Latin America & Caribbean

Lawmakers call for probe into Guatemalan child’s death

LORDSBURG, N.M. — Lawmakers visiting the Border Patrol station where a 7-year-old Guatemalan girl was taken hours before her death are demanding an investigation into the response by federal agents. Members of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus spoke Tuesday outside the … more →

AP News | 12/18/2018 4:57 pm

Cuba eliminates gay marriage language from new constitution

HAVANA — Cuba says language promoting the legalization of gay marriage will be removed from the draft of a new constitution after widespread popular rejection of the idea. Gay rights advocates had proposed eliminating the description of marriage as a … more →

AP News | 12/18/2018 3:50 pm

Guatemala Body of girl who died in US custody set to return

GUATEMALA CITY — Guatemalan authorities say they have completed documentation needed to clear the way for repatriation of the body of a 7-year-old migrant girl who died in U.S. Border Patrol custody. Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Marta Larra says Jakelin Caal’s … more →

AP News | 12/18/2018 12:29 pm

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• Blaze destroys at least 600 houses in Brazil neighborhood.
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• Mexico doubles minimum wage in northern border zones
• Venezuelan migrants hit Peru’s street, dancing to survive
• Exodus from Venezuela leaves families divided across borders
• Brazil’s gay couples exchange vows in collective ceremony
• 3 police, 1 marine killed in violent Mexico clashes
• Venezuela’s El Nacional publishes last print edition
• Official from Guatemalan foreign ministry identifies 7-year-old girl who died in Border Patrol custody as Jackeline Caal
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• Venezuela El Nacional newspaper to cease print edition
• Colombian ex-official faces prison in bribery scheme
• UN group slams Mexican plan to hold more suspects pending
• Ex-Venezuela oil minister reportedly dies in state custody
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• Nicaraguan lawmakers go after allegedly anti-government NGOs
• Venezuela’s Maduro US leads assassination plot against him
• More than 200 sex abuse allegations against Brazil healer
• 6 charged in ’11 killing of US bank executive in Puerto Rico
• Mexico passes law restructuring Attorney General’s Office
• Feds charge DEA agent with trafficking drugs, guns with gang
• Mexico cancels February bidding round on oil concessions
• Authorities say gunman kills four, then himself, at cathedral in southern Brazil
• Venezuela vows to reactivate Goodyear plant
• Honduran lawmaker pleads guilty to drug charges in US
• Fireworks accident kills 5, wounds 9 in Mexico
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• New Brazil government to pull out of UN migration accord
• Ford Argentina ex-executives sentenced in torture cases
• Canada’s Aurora Cannabis buys Mexico’s Farmacias Magistrales
• Voters send decisive message against corruption in Peru
• Irish pedophile priest O’Reilly must leave Chile in 72 hours
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• Peruvians vote in referendum on fighting corruption
• Death toll rises to 14 after bank robbery attempts in Brazil
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• Report Mexican cartel denies US consulate attack
• Brazil court suspends Boeing-Embraer deal until next year
• Federal prosecutors won’t pursue another trial for Border Patrol agent in Arizona who fatally shot Mexican teenager
• Ecuador president says Assange has sufficient guarantees to leave embassy
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