Mexico, a key US ally on migration, pushes back hard on Texas law

Mexico vows it won’t accept migrants deported by Texas under a controversial state law, setting up potential clashes at the border.

Court action on Texas’ migrant arrest law leads to confusion at US-Mexico border

A dizzying volley of courtroom maneuvers over a Texas law that would allow the state to arrest and deport people who enter the U.S. illegally sowed confusion at the nation’s border with Mexico on Wednesday as sheriffs, police chiefs and migrants waited for direction.

Several probes target Brazil’s Bolsonaro, but his COVID decisions are catching up to him first

As Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s term wound down in December 2022, he made plans to travel abroad and asked his aide-de-camp to insert false data into the public health system to make it appear as though he and his 12-year-old daughter had received the COVID-19 vaccine.

Mexican president praises Pancho Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, that killed 18

Mexico’s president praised Mexican revolutionary Francisco “Pancho” Villa for his 1916 attack on Columbus, New Mexico, a raid that killed 18 Americans, mostly civilians, and eight U.S. soldiers.

Team to choose Haiti’s next leader takes shape as gang violence engulfs Caribbean nation

Caribbean leaders said Tuesday that all groups and political parties except one have submitted nominees for a transitional presidential council charged with selecting an interim prime minister for Haiti, which remains engulfed in gang violence.

Florida missionary tells of ‘risky’ overnight rescue out of Haiti

The drive, from coast to coast, was “a little risky,” but after eight days of being stranded in Haiti, Miriam Cinotti, a Christian missionary from Jacksonville, felt the unsanctioned rescue mission led by Project Dynamo, a nonprofit group, was her only way out.

Dominican Republic is urged to stop deporting people to Haiti as people flee surge in gang violence

Human rights activists are calling on the Dominican Republic’s government for a temporary reprieve in deportations as neighboring Haiti’s crisis spirals and people attempt to flee over the closed border from a surge in deadly gang violence.

Climate change speeds up as major indicators blow off the charts, UN meteorological organization warns

The lives of millions of people were upended by natural disasters made worse by climate change, with countries everywhere struggling to cope with billions of dollars in economic losses, according to the WMO’s annual State of the Global Climate report for 2023.

Supreme Court extends block on Texas law that would allow police to arrest migrants

The Supreme Court on Monday continued to block, for now, a Texas law that would give police broad powers to arrest migrants suspected of illegally entering the U.S. while the legal battle it sparked over immigration authority plays out.

Gangs unleash new attacks on upscale areas in Haiti’s capital, with at least a dozen killed nearby

Gangs attacked two upscale neighborhoods in Haiti’s capital early Monday in a rampage that left at least a dozen people dead in surrounding areas.

New study finds no brain injuries among ‘Havana syndrome’ patients

An array of advanced tests found no brain injuries or degeneration among U.S. diplomats and other government employees who suffer mysterious health problems once dubbed “Havana syndrome,” researchers reported.

Protesters take to streets in Cuba as lights go out across island

Protesters took to the streets of Cuba on Sunday in a rare outburst of social unrest as a fresh wave of blackouts exacerbated tensions on the cash-strapped island.

Biden toughened asylum screening, but it won’t stop a new border surge

Screening interviews and asylum rejections have doubled, according to DHS data. But the failed border bill means authorities lack resources to handle new migrants.

State Department plans to fly Americans out of Haiti, but some can’t make it to the plane

The U.S. government is arranging a charter flight to help U.S. citizens evacuate Haiti, where armed groups have once more breached the main seaport in Port-au-Prince.

UNICEF, Guatemala’s consul among latest victims of looting in Haiti

As Haiti once again spirals into chaos with another wave of gang violence, a number of government and aid agencies reported Saturday that their facilities and aid supplies have been looted.

Guatemala says offices of its honorary consul in Haiti have been ransacked

The government of Guatemala said Saturday that the offices of its honorary consul in Haiti was ransacked, the latest in the Caribbean nation’s recent wave of violent chaos.

The Panama Canal averts a crisis for now — but at a cost to drinking water

The Panama Canal has avoided the worst of a shipping crunch that threatened to upend the global economy — but at a cost to marine life and the Latin American country’s supplies of drinking water.

National Guard soldier dies trying to save drowning man in Puerto Rico

Staff Sgt. Fidel Cruz Llanos was last seen about 80 yards from the shore of Condado Beach in San Juan, according to the Coast Guard. Several local, state and federal agencies searched for him, and his body was recovered Tuesday.

A plan to find new leadership for Haiti is moving forward, Caribbean officials say

A plan to create a transitional presidential council is moving forward after a majority of Haitian parties and coalitions submitted the names of those charged with finding new leaders for the country, Caribbean officials said Thursday.