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Colombia’s new president Abelardo de la Espriella announces immigration crackdown
By Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Far-right leader echoes ally Donald Trump and says operations to ‘track down illegal immigrants’ should begin this week, amid earthquake aftermath

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/colombia-immigration-crackdown-president-abelardo-de-la-espriella

#Colombia #Thefarright #DonaldTrump #Americas #TheGuardian #TiagoRogeroSouthAmericacorrespondent

Colombia’s new president Abelardo de la Espriella announces immigration crackdown https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/25/colombia-immigration-crackdown-president-abelardo-de-la-espriella #Colombia #TheFarRight #DonaldTrump #Americas

US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/vessel-strike-eastern-pacific #Americas #WorldNews #Drugs #Caribbean #DonaldTrump #Venezuela #PeteHegseth #Colombia #Ecuador #UsNews

US strikes a vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing 2 people in first attack in months
By By Konstantin Toropin and Bill Barrow, Associated Press

US Southern Command has struck another vessel in the eastern Pacific, killing two accused of trafficking drugs

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/vessel-strike-eastern-pacific

#Americas #Worldnews #Drugs #Caribbean #DonaldTrump #Venezuela #PeteHegseth #Colombia #Ecuador #USnews #TheGuardian #ByKonstantinToropin #BillBarrow #AssociatedPress

Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel
By Gaya Gupta

Move is latest deterioration in trade relations between two neighbors with historically strong economic ties

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-tariff-increase-trump-auto

#Trumptariffs #Canada #DonaldTrump #MarkCarney #Automotiveindustry #Tariffs #USforeignpolicy #Americas #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian #GayaGupta

Trump announces new 50% tariff on Canadian cars, trucks and steel https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-tariff-increase-trump-auto #TrumpTariffs #Canada #DonaldTrump #MarkCarney #AutomotiveIndustry #Tariffs #UsForeignPolicy #Americas #UsNews #UsPolitics

Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-trade-deal-trump-mark-carney-french-language #TrumpTariffs #Canada #MarkCarney #DonaldTrump #TrumpAdministration #Tariffs #Americas #UsNews #UsPolitics

Mark Carney says Canada can’t accept US trade deal that would weaken French language
By Leyland Cecco in Toronto

Prime minister praised for rejecting US trade proposal as Trump shows little interest in retreating from spat

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/canada-trade-deal-trump-mark-carney-french-language

#Trumptariffs #Canada #MarkCarney #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #Tariffs #Americas #USnews #USpolitics #TheGuardian #LeylandCeccoinToronto

Are you a Canadian boycotting US products? We’d like to hear from you
By Guardian community team

We’d like to hear from Canadians who are avoiding American products and what they’re buying instead

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/24/are-you-a-canadian-boycotting-us-products-wed-like-to-hear-from-you

#Canada #Americas #USnews #TheGuardian #Guardiancommunityteam

Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’
By Roque Planas in Comstock, Texas

The president’s border wall plan could damage or destroy ‘the oldest-known books in North America’

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/indigenous-rock-art-border-wall

#USMexicoborder #Indigenouspeoples #Nationalparks #Trumpadministration #DonaldTrump #Art #USimmigration #Texas #USpolitics #USnews #Mexico #Americas #TheGuardian #RoquePlanasinComstock #Texas

Trump’s border wall construction threatens rock art as old as the pyramids: ‘The ancestors are still here’ https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/24/indigenous-rock-art-border-wall #UsmexicoBorder #IndigenousPeoples #NationalParks #TrumpAdministration #DonaldTrump #Art #UsImmigration #Texas #UsPolitics #UsNews #Mexico #Americas

Relatives of disappeared people clean memorial in Mexico

Relatives of disappeared people in Mexico and members of an advocacy group cleared the fences around a memorial in Mexico City, ahead of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances. #News #Reuters #Newsfeed #world #Americas #Mexico #MexicoCity #disappeared #people 👉 Subscribe: Keep up with the latest news from around the world: Follow Reuters on Facebook: Follow Reuters on X: Follow Reuters on…

https://fllics.com/en/video/relatives-of-disappeared-people-clean-memorial-in-mexico/

The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/canada-us-collapsed-trade-talks-negotiation-breakdown-analysis #TrumpTariffs #Canada #MarkCarney #UsNews #DonaldTrump #Business #Americas #Tariffs #WorldNews #Economics

The lesson from Canada’s collapsed trade talks with the US: negotiation may be futile
By Olivia Bowden

Breakdown shows Washington now prioritises its own interests over any semblance of shared economic ground

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/23/canada-us-collapsed-trade-talks-negotiation-breakdown-analysis

#Trumptariffs #Canada #MarkCarney #USnews #DonaldTrump #Business #Americas #Tariffs #Worldnews #Economics #TheGuardian #OliviaBowden

Canada vows to match Trump’s 50% tariffs after trade deal talks fail https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/canada-tariffs-trump-trade-deal-talks-fail #Canada #TrumpTariffs #TrumpAdministration #Americas #MarkCarney #DonaldTrump

Canada vows to match Trump’s 50% tariffs after trade deal talks fail
By Guardian staff and agencies

Mark Carney accuses Washington of ‘unfair’ last-minute changes to deal, as US and Canada fail to reach agreement after three-day extension of talks

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/22/canada-tariffs-trump-trade-deal-talks-fail

#Canada #Trumptariffs #Trumpadministration #Americas #MarkCarney #DonaldTrump #TheGuardian #Guardianstaff #agencies

JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/jd-vance-mark-carney-out-tough-trump-trade #JdVance #Canada #TrumpTariffs #MarkCarney #UsNews #WorldNews #Americas #Tariffs #Business

JD Vance reportedly mocks Carney for trying to ‘out-tough’ Trump on trade
By Olivia Bowden in Toronto

Audio recording of US vice-president apparently made at New York fundraiser and shared with Canadian Press

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/aug/21/jd-vance-mark-carney-out-tough-trump-trade

#JDVance #Canada #Trumptariffs #MarkCarney #USnews #Worldnews #Americas #Tariffs #Business #TheGuardian #OliviaBowdeninToronto

Brazil’s vast iron mine that supplies the world and fractures the Amazon – in pictures
By All photographs by Ian Guerra in Carajás, Brazil

The Grand Carajás project has made the country a mining superpower, but communities living in its shadow face pollution, displacement and silenced histories

https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/gallery/2026/aug/21/brazils-vast-iron-mine-that-supplies-the-world-and-fractures-the-amazon-in-pictures

#Mining #Brazil #Globaldevelopment #Americas #Environment #TheGuardian #AllphotographsbyIanGuerrainCarajs #Brazil

Strangers in their own land: Mexicans deported from Trump’s America find refuge in ‘Little LA’
By Oscar Lopez in Mexico City

With plentiful jobs and community support, one Mexico City neighbourhood has become a haven for those who have lived much of their lives in the US

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/mexico-city-little-la-us-deportees

#Mexico #ICEUSImmigrationandCustomsEnforcement #DonaldTrump #Trumpadministration #USimmigration #Migration #USnews #USpolitics #Americas #Worldnews #TheGuardian #OscarLopezinMexicoCity

Panama canal to reduce shipping as El Niño strikes vital route
By Agence France-Presse

Further restrictions on shipping lane possible as Central America gripped by severe drought

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/21/panama-canal-reduce-shipping-el-nino-drought

#Panamacanal #Panama #ElNiosouthernoscillation #Extremeweather #Drought #Shippingindustry #Americas #TheGuardian #AgenceFrancePresse

@nickrauchen Regarding the US healthcare system the situation has progressed since 2008. This article explains how choices regarding a patient's health are now being decided by artificial intelligence:

https://www.sciencefocus.com/the-human-body/ai-healthcare-problems-medicare

#AI #Artificialintelligence #Technology #Tech #Health #Healthcare #USA #US #UnitedStates #Americas

The long shadow of Argentina’s dictatorship: she wasn’t who she thought she was – neither was her father | Meaghan Beatley
By Meaghan Beatley

A young activist thought her father’s disapproval of her leftwing views was purely political. Then one evening, a kiss goodbye sent her on a remarkable journey that continues today

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/20/long-shadow-argentinas-dictatorship-she-was-not-who-she-thought-she-was-neither-was-her-father

#Argentina #Worldnews #Americas #Activism #Protest #Socialhistory #Society #Family #TheGuardian #MeaghanBeatley

The threatening thaw: climate professor on heatwave risks to tipping point of permafrost
By Jonathan Watts

Prof Gustaf Hugelius warns wildfires could accelerate release of methane and carbon as vast regions approach irreversible thresholds

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/20/tipping-points-heatwaves-wildfires-permafrost-climate-crisis

#Environment #Greenhousegasemissions #Climatecrisis #Ice #Worldnews #Alaska #Canada #Russia #Europe #Science #Americas #USnews #TheGuardian #JonathanWatts

Amid a total oil blockade imposed by the U.S. — resulting in nationwide blackouts, medicine shortages, and disruptions to hospital operations — Cuba is transitioning away from fossil fuels toward renewable energy.

Over 2,500 photovoltaic parks have been inaugurated across the country, a 96% increase over those built this time last year.

#Cuba #Blockade #USpol #Americas #Energy #PV #SolarEnergy

‘A critical crossroads’: who is the woman vying to become the first Caribbean head of the UN? https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/19/who-is-woman-vying-first-caribbean-head-un-carolyn-rodrigues-birkett #Caribbean #UnitedNations #WorldNews #Guyana #Americas #ClimateCrisis #Environment #ReparationsAndReparativeJustice

‘A critical crossroads’: who is the woman vying to become the first Caribbean head of the UN?
By Natricia Duncan

If elected, Guyanese politician, Carolyn Rodrigues-Birkett wants to prioritise climate issues and restore the United Nations as a force for good

https://www.theguardian.com/news/2026/aug/19/who-is-woman-vying-first-caribbean-head-un-carolyn-rodrigues-birkett

#Caribbean #UnitedNations #Worldnews #Guyana #Americas #Climatecrisis #Environment #Reparationsandreparativejustice #TheGuardian #NatriciaDuncan

Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend
By Tiago Rogero South America correspondent

Fernando Cerimedo, 42, arrested on suspicion of ordering shooting of Bolivian lawyer Nadia Beller

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/fernando-cerimedo-adviser-far-right-latin-american-leaders-arrested-allegedly-plotting-kill-girlfriend

#Bolivia #Argentina #Thefarright #Americas #Worldnews #JavierMilei #JairBolsonaro #TheGuardian #TiagoRogeroSouthAmericacorrespondent

Adviser to far-right Latin American leaders arrested for allegedly plotting to kill girlfriend https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/aug/19/fernando-cerimedo-adviser-far-right-latin-american-leaders-arrested-allegedly-plotting-kill-girlfriend #Bolivia #Argentina #TheFarRight #Americas #WorldNews #JavierMilei #JairBolsonaro