For several years, the number of people transiting through Mexico, many hoping for a better life in the USA, has continued to grow. The UN team in the country, in close collaboration with the Mexican authorities, is working to ensure that they (...)
Nicaragua has received one million Covid vaccines from China, days after it cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favor of Beijing, BBC reported.
Government representatives returned to the Central American state on Sunday with news of the (...)
Nicaragua has become the latest country to cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in favour of China, BBC reported.
Taiwan said it was "deeply saddened", adding that Nicaragua had "disregarded [their] many years of friendship".
The decision was praised by (...)
Preliminary results from the Nicaraguan general election suggest that incumbent President Daniel Ortega has won by a landslide, BBC reported.
With about half of the ballots counted, Ortega has secured around 75% of the vote. But as the BBC's Central (...)
More than half the population of Latin America and the Caribbean has not been vaccinated against COVID-19, a senior official with the regional arm of UN health agency WHO said on Wednesday.
Dr. Jarbas Barbosa, Assistant Director at the Pan American (...)
Iceland's coalition government appeared likely to continue after voters rallied around the political center in a volatile parliamentary election. Polls had suggested a victory for left-leaning parties in the unpredictable election, which saw 10 (...)
Miguel Marion Díaz-Canel Bermúdez, the president of Cuba, underlined the importance of multilateralism and the UN in his speech to the high-level General Debate at the General Assembly on Thursday, during which he condemned the foreign policy of the (...)
Albanian lawmakers on Friday approved the country's new women-dominated cabinet after a parliamentary session that lasted more than 20 hours.
Edi Rama was voted as prime minister for the third time after a landslide election victory in April.
"The (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulation to President Daniel Ortega of the Republic of Nicaragua on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the president (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman sent a cable of congratulation to President Daniel Ortega of the Republic of Nicaragua on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques wished the president (...)
His Royal Highness Prince Mohammed bin Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud, Crown Prince, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Defense, has sent a cable of congratulation to President Daniel Ortega of the Republic of Nicaragua on the anniversary of his (...)
The Custodian of the Two Holy Mosques King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud has sent a cable of congratulation to President Daniel Ortega of the Republic of Nicaragua on the anniversary of his country's Independence Day.
The Custodian of the Two Holy (...)
Russia's Sputnik V has seen rising popularity across Latin America as more countries announce shipments and deals to purchase the COVID-19 vaccine.
Nine Latin American countries so far have approved usage of the Sputnik V vaccine — Argentina, (...)
Reporting that hunger has increased almost fourfold in El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Nicaragua in the past two years, the World Food Program (WFP) on Tuesday warned that 1.7 million people are in the ‘emergency' category of food insecurity, (...)
An independent UN human rights expert condemned on Monday the murder of an indigenous environmental defender in Nicaragua, calling for those responsible to be "duly investigated and brought to justice".
Mary Lawlor, Special Rapporteur on the (...)
The World Meteorological Organization's (WMO) annual climate report, released on Wednesday, reads like a long list of extreme weather and natural disasters. But it may well be a preview of things to come.
The report, which includes data from January (...)
The United Nations warned on Tuesday of catastrophic consequences from Hurricane Iota, the second major tropical cyclone to hit Central America this month.
"We're running out of superlatives for this Atlantic hurricane season. It's record breaking (...)
Hunger threatens to soar to devastating levels in 25 countries in the coming months due to the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the World Food Program and Food and Agriculture Organization have warned.
The greatest concentration of need is in (...)
DUBAI -- Iran and several of its allies have called on the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres to push for waiving US sanctions against them amid the coronavirus pandemic.
Iran, China, Cuba, Russia, Syria, Nicaragua, North Korea and Venezuela sent (...)
Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele on Friday unveiled a new independent commission to tackle corruption, taking inspiration from a U.N.-backed body that toppled the previous president of neighboring Guatemala.
Bukele, who took office in June, has (...)
Hollywood star Richard Gere on Saturday called on the Italian government to stop "demonizing people" and instead help migrants who have been stranded on a Spanish charity boat in the Mediterranean for more than a week.
Gere, who visited the Open (...)
The United States and 15 other countries launched a broadside of criticism at the European Union on Thursday, saying its "hazard-based" approach to regulating pesticides and other "critical tools" used by farmers was damaging livelihoods (...)
Haiti rallied with two second-half goals to beat Costa Rica 2-1 Monday and reach the quarter-finals of the CONCACAF Gold Cup as winners of Group B.
Haiti right back Djimy Bend Alexis delivered the winner in the 81st minute with a right-footed blast (...)
Goals from Mayron George and Elias Aguilar helped Costa Rica to a 2-1 victory over Bermuda in Texas on Thursday that also earned them a place in the quarterfinals of the Gold Cup with a match to spare.
Haiti, who earlier beat Nicaragua 2-0, also (...)
The Trump administration banned cruises to Cuba under new restrictions on US travel to the Caribbean island imposed on Tuesday to pressure its Communist government to reform and stop supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro.
The tightening of (...)
