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Prosecutors find workers in 'slavery like' conditions at Chinese car company site in Brazil
RIO DE JANEIRO, Brazil (AP) — A task force led by Brazilian prosecutors said it rescued 163 Chinese nationals working in “slavery-like" conditions at a construction site in northeastern Brazil, where Chinese electric vehicle company BYD is building a factory. On Tuesday, the...
El Salvador's Congress approves ending ban on metals mining
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador's Congress approved Monday a law that would lift the country’s seven-year-old ban on mining for metals. The law, proposed by President Nayib Bukele and passed on a 57 to 3 vote, would allow mining everywhere except nature reserves and...
Regional court faults El Salvador for denying a mother's access to abortion, violating her rights
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Inter-American Court of Human Rights on Friday found El Salvador’s government responsible for violating the rights of a young Salvadoran woman who was denied an abortion of her anencephalic fetus in a country with a total ban on abortions. The...
US shows off $1 billion Mexico City embassy after years of delays
MEXICO CITY (AP) — The U.S. government on Tuesday dedicated its more than $1 billion new embassy in Mexico, some two years after it was scheduled to be completed. Outgoing U.S. Amb. Ken Salazar said that the largest embassy the U.S. has in the world “highlights the singular...
More world leaders from Argentina and El Salvador invited to Trump's inauguration
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — More world leaders are confirming they have been invited to President-elect Donald Trump's inauguration, and Argentine President Javier Milei is disclosing his plans to travel to Washington, breaking an American political tradition that kept foreign heads of state...
US border facilities for migrant children are improving but still need work, court monitor says
McALLEN, Texas (AP) — The U.S. still separates some migrant children from parents while holding them after they cross the border despite broad improvements at detention centers in Texas, according to a court-ordered monitor's final report. The heightened scrutiny of the Border...
Trump says he'll name Andrew Ferguson head of FTC and Kimberly Guilfoyle as ambassador to Greece
WASHINGTON (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump made another flurry of job announcements on Tuesday, selecting Andrew Ferguson as the next chair of the Federal Trade Commission, Ron Johnson was nominated to be ambassador to Mexico, and Kimberly Guilfoyle to be ambassador to Greece. ...
El Salvador's president is triumphant after his bet on bitcoin comes true
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — As bitcoin reached historic highs, surpassing $100,000 for the first tim e, El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele was triumphant on Thursday about his big bet on the cryptocurrency. The adoption of bitcoin — which has been legal tender in the...
Catholic church calls on president of El Salvador not to lift ban on gold mining
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — The Roman Catholic Church called on the president of El Salvador Sunday not to lift the country’s ban on gold mining. Archbishop José Luis Escobar Alas asked President Nayib Bukele not to reverse the ban, which has been in place since 2017. ...
El Salvador president proposes ending country's metals mining ban
SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador (AP) — El Salvador President Nayib Bukele proclaimed himself in favor of mining gold in the Central America country Wednesday and called his nation’s 7-year-old ban on metals mining “absurd,” immediately putting in jeopardy the historic prohibition. ...
