Latin America News Dispatch

The ACLU filing states that “systematic” separations occurred based on minor criminal history, dubious allegations of unfitness, and “errors identifying bona fide child-parent relationships.”

Yesterday’s riot became the deadliest this year in Brazil.

The agreement has been regarded as “cruel and unlawful” by immigrant advocacy groups.

Fifty-four deaths have been confirmed, with the majority being children, according to local press.

Current Secretary of Justice Wanda Vásquez will assume the gubernatorial role on August 2.

Initially forecasted to grow 1.4 percent in April, the Fund said that the region is now expected to grow at 0.6 percent this year.

Yesterday, in the first interview since the scandal broke, Rosselló told Fox News that he assumes the “responsibility of his actions” but that he respects the “rule of law and democracy,” thus his refusal to step down.

Today, a national strike has been called by several sectors of the Puerto Rican society, demanding Governor Ricardo Rosselló’s resignation.

Amid an unresolved political crisis that has unraveled since Ortega crackdown on anti-government protesters in April 2018, the opposition has proposed to restart peace talks with the Sandinista regime on July 31.

The Center for Investigative Journalism revealed an investigation where journalists allege that behind the chat group —that sparked the protests— is a multi-million dollar corruption scheme.

U.S. authorities want “El Chapo” to pay back $12.7 billion that he allegedly earned during a lifetime of drug-trafficking activities.

Likely to be challenged in court, the new policy is set to go into effect today.

Domestic and international commentators believe Guatemala is “ill-prepared” to harbor U.S.-bound asylum-seekers.

The raids are expected to potentially target around 2,000 undocumented immigrants who “have been ordered to be deported.”

Prosecutors say that former Education Secretary (DE) Julia Keleher spent $13 million in securing illicit contracts.

The Department of Homeland Security (DHS) reported that migrant flows fell for the first time this year,

Around sixty thousand civilians are estimated to have died during the secret U.S.-backed campaign implemented by right-wing dictatorships in South America during the seventies and eighties.

The final match was held in Lyon, France, where the crowd chanted “Equal pay! Equal pay!” as the game ended.

A report by Human Rights Watch claims migrants forced to wait in Mexico face violence, kidnapping, and sexual assault.

The left-leaning Broad Front has held the presidency and congress since 2005.

Rafael Acosta had been arrested with five other military officials a week earlier.