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Dominican and US officials crack down on regional drug trafficking ring
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic (AP) — U.S. and Dominican officials on Wednesday arrested nearly a dozen suspects after they launched a joint operation to crack down on a regional drug trafficking ring. Officials with the Dominican Republic’s Anti-Drug Agency and agents with...
The US and UN condemn the killing of an environmentalist in Honduras
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. State Department and other global leaders on Tuesday denounced the slaying of another environmental leader in rural Honduras, adding to mounting concern of ongoing violence against environmentalists in Latin America. Honduran President Xiomara Castro...
Maná removes song with Nicky Jam in protest of his support for Trump
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican pop-rock band Maná has removed its 2016 song with Nicky Jam after the Puerto Rican reggaeton singer expressed his support for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. “Maná does not work with racists,” the group said in an Instagram post...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Sept. 6-12, 2024 Protesters in Mexico City storm the Senate building over a contentious judicial overhaul championed by Mexico's outgoing president. Sao Paulo's Pinheiros River took on a new green hue which, according to the state's environmental authority, was due to algae bloom...
Human rights group calls on governments to protect Venezuelan and Haitian immigrants
BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — A global human rights watchdog on Wednesday called on Latin American governments to improve protection schemes, grant legal status and reverse “onerous visa requirements” for millions of Haitians and Venezuelans who have struggled to find work, access to health care...
Players blame football fields, themselves as they slip and slide through the NFL's opening weekend
So many players had trouble with their footing on the NFL's opening weekend. It began with Isaiah Likely's touchdown-negating toe-tap at the back of the end zone at Arrowhead Stadium and continued throughout a waxy weekend that featured the Eagles and Packers slipping and sliding...
Condoms can't be trusted and boys don't cry in Catholic Paraguay's first sex ed program
ASUNCIÓN, Paraguay (AP) — Ahead of her 15th birthday, Diana Zalazar's body had gotten so big she could no longer squeeze into the dress she bought for her quinceañera to celebrate her passage into womanhood in Paraguay. Her mother sought help from a doctor, who suspected that...
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
Aug. 2 -29, 2024 Nearly 3,000 Indigenous people protest in the streets of Bogotá, demanding that the government take action against the growing violence generated by illegal armed groups. Soccer fans mourned the death of Uruguayan soccer player Juan Izquierdo who died...
What to know about the Oropouche virus, also known as sloth fever
NEW YORK (AP) — More than 20 people returning to the U.S. from Cuba have been infected with a virus transmitted by bugs in recent months, federal health officials said Tuesday. They all had Oropouche virus disease, also known as sloth fever. None have died, and there is no evidence...
Wildfires in southern Brazil kill 2 people and leave dozens of cities on high alert
SAO PAULO (AP) — Wildfires in Brazil's southern Sao Paulo state have killed at least two people, officials said Saturday. At least 36 cities have been put on high alert. Local and federal authorities were stepping up efforts to control the flames, Sao Paulo state Gov. Tarcísio de...
