US secretary of state, Marco Rubio, was being decorated in Quito by Ecuador’s president for “helping to promote peace in the region”, 10 Ecuadorian fishers whose boat had been blown up by US forces were adrift in the eastern Pacific. On 8 September, a day before Rubio arrived, a US patrol vessel intercepted the fishing boat Don Rufo in international waters near Ecuador. Continue reading
- Americas | The Guardian Read
‘It’s just getting worse’: anger in Maine over Trump’s trade war with close neighbor Canada
President’s tariffs have hurt fishers, loggers and others in a state with deep bonds to Canada – will voters show their displeasure in the midterms? It was an ideal summer to cut trees. The weather in Maine’s Penobscot county – one of the most heavily forested counties in a state dense with trees – was warm and dry. Yet even as the county’s wood had grown to an ideal size to harvest, the machines Molly London typically uses sat idle. Continue reading
- Americas | The Guardian Read
The truth behind Donald Trump’s ‘biggest oil deal in world history’
The US’s oil deal with Venezuela faces multiple legal and logistical problems, including questions about whether it can be implemented
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Lula bans fixed-odds sports betting a week before Brazilian elections
President’s ‘hard, drastic and necessary measure’, likely to attract widespread public support, polls suggest Brazilian president, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, has signed an order banning fixed-odds sports betting just over a week before the first round of the presidential election, in a move he said was designed to tackle the pervasive problem of families falling into debt. The decision ends the operation, offering, intermediation and advertising of betting. Continue reading
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Michigan CEO loses job after posting AI-made image of her family in ‘Lake America’ sweaters
Jane Smith reportedly used ChatGPT to edit photo to show name Trump ordered US agencies to use for Lake Ontario amid trade war with Canada
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Alberta’s ‘rat patrol’ ramps up operations as vermin makes inroads in province
‘Rat-free’ Canadian province recently took a verminous hit when a dead rodent turned up in town of Bowden For more than seven decades, residents of Alberta have shared something in common with Antarctica and the high Arctic: all locations are officially free of rats. But on Thursday the Canadian province’s reputation as a firewall against rodent infestation took a hit when the town of Bowden announced the discovery of a dead rat and called on the province’s “rat patrol” to investigate. Continue reading
- Americas | The Guardian Read
‘Birdwatching is close to rapture’: Margaret Atwood on why she has given C$1m to avian research
Canadian novelist has celebrated her late partner’s love of birds with a C$1m gift to a university to establish the Graeme Gibson chair in avian biology
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Hurricane Polo barrels towards Baja California region of Mexico
Area’s second-most intense hurricane on record being fuelled by exceptionally warm Pacific waters Hurricane Polo is barreling towards the Baja California region of Mexico, the latest system in a Pacific hurricane season that has been notably active in recent months. On 22 September, a measurement of 892 millibars was registered for Hurricane Polo, making it the second-most intense hurricane on record in the east Pacific.
- BBC News Read
Robbie Williams’ surprise singalong after Peru gig cancelled
Robbie Williams gave an impromptu performance outside a hotel in Lima after his stadium concert was cancelled.
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Lula says Trump wants to ‘colonise’ and capture Brazil’s resources by meddling in election
A TV spot claims the US president is trying to sway October’s presidential vote in favour of Lula’s far-right opponents Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s presidential campaign has accused Donald Trump of wanting to “colonise”Brazil in order to capture its natural resources by meddling in next month’s presidential election. The accusation came in a televised campaign advert that was broadcast on Thursday by Lula’s team amid growing fears over the impact alleged US interference could have on the vote. Continue reading
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Democratic lawmakers accuse Trump administration of interference in Brazilian elections
Legislators sent letter to Marco Rubio saying US interference is weakening Brazil’s democratic institutions
- The Americas Read
The dictator’s laboratory: Nayib Bukele is pushing AI hard
He hopes it will improve health care and education, and buoy up his popularity
- Americas | The Guardian Read
‘You can’t just bet everything on exports’: as its gas runs out, is Bolivia doomed to repeat history?
A fossil gas boom that lifted millions out of poverty has collapsed and inflation is rising – but not everyone believes gold and soya exports are the answer
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Argentinas president attacks UN over inaction on Falkland Islands sovereignty
Javier Milei says organisation is filled with ‘arrogant parasites’ and threatens to take ‘matters into our own hands’
- Americas | The Guardian Read
Delcy Rodríguez poses with Trump in New York as Maduro languishes in jail nearby
Interim president, who agreed a 65bn-barrel oil deal with the US, did not say whether she would visit her snatched predecessor, Nicolás Maduro, in jail
Showing 20 of 160 articles