Latin America

Immigrants cross through a gap in the U.S.-Mexico border

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Immigration

'The first nail in the coffin of Title 42': Court order gives migrant families way to skirt border Covid ban

Colombian presidential left-wing candidate Gustavo Petro speaks during his closing campaign rally at the Bolivar square in Bogota on May 22, 2022.

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Latino

In Colombia, former rebel Gustavo Petro favored in presidential race

Bottles on the beer production line at the Ambev SA bottling facility in Sao Paulo, Brazil, on Nov. 5, 2020.

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Latino

Demand for cold beer deliveries explodes in Latin America

Guatemalan migrant Juana Alonzo leaves La Aurora international airport in Guatemala City on May 22, 2022.

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Latino

Indigenous woman is home in Guatemala after 7 years in Mexican jail with no trial

A U.S. Border Patrol officer directs migrants arriving at the border

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Immigration

DHS concerned it may need $2B to deal with migrant surge at border, documents show

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Abortion Rights

In Mexico, Guerrero is now ninth state that voted to allow abortions

Image: Eduardo Matos Moctezuma

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Latino

Mexican archaeologist who led landmark Aztec Temple excavation wins major award

The Petroleos de Venezuela SA El Palito refinery in El Palito, Venezuela, on March 9, 2022.

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Latino

U.S. eases some sanctions against Venezuela

Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador

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Latino

Mexican president: U.S. embargo against Cuba is ‘genocidal policy’

El cubano Julio Martínez, de 63 años, se reúne con su familia en un aeropuerto de Miami tras una travesía de 21 días por Centroamérica.

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Latino

A Cuban migrant crossed the Rio Grande with one leg. 'I'm going to take the risk.'

Latino

U.S. lifts some Trump-era restrictions on Cuba, including limits on travel and remittances

Coronavirus

More than 234,000 migrants tried to cross southern U.S. border in April, a new high

Image: Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Latino

Mexico to talk to U.S. delegation, insists all countries have to attend Americas summit

Dignitaries, prime ministers and heads of state wave during the group photo at the last Summit of the Americas in Lima, Peru, in 2018.

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Latino

Vacant ambassadorships, clashes with U.S. spur tensions before Summit of Americas

The mother of Osvaldo Javier Hernandez, who is missing, holds a sign with his photo during a demonstration to demand the government find him and other missing people at the Glorieta de Los Desaparecidos, Roundabout of the Disappeared, in Guadalajara, Jalisco state, Mexico, on May 10, 2022.

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Latino

Migrant disappearances in Mexico quadrupled in 2021, report says

Women protest the Legislative Assembly in San Salvador

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Abortion Rights

Woman sentenced to 30 years in prison for abortion in El Salvador

La zona donde se construye el tramo 5 sur del Tren Maya, que conectará a las ciudades de Cancún y Tulum.

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Latino

Mexican environmentalists, Indigenous leaders denounce Mayan Train project

Journalists protest at the Angel of Independence monument

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Latino

In Mexico 2 journalists are killed; 10th and 11th of the year

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Latino

In Cuba, cryptocurrency gains momentum

An aircraft known as a "super scooper" battles the Hermits Peak and Calf Canyon Fires in the Santa Fe National Forest in New Mexico on April 28, 2022.

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Latino

In New Mexico, wildfire threatens ‘cultural genocide’ of Indo-Hispano history

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador speaks during a a joint press conference with his Guatemalan counterpart Alejandro Giammattei in Guatemala City on May 5, 2022.

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Latino

Mexico president: No country should be excluded from Summit of the Americas

The site Hotel Saratoga explosion

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Latino

26 dead, 80 injured in explosion at Hotel Saratoga in Havana, Cuba

Image: Culiacan in Sinaloa, Mexico on October 12, 2021.

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Latino

In Mexico a ninth journalist is killed, drawing international scrutiny

Latino

Soccer legend Diego Maradona’s ‘Hand of God’ shirt sets auction record

Culture Matters

Venezuelan immigrants bring flavors from home to Mexico

Image: Soldiers man a checkpoint at the entrance to the Las Palmas Community, in San Salvador, El Salvador, March 27, 2022.

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Latino

El Salvador extends anti-gang emergency powers

Demonstrators protest outside the Jesuit run Universidad Centroamericana, UCA, demanding the university's allocation of its share of 6% of the national budget, in Managua, Nicaragua, on Aug. 2, 2018.

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Latino

Nicaragua seizes private universities to stifle dissent

Former President of Honduras Juan Orlando Hernandez is escorted by police special forces to be extradited to U.S. to face charges of taking bribes from drug traffickers on April 21, 2022, in Tegucigalpa, Honduras.

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Justice Department

Former president of Honduras extradited to U.S. on drug trafficking charges

Residente in the music video for " This is Not America (Official Video) ft. Ibeyi".

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Culture Matters

Rapper Residente makes case for Latinos to reclaim 'America'

Image: Ukrainian refugees enter the El Chaparral border crossing port into the United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) San Ysidro PedWest Port of Entry along the US-Mexico border in Tijuana, Baja California state, Mexico on on April 9, 2022.

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Immigration

Biden admin faces budget shortfall when border Covid ban lifts and migrants surge