Latin America News Dispatch

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo announced that both countries agreed to increase trade and invest in biodiversity in the Amazon.

President Mario Abdo Benítez announced plans to amend the constitution to give the military a larger role in combating gangs.

Asylum will only be granted to immigrants who have been denied asylum in another country or who have been victims of “severe” human trafficking.

Police in Colombia arrested two people yesterday in connection with the killing of mayoral candidate Orley García.

President Iván Duque will present the information his government has collected to the UN General Assembly this month.

The RadioLAND podcast for September 6, 2019.

The presidents of Peru, Colombia, Ecuador and Bolivia joined leaders from Suriname, Brazil and Guyana Friday.

Many activists are still pushing for an emergency declaration.

The majority of cases came during the Trump administration’s “zero-tolerance policy” last year.

More than 2 million people have been told to evacuate the region.

In her first trial in July 2017, a Salvadoran judge said that failing to seek antenatal care and inducing an abortion amounted to murder.

The past two weeks have brought Paraguayans a political earthquake and a crowd of new household names, all connected to a bilateral energy deal signed with Brazil in May and kept under wraps until late July.

Macri announced the new set of measures during a televised statement, where he said that “over 17 million workers and their families” will be benefited.

More demonstrations are expected throughout the week in the capital.

Ken Cuccinelli, acting director of the United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS), said the rule would focus on legal immigrants “who are self-sufficient.”

Abstentions marked the election, with only around 60% of Guatemalans casting their vote yesterday.

In comparison to July 2018, deforestation in the Amazon this past month grew by 278 percent.

With an executive order, the U.S. government has frozen all economic assets belonging to President Nicolás Maduro and his associates.

President Donald Trump, who expressed his condolences via social media hours after the attacks, has been criticized for fueling hate for his divisive rhetoric online and at campaign rallies.

The Associated Press called the situation a “full-blown” constitutional crisis.

The vote comes following a secret energy deal with Brazil that surfaced this week.