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The news from the Americas: the past seven days, the most important first.
Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti
El Salvador announces it has launched a joint military operation with the Haitian police against the 400 Mawozo gang, in which 20 people are killed and a house linked to its leader, Wilson Joseph, is destroyed.
Salvadoran military intervention in Haiti
Haitian and Salvadoran soldiers take control of the Stade Sylvio Cator in Port-au-Prince after two years of gang control.
2026 United States Senate election in Mississippi
After a week of counting affidavit ballots, the Associated Press and CNN project the election to the U.S. Senate in Mississippi for Democratic candidate Scott Colom, defeating the incumbent Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith and becoming the first black senator from the state since Blanche Bruce in the 1874–75 elections.
Mexican drug war
Mexican Navy personnel, working with intelligence from the National Intelligence Center and the United States Drug Enforcement Administration, arrest Rafael Álvarez Ayala, the alleged leader of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel cell "Los Rs", in Zapopan, Jalisco, Mexico. He is wounded in a shootout during the operation and is wanted on a Michoacán warrant for aggravated homicide.
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2026 New Orleans ship collision
A tanker and the cruise ship American Heritage collide in the Mississippi River of the United States. The cruise ship, carrying 130 people, sinks. All aboard the American Heritage survive, with some taken to local hospitals for treatment of minor injuries.
2026 FAA communication outage
The United States Federal Aviation Administration issues a nationwide ground stop for all flights due to "extraordinary circumstances involving communications failures". It is later lifted.
LGBTQ rights in Trinidad and Tobago
The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council overturns colonial-era provisions criminalizing consensual same-sex sexual activity between adults in Trinidad and Tobago, ruling them unconstitutional following a legal challenge by activist Jason Jones.
2026 New York City building collapse
A 3-story apartment building collapses near a construction site in Brooklyn, New York City, United States, killing eight people and wounding 19 more.
Argentina–Iran relations
Iran designates the Argentinian naval and air forces as terrorist organizations, in response to Argentina designating the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps as such in March.
Also this week
- 13 NovThe United States Department of State designates three Guatemalan criminal groups as foreign terrorist organizations for providing material support to Mexican cartels.
- 12 NovOne person is killed and four more are injured in a shooting spree in Logan Circle, Washington D.C., United States. The suspected gunman later kills himself after barricading himself from police inside a nearby apartment.
- 12 NovGuatemala receives the remains of 1967 Nobel Prize in Literature recipient Miguel Ángel Asturias from France, 52 years after his death. President Bernardo Arévalo attends a ceremony ahead of the writer's burial in Guatemala City.
- 12 NovU.S. Rep-elect Bobby Pulido of Texas's 15th congressional district wins a Latin Grammy Award for Best Tejano Album.
- 11 NovThe United States men's national under-17 soccer team withdraws from the upcoming FIFA U-17 World Cup in Qatar, citing safety concerns related to the Houthi–Saudi conflict.
- 11 NovThe Brazilian Superior Electoral Court fines Meta Platforms R$7.5 million (US$1.34 million) for failing to comply with judicial orders concerning the 2026 presidential election, while finding insufficient evidence of deliberate electoral interference.
- 11 NovTwo people are arrested in connection with an explosive attack on the headquarters of Colombian broadcaster RCN Televisión in Cali, Valle del Cauca.
- 11 NovFormer Red Brigades member Leonardo Bertulazzi escapes house arrest in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while awaiting extradition to Italy to serve a 27-year prison sentence for kidnapping and membership in an armed group. Argentine security forces launch a manhunt for him.
- 11 NovThe Central Bank of Paraguay reports providing partial refunds to 1,812,348 eligible Ueno Bank depositors following the Ueno's collapse.
- 10 NovThe United States Food and Drug Administration orders manufacturers of GLP-1 medicines such as semaglutide and tirzepatide, originally intended for the treatment of type 2 diabetes but also commonly used for weight loss, to add warnings that use of such drugs may increase the risk of developing non-arteritic anterior ischemic optic neuropathy, an optic nerve disorder that can cause permanent blindness.
- 10 NovThe British Columbia Conservation Officer Service kills a female grizzly bear and her three cubs after DNA evidence confirmed that the bears killed a mother and daughter near Bella Coola, Canada.
- 10 NovThe Venezuelan National Assembly unanimously approves a reform of the electricity law which allows private companies and joint ventures to invest in the nationalised electricity sector, which the government has controlled since 2007.
- 9 NovParaguayan president Pedro Alliana appoints economist Jorge Schreiner to lead the central bank following Ueno Bank's collapse. The Senate approves Schreiner's appointment.
- 8 NovIn Formula racing, Mercedes-Benz wins its ninth World Constructors' Championship after drivers George Russell and Kimi Antonelli finished fourth and fifth, respectively, at the São Paulo Grand Prix in Brazil.
- 8 NovIn association football, Inter Miami player Lionel Messi is awarded the 2026 Golden Boot Award after scoring 26 goals in one season, becoming the first player in league history to win the award in consecutive years.
- 8 NovIn golf, Blades Brown wins the 2026 World Wide Technology Championship in Los Cabos, Mexico, at 19 years and five months, becoming the youngest PGA Tour winner since 1931 and the fourth-youngest in its history.
- 7 NovA drone strike of unknown origin is launched against a military base in Santa Rosa del Sur, Bolívar Department, Colombia, killing three soldiers and wounding 16 more.