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News Articles: Latin America

Supporters of President Daniel Noboa celebrate early returns showing him in the lead in the presidential election runoff in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

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  • World

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa wins reelection

Ecuador's conservative millionaire incumbent handily won Sunday's presidential run off against a leftist challenger.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
US President Donald Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador hold a meeting in New York, on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  • World

The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House

El Salvador's President Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.

April 14, 2025
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By:
  • Alfie Pannell
Ecuador's leftist presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez on the left and Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Daniel Noboa on the right.

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  • World

Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

April 12, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Family and friends attend the funeral of Marilenny Pilarte who died at the Jet Set nightclub when its roof collapsed, in Haina, Dominican Republic on Thursday.

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  • Latin America

Burials begin for victims in the Dominican nightclub collapse that killed 221

Many people have been anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones, growing frustrated with the drip-drip of information provided by hospitals and the country's forensic institute.

April 11, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Police hang off a truck as authorities work to end a protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Canada trucker protest organizers found guilty of mischief

The February 2022 protests, dubbed the Freedom Convoy, were sparked by a Canadian government vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

April 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Paraguay Foreign Minister Rubén Ramírez Lezcano speaks during a press conference during his visit in Taipei, Taiwan.

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  • Latin America

Paraguay recalls ambassador to Brazil over espionage revelations

Brazil's foreign ministry revealed that the administration of Jair Bolsonaro, the right-wing predecessor of current President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, had conducted espionage against Paraguay.

April 02, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Former Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro speaks to reporters after the Supreme Court voted that he should stand trial for allegedly attempting a coup after his 2022 electoral defeat, in Brasilia, Brazil, Wednesday.

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  • World

Brazil's Supreme Court says Bolsonaro must stand trial over alleged coup attempt

The former far-right populist president, Jair Bolsonaro, will face trial for allegedly attempting to overturn his 2022 reelection loss and stage a violent coup.

March 26, 2025
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By:
  • Carrie Kahn
Brazilian Minister of Human Rights Macae Evaristo speaks at a government ceremony to apologize to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship (1964-1985) at the Dom Bosco cemetery in Sao Paulo, Monday, March 24, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Brazil apologizes to families of victims of military dictatorship's mass grave

Brazil's government on Monday apologized to families of victims of the country's military dictatorship whose remains could be among those found in a clandestine mass grave 35 years ago.

March 24, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Venezuelan migrants deported by the U.S. disembark from a plane at Simon Bolivar International Airport in La Guaira, Venezuela on Feb. 20.

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  • World

Venezuela says it will start accepting repatriation flights from the U.S. again

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro has called for the return of the Venezuelan migrants sent by the U.S. to El Salvador, where President Nayib Bukele said they were transferred to a mega-prison.

March 23, 2025
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  • Joe Hernandez
Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem speaks at U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak in Alaska during a tour on Monday.

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  • National

DHS revokes legal protections for 532,000 Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans

The Department of Homeland Security's new policy, revoking legal protections for hundreds of thousands, impacts people who are already in the U.S. and who came under a humanitarian parole program.

March 22, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
A young supporter of bullfighting joins a demonstration in support of bullfighting outside Mexico City's Congress where lawmakers are expected to debate its continuation in Mexico City on Tuesday.

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  • Latin America

Mexico City bans violent bullfighting, sparking fury and celebration

The decision sparked angry protests from bullfighting supporters and matadors, some of whom tried to breach a police barricade at the local Congress.

March 19, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, a prison guard transfers deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador on Sunday.

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  • Politics

4 things to know about the Alien Enemies Act and Trump's efforts to use it

President Trump invoked the Alien Enemies Act of 1798 against Tren de Aragua members, provoking a legal fight. Here's what to know about the controversial law, which was last used during World War II.

March 18, 2025
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By:
  • Rachel Treisman
Tourists walk in front of the Tuco glacier in Huascaran National Park during a tour called the "Route of climate change" in Huaraz, Peru, Aug. 12, 2016.

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  • Latin America

Peruvian farmer goes head to head with German energy giant in climate test case

A Peruvian farmer is going head to head with German energy giant in a climate law test case.

March 17, 2025
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By:
  • Simeon Tegel
In this photo provided by El Salvador's presidential press office, prison guards transfer deportees from the U.S., alleged to be Venezuelan gang members, to the Terrorism Confinement Center in Tecoluca, El Salvador, Sunday, March 16, 2025.

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  • Latin America

What to know about CECOT, El Salvador's mega-prison for gang members

The mega-prison in El Salvador, where visitation, recreation and education are not allowed, has became the latest tool in President Donald Trump's crackdown on immigration.

March 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Members of the Bolivarian National Guard (GNB) stand guard as inmates aboard a bus are transferred outside the Tocoron prison in Tocoron, Aragua State, Venezuela, on September 20, 2023.

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  • Latin America

Tren de Aragua — all you need to know about the Venezuelan gang

The Trump administration has invoked a 227-year-old law, the Alien Enemies Act, to target Tren de Aragua, a gang with its roots in the prisons of Venezuela. Who are they and how wide is their reach?

March 16, 2025
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  • John Otis
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