Politics
Peru will not recognize Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela's "democratically elected president"
Ecuador has formally recognized Edmundo González as the elected president of Venezuela
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Politics
Venezuela hosts Russian 'war games' with joint trainings including Iran, China, Bolivia, Pakistan and Cuba
The purpose of the Games is to showcase military skills, unite cultures and peoples, according to the Chavista Defense Minister
Opinion & Reviews
Rep. Mark Green: Nearshoring is a win for Latin America. Here's how.
U.S. Rep. Mark Green of Tennessee explains the bipartisan 'nearshoring' legislation he is working on to help bring supply chains back from China by creating opportunities to relocate to Latin America and closer to the U.S.
Drug trafficking
Attack in Ecuador: State of emergency declared in Guayaquil after explosion kills 5
Ecuadorian authorities have attributed the major attack on civilians to organized crime
Politics
Díaz-Canel and Maduro among the worst rulers in Latin America, poll finds
Nicolás Maduro ranked as the president with the lowest approval rating in Latin America, followed by Cuba's Miguel Díaz-Canel
Human Rights
Nicaraguans celebrate mass despite procession ban and church crackdown
Daniel Ortega’s government banned the catholic procession for Our Lady of Fatima scheduled for last Saturday citing “internal security reasons"
Crime
U.S. consulate employees in Tijuana told to shelter-in-place amid wave of violent crime
The Jalisco New Generation Cartel threatened violence against anyone who was seen on the streets of Baja California this weekend
Crime
Mexican Cartel violence sends U.S. Consulate workers to shelter
Prison violence reportedly spilled out into streets; nearly a dozen dead.
Immigration
Costa Rica plans to regularize status of 200,000 Nicaraguan migrants
Many Nicaraguans are fleeing political repression and human rights abuses of Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega
Crime
Colombia finds $20 billion tied to money laundering
The funds were discovered through over 20,000 suspicious activity reports that were flagged
Crime
Mexico: 10 miners trapped underground for a week after clandestine shaft collapsed
A tunnel collapsed during excavation work causing the flooding of three shafts at the El Pinabete mine
