SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico narrowly avoided a multimillion-dollar default on Tuesday by announcing a last-minute bond payment while warning that a deepening financial crisis has forced the government to divert money slated for future debt payments to avoid a shutdown of basic services. The announcement by Puerto Rico’s Government Development Bank … Continue reading
MEXICO CITY (AP) — A Mexican archaeologist said his team has found a tunnel-like passageway that apparently leads to two sealed chambers, the latest chapter in the search for the as-yet undiscovered tomb of an Aztec ruler. The Aztecs are believed to have cremated the remains of their leaders during their 1325-1521 rule, but the … Continue reading
SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Jakob Poeltl had a huge performance and Brandon Taylor hit the go-ahead shot with 28.4 seconds left, lifting No. 16 Utah past Temple 74-68 in Sunday’s third-place game at the Puerto Rico Tipoff. Poeltl finished with 32 points and 11 rebounds, tied for the No. 2 single-game scoring total … Continue reading
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Argentine President-elect Mauricio Macri on Monday prepared to confront myriad problems in Latin America’s third largest economy, including soaring prices and high government spending that are a legacy of outgoing President Cristina Fernandez. Macri, fresh off his historic election win late Sunday, began laying out how he would achieve some … Continue reading
MIAMI (AP) — Zoilo Almonte broke a tie with a two-run single in the top of the ninth inning to lead Aguilas Cibaenas to a 4-3 victory over Cardenales de Lara on Sunday night in the championship game of the inaugural Serie de las Americas professional baseball tournament at Marlins Park. Almonte, a switch-hitting free … Continue reading
BUENOS AIRES (AP) — The latest on Argentina’s presidential runoff election. All times local: ___ 9:45 p.m. Opposition candidate Mauricio Macri has won Argentina’s historic runoff election, putting an end to the era of left-leaning President Cristina Fernandez, who along with her late husband dominated the political scene and rewrote the country’s social contract. Ruling … Continue reading
SEATTLE (AP) — Chipotle closed 43 of its Pacific Northwest locations in response to an E. coli outbreak that health officials have connected to the Mexican food chain. Thirty-seven people have fallen ill, and most of them had eaten at a Chipotle, officials said Tuesday. Nine people in Washington state and three in Oregon have … Continue reading
SAO PAULO (AP) — Brazilian supermodel Gisele Bundchen has launched a book of over 300 photographs spanning her 20-year career just months after retiring from the catwalk. Fan Marcelo Spencer says he arrived at midnight to be first in line for Friday’s debut in Sao Paulo and get his copy of “Gisele” signed by the … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump hadn’t gotten far into his opening monologue before trouble occurred. An off-screen heckler interrupted with a cry of “You’re a racist!” But the “heckler” was comedian Larry David, who before Trump arrived onstage had been seen impersonating Democratic presidential hopeful Bernie Sanders. “Larry, what are you doing?” Trump asked … Continue reading
CIUDADELA, Argentina (AP) — Yanina Mendoza doesn’t seem a natural voter for opposition leader Mauricio Macri, a member of one of Argentina’s richest families who is running for president on pro-market credentials. The 24-year-old single mother makes about $1,200 a month as a maid and lives in a rough area of Ciudadela, a city about … Continue reading
JACKSON, Miss. (AP) — Roberto Castro finished just six holes Sunday at a soggy Sanderson Farms Championship. The way things were going, that wasn’t such a bad thing. Castro clung to a one-stroke lead at the Country Club of Jackson after playing the first six holes in the suspended third round in 2-over par. He’ll … Continue reading
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Two nephews of Venezuela’s powerful first lady Cilia Flores were arrested in Haiti on charges of conspiring to smuggle 800 kilograms of cocaine into the U.S. and will be arraigned in New York, three people familiar with the case said Wednesday. The arrest Tuesday, coming just three weeks ahead of key … Continue reading
BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — Nora Beatriz Diaz says her choice for president in Sunday’s election was essentially decided six years ago, when she was hired by a government jobs program. Now 55, the mother of two struggled for years to make ends meet. But through the “Argentina Works” program created by Cristina Fernandez’s government, … Continue reading
NEW YORK (AP) — The Museum of Modern Art will feature a retrospective on a central figure in the history of modernism in the Americas. The exhibition is titled “Joaquin (wah-KEEN’) Torres-Garcia: The Arcadian Modern.” It surveys the Uruguayan artist’s work through some 190 paintings, sculptures, frescos, drawings and collages done during the first half … Continue reading
HAVANA (AP) — The Cuban street artist known as El Sexto was freed Tuesday after spending 10 months behind bars for attempting to set free in a public park two pigs painted with the names of the country’s highest leaders. International human rights groups called his case a vivid demonstration of how Cuba’s harsh limits … Continue reading
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