Americas (Latin America & Caribbean)

7+ hour, 7+ min ago   (23+ words) Research examines historic links between slave-trade wealth and Britain’s early financial system London Daily News We're verifying your browser. You'll be redirected shortly....

14+ hour, 1+ min ago   (189+ words) By Robert MartinSeptember 15, 2026 U.S. Army War College Hosts Annual Mark Clark Lecture, Highlighting U.S.–Brazil Strategic Partnership CARLISLE BARRACKS, Pa. — The U.S. Army War College hosted its annual Mark Clark –Marshal Mascarenhas de Moraes Lecture Series in Bliss Auditorium on Friday,…...

16+ hour, 45+ min ago   (164+ words) Texas/NM map Santa Fe New Mexican The Roundhouse Report: Texas moves forward with studying New Mexico annexation Texas has a history going back to the Republic of Texas of making claims on New Mexico as well as invading during…...

4+ hour, 29+ min ago   (399+ words) Therefore, for many Mexicans, the holiday is associated with two evenings and two days. September 15 is the evening of the great “Cry of Independence,” and September 16 is the official Independence Day and a day to commemorate the start of the…...

5+ hour, 13+ min ago   (591+ words) The Bank of England and the British financial system were for centuries deeply involved in the enslavement and transatlantic trafficking of millions of African people, according to new research on Britain’s slavery history. Dr Michael Bennett of the University of…...

16+ hour, 57+ min ago   (268+ words) That same year, Chicano students at UW formed United Mexican-American Students, later known as MEChA, and organized a campus boycott of non-union grapes in support of the United Farm Workers, according to Washington Latino News. The boycott, part of the…...

10+ hour, 25+ min ago   (175+ words) Goa: Antonio Caetano Fernandes, remembered as a visionary journalist and public figure who played an important role in giving Goa a voice, is being fondly commemorated on his birth anniversary on September 16. Born on September 16, 1920, Fernandes is remembered as the…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (753+ words) A dilapidated two-century-old building in Saint-Louis, Senegal bears testament to the island’s little-known past as part of the transatlantic slave trade, the traces of which are quickly and quietly disappearing from view. Located in the country’s north, between the Atlantic…...

17+ hour, 25+ min ago   (700+ words) Lake County Record-Bee KELSEYVILLE— In America, independence is crucial to the country’s culture. This year alone marked the semi-quincentennial since the original 13 colonies declared independence from Great Britain. Over 250 years, various celebrations across the country have been done to commemorate…...

12+ hour, 44+ min ago   (167+ words) EL PASO, Texas (KFOX14/CBS4) — The University of Texas at El Paso marked Mexico’s fight for independence with an “El Grito” celebration Tuesday, Sept. 15, at Centennial Plaza on the UTEP campus. UTEP’s Student Engagement and Leadership Center invited students, faculty and staff…...