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Mexico president defends world-first judicial vote despite low turnout
AFP, Published on 03/06/2025
» MEXICO CITY - Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum hit back Monday at criticism of her country's unprecedented election of judges, after most voters skipped a ballot that her opponents called a farce.
Nicaragua legislature cements 'absolute power' of president.. and wife
AFP, Published on 31/01/2025
» SAN JOSé — Nicaraguan strongman Daniel Ortega and his wife were granted control of all state powers Thursday under a constitutional amendment ratified by the country's legislature that also elevated her to the position of "co-president."
Cuba's 'invisible' tragedy: US-bound migrants who disappear in the Caribbean
AFP, Published on 18/12/2024
» CáRDENAS (CUBA) - In the early hours of January 3, 2023, 32 people climbed onto a makeshift raft off southern Cuba and set out across the Caribbean for Florida, 170 kilometers (100 miles) away.
120,000 minors crossed Darien Gap last year in bid to reach US
AFP, Published on 02/01/2024
» PANAMA CITY - Record numbers of migrants crossing the hostile Darien gap jungle in 2023 included 120,000 minors, the Panama government said Monday.
A migrant's odyssey from Venezuela to the United States
AFP, Published on 27/12/2023
» MATAMOROS (MEXICO) - Lying in the jungle with a gun pointed at him, Marcel Maldonado remembered his mother's warning about the dangers of migrating overland to the United States -- and wondered if he'd get out alive.
Plane held on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane grounded in France for days over concerns it was part of a human trafficking scheme landed in India on Tuesday, with its passengers avoiding media questions as they quickly exited bustling Mumbai airport.
Plane held for days in France on trafficking concerns lands in India
AFP, Published on 26/12/2023
» MUMBAI - A plane that had been grounded in France for days over concerns its nearly 300 mostly Indian passengers were part of a human trafficking scheme has landed in Mumbai, flight tracking data showed early Tuesday.
Indians held in France over trafficking fears questioned
AFP, Published on 24/12/2023
» VATRY, France: Four French judges on Sunday began questioning more than 300 Indians travelling on a plane detained near Paris over suspicions of human trafficking.
Top Mexican court decriminalizes abortion nationwide
AFP, Published on 07/09/2023
» MEXICO CITY - Mexico's Supreme Court on Wednesday decriminalized abortion across the conservative Latin American country, moving in contrast to the United States where federally guaranteed abortion rights were overturned last year.
Nicaragua seizes Jesuit university
AFP, Published on 17/08/2023
» MANAGUA - A Jesuit university in Nicaragua said Wednesday it is suspending classes and all other activities after the leftist government announced the seizure of all its assets, accusing the school of terrorism.