Latin America News Dispatch

Five of the men are U.S. citizens and three are U.S. military veterans.

The three men had opposed a large canal project and joined a growing protest movement, eventually helping block roads.

Reynaldo López is the 144th journalist killed in Mexico since 2000 and the third in 2019.

The shelter, located across from Eagle Pass, Texas, in the Mexican town of Piedras Negras, will likely close Wednesday because it has “served its purpose,” according to Coahuila State Public Safety Secretary José Luis Pliego.

The announcement arrived after the U.S. Senate passed a border security plan yesterday to avert a government shutdown.

Protesters also decried cuts to public utility subsidies and austerity.

The jury deliberated for over a week as they considered a staggering amount of evidence in the case against Guzmán.

Newsom had first alluded to defying Trump’s orders in his inaugural speech earlier this year.

Bipartisan negotiations might not yield enough funding for President Donald Trump’s physical barrier.

In total, four women have accused the Costa Rican two-term president and 1987 Nobel Peace Prize winner of sexual misconduct.

President Nicolás Maduro has continued to deny that Venezuela is facing a humanitarian crisis.

In a scenario that has become increasingly common in elections throughout the hemisphere, an outsider candidate who distanced himself from the political establishment emerged triumphant.

Arias was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize in 1987 for being a peace-broker in Central America

Meanwhile, Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro ignored the European Union’s request for new elections.

Bukele, 37, rose through the ranks of the FMLN as the Mayor of Nuevo Cuscatlán (2012-2014) and San Salvador (2015-2018).

The year aims to combat the impending extinction of the world’s linguistic biodiversity—and not only for the benefit of those who speak these languages, but for humanity at large.

The Canadian ambassador will remain in Cuba, and consular services will continue despite the reduction in staff.

Despite the alarming anti-Indigenous measures that the Bolsonaro administration has taken over the past month, the message of the “Red January” protests is one of hope and resilience.

During a press conference yesterday, the leaders of Mexico and Spain acknowledged their willingness to mediate negotiations for Venezuela.

Maduro announced yesterday that he is seeking to expand the presence of local militias in the country to 2 million by mid-April.

The sanctions block all PDVSA property and operations under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibit transactions by U.S. entities.