STORY: The aging train tracks along this rail line through the outskirts of Buenos Aires were being replaced with new ones. :: La Plata, Argentina Then, one day earlier this year, work stopped. You can see exactly where the new rail ties end. Agustin Pecora is an engineer on the site: :: Agustin Pecora, Technical […]
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentina’s biggest trade unions mounted one of their fiercest challenges to the libertarian government of President Javier Milei, staging a mass general strike on Thursday that led to the cancellation of hundreds of flights and halted key bus, rail and subway lines. Main avenues and streets, as well as major […]
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Heavy gunfire paralyzed Haiti’s capital Thursday, and at least four police officers were slain, as a powerful gang leader announced that he would try to capture the country’s police chief and government ministers. The move came during the absence of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, who is in Kenya trying to finalize […]