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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.
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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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Shock revelation after Americans kidnapped
Law enforcement officials have made a big claim about the brutal kidnapping of four Americans in Mexico last week.
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Haiti's sudden turn for the worse puts Trudeau on the spot
Biden's visit is expected to focus heavily on Haiti, where Washington wants Canada to take the lead
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Latest Americas
US-Canada agree to turn back asylum seekers at border
A new US-Canada border deal meant to halt the flow of asylum seekers at unofficial border crossings has taken effect.
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Honduras Establishes Diplomatic Ties With Beijing, Abandoning Taiwan
Central American nation’s recognition of Beijing as China’s only legitimate government leaves Taiwan with just 13 diplomatic partners
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Brazilian Former President Bolsonaro Returns From Florida Exile
Popular politician faces accusations that he incited attacks on government buildings earlier this year
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Trump backs ‘military options’ against Mexican cartels – media
The former president has vowed to deploy US special forces to “inflict maximum damage” on drug cartels if he is reelected
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Ukraine hits out at Brazil’s Lula: Come here to grasp ‘real causes’ of war
Brazilian president’s framing of the conflict is ‘not in line with the real state of affairs,’ a Ukrainian official says.
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Mexico condemns US ‘interference’ in drug war
The DEA’s infiltration of the Sinaloa Cartel without state permission amounts to espionage, the Mexican president says
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Venezuelan Opposition Figure Flees Country, Arrives in U.S.
Juan Guaidó landed in Miami, marking the end of an attempt to undercut Nicolás Maduro’s regime with a parallel government.
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Gang members burned alive as nation spirals
Horrific footage shows people being butchered and worse on the streets as their nation descends into anarchy. WARNING: Graphic.
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Haiti’s descent into hell
Once a symbol of black liberation, Haiti has collapsed into anarchy. Now many see foreign intervention as their only hope.
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The US asylum rule replacing Title 42 is strict – here’s what we know
Now that Covid-era immigration restrictions have ended, the Biden administration has formulated new asylum regulation
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Spying in Mexico Strikes a New Victim: the President’s Ally
While looking into abuses by the armed forces, the country’s top human rights official was targeted with Pegasus, the world’s most notorious spyware, The Times found.
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‘Monstrous’: 41 dead at women’s prison
At least 41 people have died after a riot at a women’s prison in Honduras sparked a fire at the facility.
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Jair Bolsonaro is barred from office for eight years
What the followers of Brazil’s far-right former president do next will be crucial for the country
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The Country With the Highest Murder Rate Now Has the Highest Incarceration Rate
El Salvador President Nayib Bukele kicked off a gang crackdown that has strong support from locals who can now live and do business safely, but it faces questions from rights groups
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Haiti political deadlock slows push for international force to battle gangs
Acting prime minister Ariel Henry is unwilling to share power as violence continues to spiral
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