14 h. ago Hondurans vote amid Trump threat to cut aid if his preferred candidate loses

US president favours Nasry ‘Tito’ Asfura of rightwing National party, as polls show three candidates are neck-and-neckHondurans have begun voting in an election held amid threats by Donald Trump to cut aid to the country if his preferred candidate loses.Honduras could be the next country in Latin America, after Argentina and Bolivia, to swing right after years of leftwing rule. Continue reading...

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36 h. ago Governments endorse greater protections for sharks amid concerns about overfishing

Governments have adopted greater protections for over 70 species of sharks and rays at an international wildlife trade conference

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67 h. ago ‘Foam that’s washed away’: support dissolves as Bolsonaro starts 27

Brazil shows little sign of feared rightwing rebellion, with only a few die-hards protesting outside prisonA few hours before Jair Bolsonaro was ordered to start his 27-year coup sentence in a parking space-sized room, Arley Xavier stood outside the former president’s new home putting a brave face on his leader’s bind.“It’s not over. There’s still so much Jair Messias Bolsonaro needs to do here in Brazil No, it’s not over,” insisted the 21-year-old activist, urging conservatives to rise up against Bolsonaro’s imprisonment by flocking to the capital, Brasília, to protest. Continue reading...

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3 d. ago Bolsonaro's sentence and more top photos this week from Latin America and the Caribbean

Nov. 21-27, 2025

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3 d. ago Week in wildlife: seal pups, albino turtles and a sleeping tiger

This week’s best wildlife photographs from around the world Continue reading...

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4 d. ago Mexico plans to build Latin America's most powerful supercomputer

Mexico has announced plans to build Latin America's most powerful supercomputer, named "Coatlicue."

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5 d. ago Love Island's Maura Higgins slips into a racy cutaway gown as she celebrates her 35th birthday on a lavish girls' trip to Dubai

The Love Island star jetted off to Dubai this week with her pals, model Sophia Laura and photographer Liat Benezra.

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8 d. ago Bolsonaro's conviction brings vindication for some Brazilians who lost loved ones to COVID

Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro is preparing to serve a 27-year sentence for attempting a coup

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8 d. ago Bolsonaro claims after arrest he tampered with ankle tag from ‘curiosity’

Ex-president says he used soldering iron on device and is now in custody because of fears he was going to abscondBrazil’s former far-right president Jair Bolsonaro has claimed he tried to damage his electronic ankle monitor “out of curiosity” after he was arrested at his villa owing to suspicions he was poised to abscond.In a video released by the supreme court, Bolsonaro – who was recently sentenced to 27 years in prison for masterminding a military coup – can be heard admitting to a security official that he had used a soldering iron to tamper with the black tag. Continue reading...

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8 d. ago Ronaldo dines with Donald for glamour portion of grotesque Saudi

A pension-pot World Cup looms and with Trump in the White House and a crown prince at his back, it is now a safe spaceIt was hard to choose one favourite photo from football’s double-header at the White House this week. In part this is because the pictures from Donald Trump’s state dinner with Mohammed bin Salman and his in-house hype men Cristiano Ronaldo and Gianni Infantino were everywhere, recycled feverishly across the internet, dusted with their own drool-stained commentary by the wider Ronaldo-verse.Mainly there were just so many jaw-droppers. Perhaps you liked the one of Trump and Ronaldo strolling the halls of power, Ronaldo dressed all in black and laughing uproariously, like a really happy ninja. Or the one of Ronaldo and Georgina Rodríguez standing either side of a weirdly beaming Trump at his desk, holding up some kind of large heraldic key as though they’ve just been presented with their own wind-up wooden sex-grandad. Continue reading...

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9 d. ago Haiti qualifies for World Cup and more top photos this week from the Caribbean and Latin America

Nov. 14-20, 2025

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1 week ago 'War on drugs' or political agitation? Assessing Trump's actions in Venezuela – video explainer

In August, Donald Trump started a campaign of aggression against Venezuela. The US president first launched airstrikes on alleged drug boats off the coast of the South American country – a move largely condemned as extrajudicial killings – then deployed US naval assets in the Caribbean. The Guardian's Latin America correspondent, Tom Phillips, explains why the claims the targeted boats were carrying drugs destined for the US are dubious and what Trump's actions could mean for the Venezuelan president, Nicolás MaduroVenezuela’s Maduro urges Trump to avoid Afghanistan-style ‘forever war’ Continue reading...

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1 week ago Ariana's parting barb to crowds sparks fears for her health at New York Wicked premiere

Ariana Grande sparked concerns after becoming overwhelmed with photographers' attention at the Wicked: For Good New York premiere this week.

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1 week ago More than 80 countries at Cop30 join call for roadmap to fossil fuel phase

Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America, Pacific and Europe plead for transition to be central outcome of talksCop30 live – latest updatesMore than 80 countries have joined a call for a roadmap to phasing out fossil fuels, in a dramatic intervention into stuck negotiations at the UN Cop30 climate summit.Countries from Africa, Asia, Latin America and the Pacific joined with EU member states and the UK to make an impassioned plea for the “transition away from fossil fuels” to be a central outcome of the talks, despite stiff opposition from petrostates and some other major economies. Continue reading...

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1 week ago Kate Middleton opens up about the 'unseen' mental health battles in pregnancy as she writes emotional letter to charity

Kate, 43, personally wrote the correspondence to coincide with the new photographic exhibition, This Is Also Motherhood, on display this week at Phillips in London.

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2 w. ago Thomas Tuchel drops England World Cup squad hint with ‘five stars chosen to model new kit’ in secret photoshoot

THOMAS TUCHEL has got some big decisions to make between now and the end of the season as to who will make the cut for his World Cup squad. One of the biggest clues yet has been given away in a photoshoot that took place this week. It has been reported that a select group...

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2 w. ago Man went to 300 UK towns to find 'worst places' and discovered England's 'third world'

An adventurer found that some former mining towns were among the poorest places he'd seen in the world, even having visited Latin America, and that southerners can be as friendly as northerners

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2 w. ago Man went to 300 UK towns to find 'worst places' and now he's picked which one

An adventurer found that some former mining towns were among the poorest places he'd seen in the world, even having visited Latin America, and that southerners can be as friendly as northerners

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2 w. ago Hegseth announces military’s Operation Southern Spear against ‘narco

President met with top generals earlier this week to discuss best means of tackling drug smugglers in Latin America, according to a report

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2 w. ago Prince Harry and Meghan Markle pose with celebrity psychic and send her a quasi

The Sussexes were seen alongside astrologer Angela Pearl in photographs she shared to Instagram this week - believed to have been taken during their trip to New York City.

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