Latin America

Following a repressed young man living in a mostly religious society where homophobia and tradition is rampant, JOSÉ renders a character study that shows that even though alienation marks a one’s own journey, pain doesn’t define you. 

The development comes in the context of Aída Merlano, a former Colombian senator, who had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for vote-buying, and fled to Venezuela.

TIJUANA, Mexico (AP) — The Perla family of El Salvador has slipped into a daily rhythm in Mexico while they wait for the U.S. to decide whether to grant them asylum.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — A U.S. law firm that was hired for $12.5 million by a top official in Nicolás Maduro’s government has decided to dump the controversial Venezuelan client amid a major outcry by critics who accused it of carrying water for a socialist “dictator,” The Associated Press has learned.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro said Wednesday he is willing to mend broken diplomatic relations with neighboring Colombia by restoring consular services amid a standoff stemming from the capture of a fugitive lawmaker.

At least 32 percent of girls in Ecuador under the age of 14 have reported sexual assault while at school.

No injuries or heavy damage have been reported. Officials announced no threat of future tsunamis.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexico President Andrés Manuel López Obrador on Wednesday criticized a directive from his own immigration agency that temporarily barred access to the country’s immigration detention centers for nonprofit organizations that monitor conditions and assist migrants.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Opposition leader Keiko Fujimori can be held 15 months in prison while she is investigated for possible money laundering, a Peruvian judge ruled Tuesday, shortly after official vote returns showed her party was trounced in weekend congressional elections.

As many as four planes of deportees a day have departed Mexico for Honduras.

OTTAWA, Ontario (AP) — Canada wants to reinvigorate the effort to bring democracy to Venezuela, Canada’s top diplomat said Monday as he met with Venezuelan opposition leader Juan Guaidó as part of an international push to reignite international support for the flagging movement.

WASHINGTON (AP) — A divided Supreme Court on Monday allowed the Trump administration to put in place new rules that could jeopardize permanent resident status for immigrants who use food stamps, Medicaid and housing vouchers.

MIAMI (AP) — An ally of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has agreed to spend $12.5 million to hire a lawyer and Washington lobbyist to ease U.S. sanctions and help reset bilateral relations as the U.S.-backed campaign to oust the socialist leader stalls, according to new filings posted Monday.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — A hodgepodge of mostly centrist parties led early results in Peru’s election Sunday to replace the 130-seat congress dissolved by President Martín Vizcarra in his campaign to extinguish pervasive corruption.

Polls ahead of the vote suggested that fewer than one-third of voters had chosen a candidate, and one-fifth were planning to write in their choices or turn in blank ballots in protest.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra urged citizens to “show love” for their country and vote Sunday for a new slate of legislators nearly four months after his polemical decision to dissolve Congress.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Several hundred feminist activists warmed up with chants Saturday next to a monument to murdered Mexican women before filling a street in the capital and dousing female police officers with red paint.

Defenders of migrants’ rights say rescues typically don’t involve spraying those being rescued with pepper spray. Those requiring rescue usually don’t run away from their rescuers.

The two countries are in dispute over the prolonged detention of a Cuban dissident.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — Hundreds of crime victims and their relatives began a four-day march to Mexico City Thursday to protest a wave of killings and disappearances that left 35,588 people dead in 2019.

Protests have been mounting against the current Puerto Rican government following a 6.4 magnitude earthquake.