Category: Americas
U.S. Hopes to Tackle Migrant Crisis With Processing Centers in Latin America
New York Times By opening migration processing centers in three Latin American countries, the Biden administration is trying to coax people not to make a harrowing trek to the border. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/21/world/americas/border-migrants-biden-plan.html
Read MoreAssassination of Hardeep Singh Nijjar Further Divides Indian Community
New York Times The charge that the Indian government is linked to the killing of a Sikh separatist may further fuel the rift between Canada’s Sikhs and Hindus. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/20/world/canada/hardeep-singh-nijjar-killed.html
Read MoreTrudeau Rejects India’s Denial of Involvement in Assassination in Canada
New York Times The Canadian prime minister again urged India to cooperate with the investigation into the death of a Sikh separatist. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/world/canada/trudeau-india-canada-assassination.html
Read MoreHow a New Generation Found Os Tincoãs’ Music
New York Times The group from Bahia, Brazil, became known for its beautiful vocal harmonies. “Canto Coral Afrobrasileiro,” an album recorded 40 years ago, has finally been released. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/19/arts/music/os-tincoas-canto-coral-afrobrasileiro.html
Read MoreTrudeau Accuses India in Killing of Canadian Sikh Leader
New York Times It was a rare, explosive allegation by the Canadian leader: That the Indian government killed a Canadian citizen who has advocated turning a part of India into an independent Sikh nation. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/world/canada/canada-india-sikh-killing.html
Read MoreRaymond Moriyama, Designer of Humane Public Spaces, Dies at 93
New York Times His Japanese Canadian family was interned during World War II. That experience inspired him to create inviting buildings for all people. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/18/arts/raymond-moriyama-dead.html
Read MoreCanadian lender BMO to wind down retail auto finance business
Reuters Reuters was ahead in reporting that Bank of Montreal (BMO) is winding down its retail auto finance business and shifting focus to other areas in a move that will result unspecified number of job losses, Canada’s third largest bank. The post Canadian lender BMO to wind down retail auto finance business appeared first on…
Read MoreFernando Botero, Artist of Whimsical Rotundity, Is Dead at 91
New York Times His voluptuous figures, both in paintings and in sculpture, portrayed the high and mighty as well as everyday people through an enlarging prism. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/15/arts/fernando-botero-dead.html
Read MoreMontreal’s Mayor Reclaims a Famous Road From Cars and Trucks
New York Times The closing of a road through Mount Royal Park is part of Valérie Plante’s ambitious project to get Montrealers on bikes. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/world/canada/montreal-valerie-plante-cycling.html
Read MoreHurricane Lee Approaches New England and Canada
New York Times Tropical storm conditions were occurring in coastal Massachusetts and Nova Scotia before dawn on Saturday, hours before the storm’s expected landfall in Canada. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/09/16/us/hurricane-lee-forecast.html
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