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Panama, Colombia to facilitate safer migrant passage to US

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Panama and Colombia agreed Friday to facilitate the controlled transit of undocumented migrants seeking to reach the United States, in an attempt to slow...

Hundreds flee Venezuela each day despite border closures

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More than 5.6 million people have left Venezuela since 2015, according to the report, which includes figures from the Interagency Coordination Platform for Refugees and Migrants from Venezuela (R4V)

Venezuela’s Guaido calls for new protests, Pope fears ‘bloodbath’

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In a video posted on Twitter, the 35-year-old opposition leader Guaido announced a two-hour strike on Wednesday "to demand that the armed forces side with the people."

Ecuador invites Costa Rica and other countries to discuss Venezuelan migration

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Ecuador is organizing a meeting with the ministers of Foreign Relations from 13 countries in South and Central America to discuss the exceptionally high number of migrating Venezuelans escaping the economic crisis in their country, the Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday.

Costa Rica, Nicaragua to face off again at The Hague in new border dispute

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Hearings from in the maritime border dispute will take place at the International Court of Justice at The Hague between July 3-13.

Venezuelan lawmaker says in Costa Rica that her people eat from garbage trucks

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Broad Front Party lawmaker Ligia Fallas responded to the Venezuelan lawmaker, saying many Ticos eat from the garbage too.

Costa Rica begins relocating migrants camped out at Nicaragua border

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Costa Rica plans to move hundreds of mostly Haitian migrants camped out near the border with Nicaragua to a shelter in La Cruz, Guanacaste.

Costa Rica President Solís advocates for migrants at UN General Assembly

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Solís addressed the 71st U.N. General Assembly, saying that the migration problem is global and requires joint solutions, solidarity, shared responsibility and integral approaches.

As Nicaragua elections approach, banned opposition decries Ortega’s budding dictatorship

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As Nicaragua nears November's presidential elections, opposition leaders say President Daniel Ortega has established a family-run dictatorship reminiscent of the one he overthrew decades ago.