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'Are We Safe?' Mixed Emotions For Venezuelan Migrants Reaching The US

After weeks of travel on dangerous roads and rugged trails, hundreds of Venezuelan migrants experienced a bittersweet moment Saturday when they reached Eagle Pass, Texas, on the US border with Mexico, only to encounter a thicket of barbed wire and armed soldiers.

Latin America

Gang Bosses Fled Venezuela Prison Before Troops Moved In: NGO

Gang leaders who ruled a prison in Venezuela that was stormed by more than 11,000 soldiers and police had fled the country a week before the operation, a prisoners' rights group said Friday.

Latin America

Haiti Double Downs On Canal Project Despite Dominican Republic's Objection

"Yes, the canal must be built. Yes, efforts must be made so that the water reaches the canals as it should. Yes, it is through solidarity and unity that the land of (the Maribahoux plain) can be irrigated," the Haitian Ministry of Agriculture said.

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

Latin America

Mexican President Not To Attend APEC Summit In US Due To Peru

"I'm not going to attend the San Francisco (summit) because we do not have relations with Peru," the President of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador said.

Latin America

Colombia Launches New Promotional Slogan At Times Square

"Colombia is in permanent evolution and international visitors have made us a trending destination," the President of ProColombia, the promotion agency of the country, Carmen Caballero said.

Latin America

Venezuela Seizes Control Of Gang-run Prison With Pool, Disco

Venezuela said Wednesday it had seized control of a prison from the hands of a powerful gang with international reach, in a major operation involving 11,000 members of its security forces.

Latin America

Argentina's ESMA Torture Center: Hell Becomes Heritage

The ESMA, the most notorious murder and torture center among hundreds operated by Argentina's 1976-83 military dictatorship, stands today as a reminder of the brutality humans are capable of.

Houses surrounded by high-rise buildings in Pinheiros

Latin America

High-Rises Sweep Sao Paulo, But Boom Casts Shadows

Worried by the surge of skyscrapers fast replacing the houses and historic buildings in her Sao Paulo neighborhood, Rosanne Brancatelli put up a sign on her street: "Don't take away our sun."

Latin America

Gold And Mercury, Not Books, For Venezuela's Child Miners

At 10 years old, Martin cannot read, but he is an old hand at detecting traces of the gold he and his young cousins dig for at an open-pit mine in southeastern Venezuela.

Latin America

Mexico Defends Russia's Participation In Independence Parade

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador said Mexico had invited all the countries with whom it shared diplomatic relations.

Latin America

Peru's President Dina Boluarte Declares State Of Emergency In Parts Of Capital Amid Crime Spike

While the Peruvian president is currently in New York City to attend the 78th United Nations General Assembly, she was virtually present during the announcement of the emergency.

Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva

Latin America

Brazil's Lula Urged To Name Black Woman To High Court

Brazil's 11-member high court has had just three black justices in its 132-year history, all of them men.

Jair Bolsonaro invade Planalto Presidential Palace

Politics

Brazil Court Convicts First Defendants In Pro-Bolsonaro Riots

In the first verdicts over riots by supporters of Brazil's far-right ex-President Jair Bolsonaro, the Supreme Court sentenced two defendants Thursday to heavy jail terms on charges including an attempted coup.

New international airport near Mexico City

Latin America

Mexico Expects New Air Routes To US After Safety Upgrade

Mexico said Thursday that it expected to open dozens of new air routes to the United States after regulators in Washington restored its top aviation safety rating.

Latin America

Dominican Republic Shuts Border With Haiti Over Water Spat

Dominican President Luis Abinader on Thursday announced the closure of the country's border with Haiti, escalating a diplomatic spat over access to a shared river.

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Latin America

Alleged Bodies Of 'Non-human Beings' Shown In Mexican Congress

The purported mummified remains were exhibited in two small display cases on Tuesday -- the first time the Mexican Congress has officially addressed the issue of possible extraterrestrial life.