Latin America

SAN DIEGO (AP) — Dealing a significant blow to a signature Trump administration immigration policy, a federal appeals court ruled Friday that the government can no longer make asylum-seekers wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. immigration courts.

On Thursday, Dominicans took buses across the country and headed to La Plaza de la Bandera in Santo Domingo for a giant demonstration amid suspended municipal elections and growing concerns about lack of transparency in the electoral process.

On February 16, the nation’s Central Electoral Board abruptly canceled its municipal elections following reports of glitches in the voting machines.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — México’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

Bolivia is preparing for a May presidential election after president Evo Morales was ousted in a military coup last November.

SÃO PAULO (AP) — Signs of anxiety appeared Thursday among Brazilians after Latin America’s first case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in Sao Paulo, and the number of suspected cases skyrocketed, even as the government sought to reassure the population about preventative measures.

NEW YORK (AP) — New evidence against Mexico’s former top security official has been uncovered since he was charged with taking tens of millions of dollars in bribes to protect Joaquín “El Chapo” Guzmán’s notorious Sinaloa cartel, federal prosecutors said Thursday.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — One month after a gas tanker leak triggered fires and explosions that killed 30 people in the Peruvian capital, traumatized survivors and relatives of victims are still waiting to know who was responsible.

IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug war has long played out in dusty northern border cities or the poppy fields of its southern mountains, but now the killings have moved to the conservative industrial heartland state of Guanajuato, creating a strange duality: shiny new auto plants and booming foreign investment even as the state becomes Mexico’s most violent.

According to the country’s Health Ministry, the 61-year-old man had recently traveled to Lombardy, Italy, an epicenter of coronavirus in Europe.

In Colombia, as in other conflict zones, rejoining society after war is generally more challenging for women.

From 2010-2018, large numbers of undocumented residents returned to Mexico, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) noted.

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazil’s government confirmed on Wednesday that a 61-year-old Brazilian man who traveled to Italy this month has Latin America’s first confirmed case of the contagious new coronavirus.

Thelma Aldana pursued prominent anti-corruption cases as prosecutor.

From New York City to Prague, here’s how Dominicans are taking a stand.

These disingenuous attacks against Bernie Sanders have been deeply offensive and hurtful, as I see these political hacks using my grandfather’s suffering and that of other political prisoners to advance their cynical political agenda. 

His statements followed a weekend of protests where a confrontation between police and at least 150 protestors happened outside the Viña del Mar music festival.

“This is a message from all the Dominicans in the Tampa Bay area who feel outraged and tired of the government over there that has stolen everything,” David Aquino said in Spanish.

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — Guatemala’s former chief prosecutor said Monday she has been granted asylum in the United States, in the face of charges filed in her home country that she claims are retaliation for her anti-corruption campaign.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of every three people in Venezuela is struggling to put enough food on the table to meet minimum nutrition requirements as the nation’s severe economic contraction and political upheaval persists, according to a study published Sunday by the U.N. World Food Program.

Police officers protesting pay and working conditions disrupted the first day of Haiti’s Carnival.