Crime
After Maduro’s capture, armed paramilitary groups patrol Caracas, search phones and restrict press
ADN América spoke with a Venezuelan man in Caracas who was held for several hours after armed groups searched his mobile phone.
Latin America
The Latest
Drug trafficking
Ecuador's president asks U.S. for 'greater support' in the fight against drug trafficking
"It is essential to have greater support from the United States to guarantee success in the fight that my government is leading head-on and relentlessly against this global scourge," President Lasso told Sen. Menendez
Politics
Biden extends 1996 emergency status with Cuba
The measure has been in place since 1996 after two civilian aircrafts belonging to the Cuban exile organization "Hermanos al Rescate" (Brothers to the Rescue) were shot down
Human Rights
Nicaragua sentences former Sandinista official to 13 years in prison
Tinoco was arrested along with 46 opposition leaders last year ahead of the Central American country’s presidential elections
Human Rights
Salvadoran women freed from jail after being sentenced for suspected abortion
Abortions under any circumstance are banned in El Salvador. Ending a pregnancy or being suspected of it comes with a sentence of up to eight years in jail.
Immigration
Migrants in Mexico clash against authorities in Tapachula
The migrants have been stuck at the border city for more than a month as they wait for the U.S. and Mexico to approve their asylum and visa requests or grant them permission to cross Mexico
Politics
Bolsonaro blasts Colombian Supreme Court abortion decision
"May God watch over the innocent lives of Colombian children, who are now subject to state sanctioned violence in their mothers’ womb," the conservative president said
Politics
Cuba backs Russia in Ukraine crisis, calls to end 'Western intervention'
"The determination of the U.S. to impose the progressive expansion of NATO towards the borders of the Russian Federation constitutes a threat to the national security of this country," the Cuban regime said in a statement
Health
Colombian beauty queen breaks internet with controversial abortion opinion
“Let’s not let the fight for women’s rights tarnish our reasoning or our humanity,” she said
Politics
In a nod to Putin, Venezuelan dictatorship prepares to recognize separatist Ukrainian regions
Nicolas Maduro’s regime will likely announce the move by Wednesday at the latest, although “some details are still being finalized"
Politics
Russia extends Cuban debt payments until 2027
Between 2006 and 2019, Russia offered the Cuban regime export credits worth $2.3 billion to finance projects for the island's economic development
