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QUITO (AP) — Agentes de policía de Ecuador y España realizaron el martes una operación conjunta que permitió desarticular una organización de narcotráfico dirigida por un albanés, decomisar casi 2,4 toneladas de cocaína y detener a 30 personas presuntamente vinculadas con esa organización. El general Willian Villarroel, director nacional antinarcóticos de Ecuador, dijo en rueda de prensa que los integrantes …

MAULDIN, Carolina del Sur, EE.UU. (AP) — Hillary Clinton. Nancy Pelosi. Kamala Harris. Liz Cheney. Carly Fiorina. Y por ahora, Nikki Haley. La exgobernadora de Carolina del Sur es la más reciente de una larga lista de mujeres —históricamente algunas de las rivales más obstinadas del republicano Donald Trump— para quienes el expresidente mantiene una estrategia particular. Se enfoca en …

Singer-songwriter Victoria Monét won best new artist at the 66th annual Grammy Awards. Monét, 34, won the category against Gracie Abrams, Fred Again.., Noah Kahan, Ice Spice, Jelly Roll, Coco Jones and The War and Treaty. She emerged as a frontrunner early — and reigned in The Associated Press’ Grammy predictions — as the only best new artist nominee also …

LAS VEGAS (AP) — President Joe Biden on Monday congratulated hospitality workers for reaching a tentative agreement with several Las Vegas hotel-casinos and calling off a strike deadline for another, telling members of the local culinary union, “When you do well, everybody does better.” “I came to say thank you — not just thank you for the support you’ve given …

A handful of centuries-old sponges from deep in the Caribbean are causing some scientists to think human-caused climate change began sooner and has heated the world more than they thought. They calculate that the world has already gone past the internationally approved target of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius (2.7 degrees Fahrenheit) since pre-industrial times, hitting 1.7 degrees …

PUERTO PRÍNCIPE, Haití (AP) — Manifestantes paralizaron el lunes las principales ciudades de Haití, se enfrentaron a la policía y exigieron la renuncia del primer ministro Ariel Henry. Bancos, escuelas y agencias del gobierno cerraron sus instalaciones en el norte y sur del país mientras los manifestantes bloqueaban vías importantes con neumáticos en llamas e impedían el paso del transporte …

BOSTON (AP) — Getting the chance to host seven matches for the 2026 World Cup was more than expected and offers a much-needed shot in the arm to the city’s economy, Boston officials said Monday. FIFA made the announcement Sunday, allocating the opener of the 39-day tournament to Mexico City’s Estadio Azteca and the finale to the home of the …

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 123. Hundreds of people remain missing. The fires appeared to have diminished by Monday morning after burning intensely since Friday on the eastern edge …

CARACAS (AP) — El presidente venezolano Nicolás Maduro afirmó el domingo que el oficialismo está organizado para ganar en los próximos comicios presidenciales y advirtió que cualquier intento de alterar la paz en el país será enfrentado de cualquier manera. En medio de una multitudinaria celebración por el aniversario de la intentona golpista que encabezó el entonces teniente coronel Hugo …

WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican presidential candidate Nikki Haley poked fun at herself over a campaign misstep, but her primary target during a “Saturday Night Live” appearance was Donald Trump, joining in a skit that mocked a stand-in for the former president over his refusal to debate her and questioned his mental fitness. “Had a blast tonight on SNL! Know it …