By GENEVIEVE GLATSKY and JOSÉ MARÍA LEÓN CABRERA President Daniel Noboa of Ecuador has spent months courting Washington. He has met with President Donald Trump at his Florida estate; formed an alliance with Blackwater founder Erik Prince, a Trump supporter; and pressed to allow U.S. military bases in Ecuador. But voters at home delivered Noboa a sharp rebuke. They soundly rejected a national referendum Sunday that he had backed, aimed at authorizing a foreign military presenc

President Donald Trump during a press conference in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, Nov. 17, 2025. (Allison Robbert/The New York Times) By TYLER PAGER President Donald Trump said earlier this week that he would not rule out deploying U.S. troops on the ground in Venezuela, but he also said he was leaving open the possibility of talking to Nicolás Maduro, the country’s authoritarian leader and the target of the Trump administration’s intensifying pressure cam

By MARIA VARENIKOVA and IVAN NECHEPURENKO President Volodymyr Zelenskyy of Ukraine said he planned to go Turkey on Wednesday to try to revive peace talks with Russia that have been stalled since the summer. Ukrainian and Russian officials have not held direct negotiations for months, and efforts to end the war have reached a stalemate since the last round of talks between President Donald Trump and President Vladimir Putin of Russia in August. Last month, Trump canceled a mee

President Donald Trump meets with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman of Saudi Arabia in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, on Tuesday, Nov. 18, 2025. (Kenny Holston/The New York Times) By KATIE ROGERS and VIVIAN NEREIM President Donald Trump brushed aside a reporter’s question about the role Saudi Arabia’s crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, played in the death and dismemberment of a Washington Post journalist in 2018, praising the kingdom’s de facto ruler in a jo

U.S. stocks eased on Tuesday, with the S&P 500 set for a fourth day in a row of losses as valuation worries hit big technology-related shares and a disappointing forecast pressured Home Depot. Quarterly results from artificial intelligence and market leader Nvidia are due after the bell on Wednesday. The U.S. earnings season is near its end, but Nvidia’s results will be closely watched by investors worried about market gains tied to AI exuberance. Nvidia’s shares were down 1.

Spanish director Oliver Laxe in Paris, Nov. 8, 2025. With the existential action thriller “Sirat,” set in the rave culture of Morocco, Laxe says that he was not out to shock, but that he is still haunted by one scene. (Maxime La/The New York Times) By BEN KENIGSBERG Psychoanalysis, Sufism, Andrei Tarkovsky, the Rolling Stones: These are some of the influences that informed the creation of “Sirat,” perhaps the year’s least describable and most terrifying film. Since its premie

POR CYBERNEWS SAN JUAN – La Autoridad de Carreteras y Transportación, en colaboración con el Departamento de Transportación y Obras Públicas y agencias de seguridad pública, inició la Semana de Seguridad del Personal de Respuesta a Choques del 17 al 21 de noviembre en San Juan. La jornada educativa orienta a los conductores sobre la importancia de reducir la velocidad, moverse al carril opuesto cuando sea posible y tomar medidas responsables al acercarse a un choque o vehícul

POR CYBERNEWS BARCELONETA (CyberNews) – Agentes de la División de Inteligencia y Arrestos del área policiaca de Arecibo detuvieron el lunes a un hombre señalado como sospechoso de un carjacking y secuestro ocurrido el domingo en los predios de una farmacia Walgreens en Barceloneta. Según la investigación de la Policía, la víctima, una mujer de 42 años residente en Virginia, se disponía a abordar un Nissan Versa blanco del 2024 cuando un individuo armado con un objeto cortante