Latin America

Elderly Mexican Parents See Their Children In The U.S. For The First Time In Decades

8:23am August 25, 2018

by Ashley Lopez

A program started by a Mexican state has been reunifying elderly parents with their children living illegally in the U.S. Recently more than 30 families were reunited near Austin.

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Nicaraguan Refugee Crisis Growing In Central America

5:42pm August 23, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Hundreds of Nicaraguans are arriving in Costa Rica daily, fleeing the conflict in their country. The country is straining to provide services to the refugees and undergoing a sense of deja vu back to the days of the Nicaraguan Revolution.

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Guadalajara approved legislation that allows sexual relations to take place in public. Its supporters say the measure will prompt the police to put more attention on combating crime.

Mexican City Decriminalizes Public Sex — To Stop Police Extortion

10:21pm August 22, 2018

by Sasha Ingber

"Expressions of affection, kissing, hugging in a public place are neither crimes nor offenses," said the Guadalajara council member who proposed the successful measure.

Residents of the Brazilian border town of Pacaraima burn tires and belongings of Venezuelan immigrants, after an attack on their makeshift camps.

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Venezuelan Refugees Face Violence And Closed Borders As They Try To Flee

8:22pm August 20, 2018

by Shannon Van Sant

Over the weekend an angry mob attacked Venezuelan migrant camps in a Brazilian town near the border. Ecuador has declared a state of emergency, and closed its borders to those without passports.

A kilogram, or just over 2 pounds, of tomatoes sits next to the 5 million "strong" bolivars needed to buy the bunch at an informal market in a low-income neighborhood of Venezuela's capital, Caracas.

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Venezuela, Racked With Hyperinflation, Rolls Out New Banknotes

3:11pm August 20, 2018

by Colin Dwyer

The country is responding to its currency's alarmingly rapid devaluation with an unlikely solution — by devaluing it further. But many economists are not impressed.

News Brief: President Trump's Latest Rant, Venezuela's Economy

7:47am August 20, 2018

Trump responds to New York Times story that details cooperation between White House counsel Don McGahn and special counsel Robert Mueller's inquiry. Venezuela takes dramatic steps to stem inflation.

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Nicaraguans Flee Amid Crackdown On Dissent

5:59pm August 19, 2018

by Carrie Kahn

Thousands of Nicaraguans have fled to Costa Rica after President Daniel Ortega launched a crackdown on dissent.

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Photographer Tomas Ayuso captures the plight of Honduran youth struggling to survive in a violent country — and thinking about fleeing to stay alive.