With Venezuela’s highest denomination bill now worth less than a stick of gum, one local designer is protesting his country’s economic crisis through currency art. Jose Leon, 24, has been covering the faces of national heroes on the smallest bills of two bolivars – worth one fifth of a U.S. cent at the black market...Read More

The sum total of the work put in by tourism-related businesses and organization and civilians in regards to the increased awareness and preservation of natural resources, as well as the efforts of the authorities who carried out successful marine monitoring operations, has resulted in an excellent compliance rate with the regulations put in place at...Read More

Visa Inc, one of the Olympics’ top global sponsors, kicks off its global advertising campaign for the Summer Games on Sunday with no plans to cut back on its Olympic presence despite difficulties in host country Brazil. The U.S. payment provider said it has seen no significant cancellations in trips to Rio de Janeiro, either...Read More

Six people were killed and 53 injured in Mexico on Sunday when clashes broke out between members of a teachers’ trade union and police at a protest that police say had been infiltrated by armed individuals who shot at officers and threw petrol bombs. The violence erupted as anti-riot police moved in to dislodge protesters...Read More

Tropical Storm Danielle has formed off Mexico’s eastern coast, and is spreading heavy rain inland. The U.S. National Hurricane Center in Miami says Tropical Storm Danielle’s maximum sustained winds Monday morning have increased to near 45 mph (72 kph) with some slight strengthening forecast before the storm makes landfall later in the day. A tropical...Read More