Latin America

President Joe Biden is reportedly planning to unveil a sweeping new executive order aimed at curbing migrant arrivals at the US-Mexico border. The executive action is likely to allow US officials to shut off asylum requests once a daily threshold is met, allowing border officials to limit the amount of …

In one of the presidential debates she reproached the current government for having “caved in” to then President Donald Trump by agreeing to keep US-bound migrants in Mexico after the right-wing US leader threatened to slap tariff penalties on Mexican goods. She has also said that, as president, she would …

No official announcement about Mr Benjamin’s position has been made by the UK Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO). But he is no longer listed as ambassador to Mexico on the government’s official website, which says he was in post “between 2021 and 2024”. In the video, a man resembling …

“It’s about recognising that structural inequality – that women have much less access to land than men,” says the cooperative’s founder, Gisela Illescas. “Although women have always been in coffee production, we’ve been made invisible, denied the power to influence the overall direction or the day-to-day running of production.” As …

The president welcomed its approval by Congress, writing on X that “those who enjoy the death of animals will end up enjoying the death of human beings, just as those who burn books, end up burning human beings”. Supporters of bullfighting had protested against the bill, saying it would deprive …

A Gallup poll at the end of April found that 27% of Americans view immigration as the most important issue facing the country, topping the economy and inflation. A separate poll conducted in March by the Associated Press and NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that two-thirds of Americans …

The Kenya government will send close to 1,000 peacekeeping police officers under a UN mission to Haiti, aimed at helping the country’s transitional authorities restore order. For weeks, gangs in Haiti had been carrying out deadly co-ordinated attacks, demanding the resignation of the then Prime Minister Ariel Henry. He agreed …

Mr Gómez was targeted shortly after he attended his closing campaign rally when gunmen stormed his home and opened fire. One man, identified by local media as Mr Gómez’s campaign manager, was killed and two more people were injured in the attack. The mayor of the nearby town of Chilpancingo …

The title of the project translates as “towards the heart of the San José galleon”. Juan David Correa, Colombia’s culture minister, described the exploratory expedition as “unprecedented”. The Colombian government has said the declaration of the site as a protected area would allow for it to be preserved, given its …

Authorities in the Brazilian state of Rio Grande do Sul have confirmed 54 cases of the waterborne leptospirosis disease after the region experienced unprecedented floods in the months of April and May. Four others have died after contracting the illness, which is transmitted through water contaminated with infected animals’ urine, …

Officials allege that several fires were started simultaneously, after which high temperatures and wind caused the flames to spread. More than 16,000 people were affected by the fire which destroyed homes and devastated the region, which is home to Vina del Mar, a popular holiday destination. Commenting on the arrest …

“I have a team already in Haiti as I speak to you,” Mr Ruto tells the BBC. “That will give us a frame of what things look like on the ground, the capabilities that are available, the infrastructure that has been set up, and once we have that assessement that …

With her colleague murdered and the investigation into his case essentially shelved, Cinthia is well aware of the risk she’s taking by running for office in his place. But the small, fiercely determined woman, who is also a leading gay rights defender in her community, says she refuses to give …

The BBC’s Ione Wells joins emergency services in Rio Grande do Sul, which has seen its worst ever floods. Source link

The men of the Yumuri sugar co-operative in Cuba have worked the cane fields around the city of Cienfuegos since they were old enough to wield a machete. Cutting cane is all Miguel Guzmán has ever known. He comes from a family of farm hands and started the tough, thankless …

The painting was bought by Argentine businessman Eduardo F Costantini, founder of the Museum of Latin American Art of Buenos Aires, at the Sotheby’s modern auction in New York Mr Costantini said: “An iconic painting, The Distractions of Dagobert is one the most admired works in the history of surrealism, …

Doctors Without Borders (MSF) recorded 214 cases of sexual violence in the Darién jungle in the month of December alone. The international medical organisation said migrants had described how they had been detained by armed men who had forced them to remove their clothes and sexually abused them. While MSF …

Brazilian rowers Evaldo Mathias Becker and Piedro Tuchtenhagen gave up on their Olympic dreams to stay in Rio Grande do Sul, after heavy rains devastated the state. The athletes, who compete together in the lightweight category, were hoping to take part in the upcoming qualifying phase for the Olympics in …

The rise in the water levels of the Taquari and Caí is particularly worrying because the two rivers flow into the Guaíba, which has already caused severe flooding in the state capital, Porto Alegre. Large parts of the city, which is home to 1.5m people, remain under water, with the …

Frantic efforts are being made to save the endangered mountain chicken frog, native to just two Caribbean islands. Source link