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For Honduran youth, US is the only escape from poverty

Wilmer Rodriguez's mother, Lesly Madariaga, spent a sleepless night looking for him in the streets of Nueva Suyapa, a poor neighborhood in the hills...

‘Help us’: migrant caravan sees Biden as only hope

Hungry and exhausted after three weeks walking across Mexico in a migrant caravan, Elsa Pineda implored US President Joe Biden to give her daughter...

Mexico doesn’t want to be ‘migrant camp,’ president says

Tens of thousands of migrants, many of them Haitians who had been living in South America, have arrived in recent weeks in Mexico hoping to enter the United States.

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.

A month after crossing river into US, immigrants face harsh reality

They crossed the Rio Grande into the United States without papers and clutching their young children. Now, thousands of Central American immigrants face myriad...

Mexico and Guatemala in joint effort to slow migrant caravans

Some 3,000 undocumented migrants cross into Mexico daily, half of them via the southern states of Chiapas and Tabasco.

Costa Rica Immigration Requirements – The Police Record Affidavit

One of the main documents that people have to provide to the Costa Rica immigration authorities when requesting residency is the so called “police...

‘American Dream’ dashed for migrants sent back to Mexico

Many migrants continue to be deceived by human traffickers who tell them that the border is open to everyone.

Surge in young migrant border arrivals poses challenge for United States

Thousands of minors without papers are arriving at the US border with Mexico, presenting President Joe Biden with a potentially major crisis.

Immigration to headline talks between Biden, Lopez Obrador

Another key issue for the U.S. and Mexican leaders is cooperating on the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Tsunami Alerts in Latin America After 8.8 Quake in Russia

An 8.8-magnitude earthquake struck off Russia’s Far East coast on Wednesday, one of the most powerful quakes ever recorded, triggering tsunamis with waves up...

Guatemala’s Gang War Funeral Attack Leaves 7 Dead and 13 Injured

At least seven people were killed and 13 wounded in an armed attack Tuesday night at a funeral in downtown Guatemala City, which authorities...

Costa Rica Embraces IHRA to Combat Antisemitism in Region

Costa Rica has formally adopted the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance's (IHRA) working definition of antisemitism. This step positions the country as the sixth in...

Judicial Corruption Exposed in Costa Rica’s Latest Drug Bust

Costa Rican authorities took down a cocaine smuggling operation Tuesday that moved drugs from South America to the United States, with a judicial worker...