World Apr 21 El Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees Venezuela's prosecutor's office responded Sunday night, calling Bukele's statements "cynical" and referred to the Salvadoran leader as a "neofascist."…
World Mar 21 Asylum-seekers deported from U.S. to Panama fear they will be forgotten as options dwindle Migrants from Afghanistan, Russia, Iran and China deported from the United States and dropped into limbo in Panama hopped door-to-door at embassies and consulates this week in a desperate attempt to seek asylum in any country that would accept them.
World Mar 07 Panama says it will release 112 migrants deported from the U.S. and held in a remote camp Panama announced Friday that it will allow 112 migrants deported from the United States who have been held in a remote camp in the Darien region since last month to move about the country freely until they decide on their next course…
World Feb 06 Mexico border cities fear U.S. tariffs could cripple economy, spark recesssion President Donald Trump's threats to impose 25% tariffs on Mexico and Canada have left many cities along Mexico's northern border in limbo…
World Jan 08 Mexico’s President Sheinbaum gives sarcastic retort to Trump’s ‘Gulf of America’ comment Standing before a global map in her daily press briefing, Sheinbaum proposed dryly that North America should be renamed “América Mexicana” because an 1814 founding document that preceded Mexico's constitution referred to it that way.
World Oct 01 Claudia Sheinbaum sworn in as Mexico’s first female president Claudia Sheinbaum has taken the oath of office as Mexico’s first female president in more than 200 years of independence.
World Sep 11 Mexican protesters storm Senate chamber before approval of controversial judicial overhaul Mexico’s Senate cleared the biggest hurdle for a controversial constitutional revision that will make all judges stand for election, a change that critics fear will politicize the judicial branch and threaten Mexico’s democracy.
World Aug 26 Protesters in Mexico march against outgoing president’s judiciary overhaul plan Protesters in Mexico marched in opposition to President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s proposed judicial overhaul that critics say will weaken democratic checks and balances.
World Aug 08 Haiti’s Olympic athletes compete to inspire resilience in nation struggling with violence For the seven athletes competing for Haiti, participating in the Paris Olympic Games has always been about more than just winning gold.
World Jul 01 Bolivia’s economic turmoil fuels distrust in government and its claim of a failed coup Bolivians have been hit hard by economic turmoil in the small South American nation fueled by a longtime hyper-dependence on, and now shortage of, U.S. dollars.