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.
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Costa Rica and El Salvador launch ferry service to increase trade, bypass Nicaragua
The officials launching the new service claimed that the boat will save shipping time, avoid border closures, and reduce the number of borders that have to be crossed
Human Rights
Nicaragua's Ortega regime freezes bank accounts of top private university as part of Catholic crackdown
Many UCA graduates took part in the violent 2018 protests against the Ortega regime, which left more than 300 civilians dead and left over 2,000 injured
Politics
Assassination: Ecuadorian presidential candidate, renowned journalist murdered in cold blood
Fernando Villavicencio, a 59-year old member of the country's national assembly and renowned career political journalist, was murdered as he left a rally in the northern city of Quito on Wednesday
Politics
State Dept. contradicts López Obrador, says fentanyl is manufactured in Mexico
"Despite the repeated denials of Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador, the head of the anti-drug office at the US Department of State maintains that 'fentanyl is indeed manufactured in Mexico."
Crime
U.S. nurse and child safely released after kidnapping in Haiti
Alix Dorsainvil and her young daughter were abducted while serving in their community ministry at the El Roi Hati’s campus near the capital city of Port-au-Prince on July 27
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Peruvian villagers claim they were attacked by 7 foot-tall 'armored aliens,' urge authorities to help
The community leader said he has come face-to-face with one of the aliens, which he described as having long heads with yellowish eyes and are always wearing a mask.
Immigration
100 migrants seek U.S. asylum with indefinite hunger strike at Tijuana shelter
Their plea is for the United States to approve their pending asylum requests
Politics
Amazon rainforest countries hold conference in Brazil to combat deforestation and organized crime
For the fourth time in 45 years, South American leaders whose countries connect with the Amazon rainforest are meeting to discuss how to protect the region and combat the growing problem of organized crime in the region
Human Rights
Thousands take to Haiti's streets to protest gang violence
According to the United Nations, around 73,500 Haitians have fled their country in the last year alone, due to the worsening economic conditions and insecurity.
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Heartbreak: Missing Mexican student found dead in Berlin canal
She suddenly disappeared in Berlin on July 22, after she left her apartment to go to a meeting, but she never returned home
