Cuba’s Communist revolution took aim at private businesses, making them largely illegal. Today, they are proliferating, while the socialist economy craters.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/world/americas/cuba-economy-communism-capitalism.html
President Biden is under intense political pressure, including from within his own party, to address migration before the election.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/29/us/politics/biden-mexico-illegal-immigration.html
Reshaping the drug war in one of Central America’s most lawless corners, the fentanyl boom has devastated the trade in opium poppies used to make heroin.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/28/world/americas/guatemala-fentanyl-opium-poppy.html
When Rogelio Villarreal bought rose-gold earrings for a price that the luxury retailer said was a mistake, he looked to a Mexican consumer protection law. He later said the company delivered the ...
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/world/americas/mexico-cartier-sale-consumer-protection.html
The statue will be part of “Ancient Huasteca Women: Goddesses, Warriors and Governors” at the National Museum of Mexican Art in Chicago.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/science/ancient-mexican-ballplayer-statue.html
Alberta is seeking powers to veto funding agreements between the federal government and provincial entities, including postsecondary institutions.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/27/world/canada/alberta-canada-danielle-smith-trudeau.html
The Japanese automaker, which has been slow to sell electric vehicles, said it would invest $11 billion to make batteries and cars in Ontario.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/business/honda-electric-vehicles-canada.html
Prosecutors in Guatemala, which has a history of targeting nonprofit groups, said they were probing claims of child abuse, which the charity denied.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/26/world/americas/guatemala-save-the-children-raid.html
With that body in place, Prime Minister Ariel Henry resigned and the new leaders turned to the task of establishing order in a gang-ridden country.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/25/world/americas/haiti-council-gangs-henry.html
Voters in Ecuador gave their new president, Daniel Noboa, who deployed the military to fight gangs in January, even more powers.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/21/world/americas/ecuador-referendum-vote-noboa.html
The measure from a member of the Bloc Québécois would ban changes to the supply management system for dairy, poultry and eggs.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/20/world/canada/canada-trade-farm-goods-parliament.html
In December, the train began running on its first route through Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula. On a five-day journey a few months later, the author encountered enthusiasm, and scheduling hiccups.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/19/travel/mexico-maya-train.html
The Biden administration had paused deportations of Haitian migrants in recent months as their home country was wracked by violence.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/18/us/politics/us-restarts-deportation-flights-to-haiti.html
She was believed to be the first Western scientist to study the animals in their natural habitat, but she struggled to overcome sexism in academia.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/science/anne-innis-dagg-dead.html
The Biden administration had temporarily lifted sanctions after President Nicolás Maduro agreed to make free elections possible. Now Mr. Maduro has put up barriers to a credible vote.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/world/americas/us-oil-sanctions-venezuela-maduro.html
The stolen gold was partly used to buy guns that were bound for Canada, the police said.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/17/world/canada/canada-gold-heist-pearson-airport.html
An ascending jet’s contrail over Montreal added to the wonder of last Monday’s eclipse.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/15/science/eclipse-shadow-plane-halo.html
A freshman congressman is demanding answers from the fashion house Loro Piana, which sources wool from his native Peru and faces accusations of exploiting workers there.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/us/politics/garcia-loro-piana-vuitton-indigenous-peru.html
Andrew Furey, Canada’s only Liberal premier, recently asked the Liberal federal government to suspend the scheduled increases.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/world/canada/newfoundland-premier-andrew-furey.html
In Bogotá, a city with more than 1.1 million bicycles and a strong riding culture, a number of high-profile crimes have rattled cyclists.
https://www.nytimes.com/2024/04/13/world/americas/colombia-bogota-cycling-crime.html