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American dream shattered: one Haitian’s journey to US border… and back

Many migrants have died trying to cross the area linking South and Central America. Conditions are difficult.

Six billion anti-Covid shots injected worldwide

More than six billion doses of anti-Covid vaccines have been given around the world, according to an AFP tally Wednesday based on official sources.  The...

‘We’re desperate’: Haitian migrants’ hopes fade at US border

Tens of thousands of undocumented migrants, mostly Haitians, have arrived in recent months in southern Mexico, heading north in search of a new life in the United States.

Amid official denials, Nicaraguans battle Covid surge

In Nicaragua, governed with an iron fist by Daniel Ortega, official coronavirus figures do not reflect the reality of a population scrambling to find oxygen tanks for stricken loved ones.

Mexico urges immediate US action on migration causes

Mexican authorities have arrested more than 147,000 undocumented migrants already this year -- three times more than in the same period of 2020, according to the National Migration Institute.

Costa Rica, others, seek to halt artefacts auction in Germany

The seven Cocle Parita- and Cocle Conte-style pottery vessels claimed by the country are among more than 300 pre-Hispanic objects from Mexico, Guatemala, Costa Rica, Panama, Bolivia and Peru.

Nicaragua says Colombia defying UN court in sea dispute

Nicaragua accused Colombia of openly defying judges at the UN's top court in a bitter decades-long legal battle over maritime borders.

US to end travel bans, change Covid entry requirements

U.S. Americans not fully vaccinated will still be able to enter but only on testing negative within a day of travel.

Venezuela’s Maduro sees legitimacy challenged in rare trip abroad

Maduro showed up at the last minute at a one-day meeting of the 33-member Community of Latin American and Caribbean States, or CELAC.

Oxygen shortage due to Covid in Nicaragua: ‘Stand in line and wait for a miracle’

According to the government of Daniel Ortega, Covid-19 hasn't caused a collapse in public hospitals, but his opponents claim otherwise.

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