Cruise ship Andes virus matches known South American viruses

PARIS (AP) – France’s Pasteur Institute said it has fully sequenced the Andes virus detected in a French passenger from the MV Hondius cruise ship and found that it matched viruses already known in South America, with no evidence so far of new characteristics that would make it more transmissible or more dangerous.

Oil prices keep swinging, and so do stocks worldwide

NEW YORK (AP) - Oil prices and stock markets worldwide kept swinging with uncertainty about what will happen with the Iran war. The S&P 500 ended 0.1% lower Monday. The Dow Jones added 0.3%, and the Nasdaq composite fell 0.5%. Stock prices moved in the opposite direction of oil prices.

US turns to Guyana's bauxite in latest push for Latin America's resources

GEORGETOWN, Guyana (AP) – The U.S. announced Friday it is turning its attention toward Guyana’s abundant bauxite and other resources for business opportunities at a time when the Trump administration is increasingly eyeing Latin American energy and minerals.

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MANILA, Philippines (AP) – The Philippine Senate convened as an impeachment court Monday for the trial of Vice President Sara Duterte over criminal charges, in a time of deep divisions that erupted into an exchange of gunfire last week in the chamber.

Political heiress and former trade minister advance to Peru's presidential runoff

LIMA, Peru (AP) – Peruvian voters will choose their next president between a political dynasty heiress and a former trade minister who has promised to reform Peru’s mining sector, after advancing on Friday to Peru’s June presidential runoff election.

Russia unleashes aerial barrage on Ukraine as long-range strikes escalate

KYIV, Ukraine (AP) – Russia targeted eight regions of Ukraine in its latest nighttime drone and missile barrage, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said Monday, with local authorities reporting that the strikes wounded more than two dozen civilians, including three children.

Interview with Colombian woman deported to Congo by US

DAKAR, Senegal (AP) – The Trump administration has deported 15 Latin Americans to the Democratic Republic of Congo, sending them to an unfamiliar country thousands of miles from home – many despite U.S. court orders protecting them from deportation to their homelands.

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and others

Editorials from The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, The New York Times and others

Clashes erupt in Bolivia as miners set off dynamite

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) – Clashes erupted Thursday in Bolivia’s capital as police used tear gas to disperse a crowd of miners trying to breach the government palace and setting off small dynamite charges, a tactic that has become increasingly common during this second week of nationwide unrest.