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News Articles: Latin America

El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele listens during a meeting with President Donald Trump in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington on Monday.

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  • Latin America

El Salvador president orders arrest of bus company heads for defying free ride policy

Bukele had announced that all bus fares for a week would be completely free due to construction the government was carrying out on one of the main highways running through San Salvador.

May 06, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum attends her morning press conference at the National Palace in Mexico City, April 2, 2025.

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  • World

Mexico's president says she rejected Trump's plan to send US troops across the border

Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but she rejected it.

May 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
An axolotl, also known as a Mexican salamander, is pictured at a shop in Paris.

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  • Science

Captive-bred axolotls thrive in Mexican wetlands, researchers find

The cartoonish-looking salamanders have faced an uncertain future in the wild. But researchers hope that breeding axolotls in captivity and releasing them in the wild can help their numbers.

May 03, 2025
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  • Alana Wise
Canada's Prime Minister and Liberal Party leader Mark Carney applauds at a victory party in Ottawa, Ontario on April 29, 2025.

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  • World

In his victory speech, Mark Carney warns Canadians that 'Trump is trying to break us'

Mark Carney wins Canada's election, seizing on strong public sentiment against U.S. President Donald Trump. But it's still not clear if his Liberal Party has won an outright majority in Parliament.

April 29, 2025
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  • Jackie Northam
A supporter waves a Canadian flag during a campaign rally for Mark Carney, Canada's prime minister, in Calgary, Alberta, Canada, on Tuesday, April 8, 2025. Carney said Donald Trump's tariff policy is an act of economic self-sabotage that's pushing the US into a downturn. Photographer: Gavin John/Bloomberg via Getty Images

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  • World

Canada's election: all you need to know

Canada's snap election has been dominated by one politician — who's not even in the race — President Trump.

April 28, 2025
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  • Sheena Rossiter
Vancouver police secure the scene after a car drove into a crowd at the Lapu Lapu Festival in Vancouver, British Columbia on Saturday.

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  • Latin America

Police say 9 people were killed when car plowed into Vancouver street festival crowd

A man was arrested after his vehicle ran into a crowd at an event celebrating Filipino culture, Vancouver police posted to social media. Police said they are confident this was "not an act of terrorism."

April 27, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
El Salvador's President Nayib Bukele waves as he departs following a meeting at the White House with President Donald Trump, Monday, April 14, 2025, in Washington.

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  • Latin America

Salvadoran President Bukele proposes prisoner swap with Maduro for Venezuelan deportees

Bukele proposed carrying out a prisoner swap with Venezuela on Sunday, suggesting he would exchange Venezuelan deportees from the United States for what he called "political prisoners" in Venezuela.

April 21, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen speaks to the press in La Libertad, El Salvador, during his trip to lobby for the release of deported Maryland resident Kilmar Abrego Garcia.

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  • Politics

A Maryland senator tried to visit his wrongfully deported constituent in El Salvador

Maryland Sen. Chris Van Hollen went to El Salvador to lobby for the release of Kilmar Armando Abrego Garcia, whose deportation has gripped the U.S. He isn't the only lawmaker with such a trip in mind.

April 17, 2025
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  • Rachel Treisman
Headlights illuminate cobblestone streets in Old San Juan, Puerto Rico, during an island-wide blackout, Wednesday, April 16, 2025.

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  • Latin America

Power blackout hits all of Puerto Rico as residents prepare for Easter weekend

A power blackout hit all of Puerto Rico on Wednesday as the heavily Catholic U.S. territory prepared to celebrate the Easter weekend.

April 17, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Mario Vargas Llosa speaks at a news conference and presentation of his new book <em>Tiempos recios</em> (<em>Harsh Times</em>) in Madrid, Spain, in 2019.

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  • Arts & Life

Mario Vargas Llosa, Nobel Prize-winning Peruvian author, dies at age 89

A giant of Latin American culture, Vargas Llosa used powerful imagery and sometimes fantastical storytelling to explore issues of male violence, societal disruption and authoritarian politics.

April 14, 2025
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  • Willem Marx
Supporters of President Daniel Noboa celebrate early returns showing him in the lead in the presidential election runoff in Quito, Ecuador, Sunday, April 13, 2025.

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  • World

Ecuador's President Daniel Noboa wins reelection

Ecuador's conservative millionaire incumbent handily won Sunday's presidential run off against a leftist challenger.

April 14, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
US President Donald Trump and President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador hold a meeting in New York, on September 25, 2019, on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly.

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  • World

The 'world's coolest dictator' heads to the White House

El Salvador's President Bukele heads to the White House to discuss further cooperation with the U.S., including the continued use of El Salvador's supermax prison for deported migrants.

April 14, 2025
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  • Alfie Pannell
Ecuador's leftist presidential candidate Luisa Gonzalez on the left and Ecuador's president and presidential candidate Daniel Noboa on the right.

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  • World

Ecuador's next president faces rampant drug violence and few resources to combat it

Ecuador's runoff vote pits Trump ally and incumbent Daniel Noboa against leftist challenger Luisa González, in an election dominated by the issue of security in a highly polarized political landscape.

April 12, 2025
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  • Carrie Kahn
Family and friends attend the funeral of Marilenny Pilarte who died at the Jet Set nightclub when its roof collapsed, in Haina, Dominican Republic on Thursday.

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  • Latin America

Burials begin for victims in the Dominican nightclub collapse that killed 221

Many people have been anxiously waiting for news of their loved ones, growing frustrated with the drip-drip of information provided by hospitals and the country's forensic institute.

April 11, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
Police hang off a truck as authorities work to end a protest against COVID-19 measures in Ottawa on Feb. 19, 2022.

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  • Latin America

Canada trucker protest organizers found guilty of mischief

The February 2022 protests, dubbed the Freedom Convoy, were sparked by a Canadian government vaccine mandate for truck drivers crossing the U.S.-Canada border.

April 04, 2025
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  • The Associated Press
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