Latin America News Dispatch

In visiting the White House, Bolsonaro hoped to strengthen trade, investments and military collaboration with the United States.

The recent change will require Cubans to visit a third country —Mexico or Panama— before traveling to the United States.

Since the first anti-government student protests erupted in April 2018, more than 300 people have died while mobilizing.

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The resolution now heads to the president’s desk, where he is expected to use his first veto.

The last major school shooting in Brazil occurred in 2011.

“Sexual violence is also a weapon, not only as the military’s sense of right to conquer but as a form of subjugation,” said Gustavo Gorriti, an award-winning Peruvian journalist.

Investigators said the crime was meticulously planned over three months but did not explain the motive.

He said that his country has maintained a “cordial” relationship with the United States, leading to billion-dollar investments into the region.

Schools, public offices and industries will be closed Monday as the state attempts to fix the grid, according to Information Minister Jorge Rodríguez.

The database was a part of “Operation Secure Line,” an attempt to collect information on the group of thousands who came to the U.S. last year seeking asylum.

This year, Brazilian Carnival partygoers openly criticized what they feel are the president’s homophobic and racist policies.

The Medical Association of Bolivia plans to resume strikes against the lack of infrastructure and personnel to sustain the measure.

Indigenous community members originally discovered the cave, called Balamku, 50 years ago.

The push for protests coincides with the celebration of Carnival in Venezuela.

The U.S. draft in support of self-declared interim president Juan Guaidó called for “the peaceful restoration of democracy.”

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza called for direct talks between Trump and Maduro to find “common ground” and was joined by Bolivian President Evo Morales.

The multilateral organization also urged the International Criminal Court to declare the blockage of aid by Maduro’s government a crime against humanity.

Pence also announced the U.S. would channel $56 million to neighboring countries to mitigate the flood of Venezuelans leaving the country.

The Venezuelan national guard (GNB) blocked humanitarian aid from entering the country, resulting in several standoffs.

The border closures occurred just days ahead of the February 23 date set by opposition leader Juan Guaidó to send aid caravans into Venezuela from Colombia.