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World 5 years ago
Hurricanes Eta, Iota hit Nicaragua with $743 million in economic losses
Nearly 44,000 homes suffered total or partial damage in Nicaragua, said Nicaraguan Finance Minister Ivan Acosta, estimating the storms have cost the country $743 million in losses, according to government media site El 19.
World 5 years ago
Record storm Iota batters Central America, leaving floods in its wake
The strongest storm on record to reach Nicaragua, Iota struck the coast late on Monday, bringing winds of nearly 155 miles per hour (249 kph) and flooding villages still reeling from the impact of Hurricane Eta two weeks ago.
World 5 years ago
Eyewall of climate 'bomb' Iota brings catastrophic winds to Central America
Iota was due to crash through northeastern Nicaragua's Miskito region overnight, packing maximum sustained winds of 160 miles (260 km) per hour, having reached Category 5 on the Saffir-Simpson scale, the US National Hurricane Center said.
World 5 years ago
Hurricane Iota bears down on storm-battered Central America
As of 0300 GMT Sunday, Iota - the latest in an unusually busy storm season - was about 440 miles (705 kilometers) east-southeast of the Cabo Gracias a Dios on the Nicaragua-Honduras border, moving slowly westwards with maximum sustained winds of 75 miles per hour (120 kph).
World 5 years ago
Bolivia's Morales ends homecoming tour with rally
Morales arrived in Chimore, in the heart of Bolivia's coca-growing region, at the head of a cavalcade of vehicles, including some that accompanied him on a 600-mile (1,000-kilometer) homecoming tour since crossing the border from Argentina on Monday.
World 5 years ago
Leaders of Latin America's biggest countries hold off on congratulating Biden
Brazil's right-wing President Jair Bolsonaro had boasted he would be the first leader in the world to congratulate Trump, for whom he has often expressed admiration, on his re-election. But he has been silent on the matter in recent days.
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