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US Embassy in Cuba resumes visa and consular services

The US Embassy in Cuba has resumed visa services five years after they were paused due to a spate of mysterious health incidents among its staff.

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Bolsonaro responds to Brazil riot charges

The former president said “peaceful demonstrations” are “part of democracy”

Biden visits border for first time as critics condemn his migrant crackdown

President makes brief stop in El Paso, ground zero for the consequences of US system that he acknowledges is deeply broken

US Democrats urge Biden to expel Bolsonaro following Brazil election riots

Democratic lawmakers called Thursday on President Joe Biden to revoke the visa of former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro, saying the United States should not offer refuge to anyone involved in riots against Brazil's newly elected government.

Former Bolsonaro Minister Arrested in Probe Over Brazil Riots

Anderson Torres was in charge of security for Brasília when protesters stormed buildings

After Bolsonaro, Can Lula Remake Brazil?

Following a prison term, a fraught election, and a near-coup, the third-time President takes charge of a fractured country.

Former Brazilian president Jair Bolsonaro has applied for US visa

Brazil's former president Jair Bolsonaro has applied for a six-month US tourist visa, his lawyer has told the BBC.

Brazil sinks rusting aircraft carrier in Atlantic despite pollution concerns

Navy bought French-made carrier in the 1990s, but needed refit didn't happen

Brazilian ex-president to chair BRICS bank

Dilma Rousseff will head the group’s New Development Bank until the end of Brazil’s presidency in 2025

Pregnant Russian women flying to Argentina for citizenship, officials say

More than 5,000 pregnant Russian women have entered Argentina in recent months, including 33 on a single flight on Thursday, officials say.

Why human rights groups are calling out El Salvador's new mega prison

Human Rights Watch says innocent people are among the 64,000 suspected gang members arrested in crackdown

4 US citizens missing after being assaulted and kidnapped in Matamoros, Mexico, FBI

The US citizens were driving a white minivan with North Carolina license plates, according to the FBI.

Kidnapped Americans were in Mexico for tummy tuck

Four Americans kidnapped by heavily armed men in Matamoros, Mexico, had travelled there for cosmetic surgery, relatives told US media.

Official: 4 Americans kidnapped in Mexico found; 2 are dead

Federal and local Mexican authorities are participating in the effort to locate the missing Americans, Tamaulipas Attorney General Irving Barrios Mojica said Monday.

Mexico kidnapping: Why a million Americans a year risk Mexico medical tourism

Americans often travel to Mexico for low-cost medical services. But bargain shopping for healthcare can be risky. 

Mexican president rejects ‘irresponsible’ calls for US military action against cartels

López Obrador says proposals from US lawmakers in wake of killings of two Americans ‘an offense to the people of Mexico’

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