Protesters took to the streets of Cuba on Sunday in a rare outburst of social unrest as a fresh wave of blackouts exacerbated tensions on the cash-strapped island. Social media posts showed crowds of people in Santiago de Cuba, the second-largest city on the eastern part of the island, chanting “corriente y comida” — power … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Volunteers in central Chile tried to remove charred metal, broken glass and other debris Monday from neighborhoods devastated by wildfires over the past several days, as officials raised the death toll to 122. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have diminished by Monday morning after burning intensely since … Read more
SANTIAGO, Chile (AP) — Chilean voters rejected on Sunday a proposed conservative constitution to replace the country’s dictatorship-era charter. With 96% of votes counted late Sunday, about 55.8% had voted “no” to the new charter, with about 44.2% in favor. The vote came more than a year after Chileans resoundingly rejected a proposed constitution written … Read more
My wife, Sigrid, and I are ardent road trippers. But over the years, we’ve often talked about seeing the world more slowly, ditching highways for cross-country footpaths such as the Transcaucasian Trail in Georgia or England’s Coast to Coast Walk. We’re more realists than romantics, though, so we always punted the idea. Who could predict … Read more