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April 05, 2019

China's construction binge spreads to Americas, rattles US

China's expansion in Latin America of its Belt and Road initiative to build ports and other trade-related facilities is ...

March 31, 2019

US struggling with growing number of asylum seekers

Border officials are aiming to more than quadruple the number of asylum seekers sent back over the southern border each day, ...

March 31, 2019

Trump seeks to cut foreign aid to 3 Central American nations

Taking drastic action over illegal immigration, President Donald Trump moved Saturday to cut direct aid to El Salvador, ...

March 30, 2019

Trump threatens to shut Mexico border - 'not kidding around'

Threatening drastic action against Mexico, President Donald Trump declared Friday he is likely to shut down America's ...

March 30, 2019

Mexico says it won't react to Trump threats over border

Mexico's foreign relations secretary said Friday his country won't react to U.S. President Donald Trump's threats to close ...

March 29, 2019

Mexico braces for new caravan of Central American migrants

Mexico is bracing for the possible arrival of the "mother of all caravans," even as doubts arise over whether the group of ...

March 28, 2019

Trump lashes out at Central America, Mexico on border

President Donald Trump on Thursday accused Mexican and Central American leaders of doing "nothing" to prevent illegal ...

Steve Scalise, Kevin Brady, Cathy McMorris Rodgers

March 27, 2019

GOP lawmakers set goal of summer vote for trade deal

President Donald Trump and House Republicans moved to build congressional support for the U.S.-Mexico-Canada trade accord on ...

March 20, 2019

Report: Slain Mexican journalist's widow targeted by spyware

The widow of a renowned Mexican journalist murdered two years ago was the target of an attempted spyware attack 10 days after ...

February 22, 2019

Mexico to help "El Chapo" family seek US humanitarian visas

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said Friday that he has instructed his government to assist the family of ...

February 19, 2019

Mexico to close infamous island penal colony, region's last

Mexico will close its infamous Isla Marias prison, the last island penal colony in a hemisphere once dotted with remote ...

February 15, 2019

Mexican president announces bailout for cash-strapped Pemex

Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador announced a $3.9 billion bailout for the country's cash-strapped, state-owned ...

February 14, 2019

In El Chapo's state, people see little change with verdict

U.S. officials are hailing the conviction of Joaquin "El Chapo" Guzman as a victory for the Mexican people, but in the drug ...

February 03, 2019

El Chapo trial highlights how Mexico graft impedes drug war

In the same Brooklyn courthouse where jurors have heard testimony about Mexican politicians protecting Joaquin "El Chapo" ...

February 02, 2019

Struggle for control of Venezuela returning to the streets

Momentum is growing for Venezuela's opposition movement led by lawmaker Juan Guaido, who has called supporters back into the ...

January 27, 2019

More than 25,000 workers strike at Mexican border factories

More than 25,000 Mexican workers at dozens of factories south of Brownsville, Texas, went on strike Friday after owners of ...

January 25, 2019

Official: Asylum seekers to wait in Mexico starting Friday

The Trump administration on Friday will start forcing some asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.

January 24, 2019

The Latest: Venezuelan lawyers seeking protection for Guaido

The latest on nationwide protests in Venezuela (all times local): 10:50 p.m. Three Venezuelan lawyers are asking the ...

January 21, 2019

Death toll reaches 85 in Mexico fuel pipeline fire horror

People in the town where a gasoline explosion killed at least 85 people say the section of pipeline that gushed fuel has been ...