The Americas

Quake strikes days before tropical storm is expected to make landfall

Fred is expected to re-develop Sunday over the Gulf of Mexico

Mathieu Chanlatte announced his decision Friday afternoon, citing personal reasons

National Police say raid is part of fraud, money laundering probe; action comes day after La Prensa suspended its print edition because government's customs office had again withheld newsprint

Several planeloads of asylum-seekers have departed with the first one landing Friday in Toronto

Polls show Justin Trudeau's Liberals with just enough support to regain the parliamentary majority it lost in 2019

US sanctioning Romarico Vidal Sotomayor Garcia and Pedro Orlando Martinez Fernandez and the Tropas de Prevencion of the Cuban Ministry of Revolutionary Armed Forces

Cuba's government has a history of controlling internet and data access and last month cut off connectivity services for five days after Cubans used social media to spread word of historic nationwide anti-government protests

The announcement comes as the ship was set to dock in Belize

Venezuela is suffering through a crippling economic crisis, exacerbated by a raft of fresh sanctions imposed by Washington following a contested election in 2018

Fred could strengthen into a tropical storm Friday

Migrants, mainly Cubans and Haitians, pass through en route to the US

Ambassador Daniel Foote holds virtual meeting in push to find solution for political impasse

US wants her extradited to face fraud charges

Forecasters say storm’s heavy rain could bring flooding, mudslides