The Associated Press

Venezuela’s Guaidó Urges Military Defections Amid Protests

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS: Speaking from behind a podium decorated with Venezuela’s presidential seal, Juan Guaidó told supporters he would keep his opposition movement in the streets until President Nicolás Maduro stopped “usurping” the presidency.

  • Feb 3, 2019
  • 3:32 PM

ICE Force-Feeding Detainees on Hunger Strike

BY THE ASSOCIATED PRESS — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement says 11 detainees at the El Paso Processing Center have been refusing food, some for more than 30 days.

  • Jan 31, 2019
  • 8:42 AM

Mexico Won’t Accept Minors Awaiting US Asylum Claims

National Immigration Institute Commissioner Tonatiuh Guillén said the country will accept only asylum seekers aged 18 to 60 at El Chaparral.

  • Jan 29, 2019
  • 12:33 PM

Venezuela Allows US Diplomats to Stay, Defusing Showdown

The Foreign Ministry issued a statement saying Maduro’s government was suspending the expulsion to provide a 30-day window for negotiating with U.S. officials about setting up a “U.S. interests office” in Venezuela and a similar Venezuelan office in the United States.

  • Jan 27, 2019
  • 10:19 AM

Venezuelan Showdown Moves to UN

U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo addressed the meeting ahead of Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza and other council members.

  • Jan 26, 2019
  • 10:37 AM

The Latest: Russia Says US Moves in Venezuela ‘Unacceptable’

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela (all times local).

  • Jan 25, 2019
  • 1:13 PM

Top Venezuela Military Brass Vow to Back Maduro Amid Unrest

A half-dozen generals belonging largely to district commands and with direct control over thousands of troops joined the Venezuelan president in accusing the United States of meddling in the country’s affairs.

  • Jan 24, 2019
  • 3:51 PM

The Latest: Venezuelan Soldiers on Air to Back Maduro

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on the political crisis in Venezuela for Thursday, January 24 (all times local).

  • Jan 24, 2019
  • 10:04 AM

The Latest: Venezuelan Lawyers Seeking Protection for Guaidó

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — The latest on nationwide protests in Venezuela (all times local).

  • Jan 23, 2019
  • 1:43 PM

Pope Visit to Central America Highlights Church Ministry to Migrants

The Argentine-born son of Italian immigrants has long held the issue dear to his heart and has signaled that it will be a central theme during the trip.

  • Jan 22, 2019
  • 3:04 PM

AP Exclusive: Vatican Knew of Argentine Bishop Misconduct

The Vatican received information in 2015 and 2017 that Gustavo Zanchetta had taken naked selfies, exhibited “obscene” behavior and had been accused of misconduct with seminarians.

  • Jan 20, 2019
  • 2:21 PM

Fireball at Illegal Mexico Pipeline Tap Kills 66; 85 Missing

Just a few feet from where the pipeline passed through an alfalfa field, the dead seem to have fallen in heaps, perhaps as they stumbled over each other or tried to help one another in the moments after a geyser of gasoline shot into the air Friday.

  • Jan 19, 2019
  • 3:50 PM

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Makes Stumbling Start as President

The far-right leader’s first two weeks on the job have been filled with missteps and communication gaffes and little of his promised sweeping changes.

  • Jan 18, 2019
  • 10:10 AM

Spanish-Language Reporter Facing Deportation Denied Bond

An immigration judge denied bond for Manuel Durán during a hearing in Jena, Louisiana, the Southern Poverty Law Center said in a statement.

  • Jan 17, 2019
  • 3:09 PM

Watchdog: Many More Migrant Families May Have Been Separated

The report found ongoing problems keeping track of children, which could affect their well-being.

  • Jan 17, 2019
  • 12:10 PM

Rallies Call for Release of Detained Immigration Activist

In New York City, Los Angles, Boston, Springfield, Massachusetts, and Hartford, Connecticut, small crowds of supporters held signs saying “Free Eduardo Now” and chanted and banged drums as they delivered petitions to officials at the federal offices.

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 9:34 PM

Judge Hears Major Puerto Rico Debt Restructuring Case

The hearing involves more than $17 billion worth of debt backed by sales-tax bonds that the government issued, representing nearly a third of the island’s overall bonded debt.

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 4:42 PM

After Crossing Into Guatemala, Migrants Set Sights on Mexico

Migrants leaving Central America routinely cite widespread poverty, lack of opportunity and rampant gang violence as their motivation.

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 4:12 PM

Street Singer Gives Voice to Venezuela’s Growing Diaspora

Reyna’s Perdomo song has become the unofficial anthem of Venezuelans who have left their country.

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 3:27 PM

New Caravan of Honduran Migrants Makes First Border Crossing

About 500 people, including dozens of children, lined up to show their documents to a first line of unarmed security personnel at the Agua Caliente border crossing Tuesday night.

  • Jan 16, 2019
  • 8:15 AM

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