HAVANA — Small groups of protesters took to the streets in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, decrying power outages lasting up to eight hours and food shortages across Cuba. Videos on social media showed demonstrators on the outskirts of Santiago, which is about 800 kilometers (500 miles) from Havana. State media confirmed the … Read more
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Rotting fruit, withered vegetables, empty water jugs and spent gas canisters now stock the stores and stands that serve Haiti’s poor — a consequence of the unrelenting gang attacks that have paralyzed the country for more than a week and left it with dwindling supplies of basic goods. The terrifying violence as … Read more
A ship navigates the Panama Canal within the space of the Americas’ Bridge in Panama Metropolis on June 12, 2023. Luis Acosta | Afp | Getty Pictures An growing variety of climate-driven excessive climate occasions is taking its toll on the world’s main transport routes — and El Niño might make issues worse. El Niño … Read more
Francis Ndege isn’t certain if his prospects in Africa’s largest slum can afford to maintain shopping for rice from him. Costs for rice grown in Kenya soared some time in the past due to larger fertilizer costs and a yearslong drought within the Horn of Africa that has decreased manufacturing. Low-cost rice imported from India … Read more
MARIEL, Cuba — Rosa López, a 59-year-old housewife, lit a charcoal range to boil candy potatoes and put together scrambled eggs for her grandchildren. The fuel cylinders she usually makes use of to cook dinner her meals haven’t been accessible for nearly two months in Mariel, a port city west of Havana. Not removed from … Read more