The Associated Press

82nd Airborne Division to Train With Colombian Paratroopers

This week, readiness preparation will continue for U.S. forces as they take part in a multinational training exercise in Colombia. On Thursday, 75 paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne Division will team up with their Colombian counterparts for training both on the ground and in the air.

  • Jan 21, 2020
  • 7:44 AM

Migrants Scuffle With Mexican Troops Along Border River

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants waded across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico on Monday in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border.

  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 9:08 PM

Puerto Rico Protesters Demand Governor’s Resignation

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Hundreds of demonstrators gathered outside the seaside governor’s mansion and Capitol building on Monday to demand the U.S. territory’s leader resignation and to protest the recent discovery of apparently forgotten disaster supplies amid continuing earthquakes.

  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 3:20 PM

Migrants Ford River From Guatemala to Mexico

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Hundreds of Central American migrants began wading across the Suchiate River into southern Mexico Monday in a new test of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Central America strategy to keep them away from the U.S. border.

  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 2:23 PM

Morales Names His Candidate for Bolivia Presidential Vote

LA PAZ, Bolivia (AP) — Former President Evo Morales announced Sunday that ex-Economy Minister Luis Arce Catacora will be his party’s presidential candidate in Bolivia’s May 3 elections.

  • Jan 20, 2020
  • 8:22 AM

2 More Puerto Rico Officials Fired After Warehouse Break-In

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Gov. Wanda Vázquez fired the heads of Puerto Rico’s housing and family departments Sunday in the latest fallout over the discovery of a warehouse filled with emergency supplies dating from Hurricane María.

  • Jan 19, 2020
  • 6:11 PM

Venezuela’s Guaidó to Meet Pompeo in Colombia

MIAMI (AP) — Venezuela opposition leader Juan Guaidó has traveled to Colombia to participate alongside U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in a regional counter-terrorism meeting—a new show of support by the Trump administration for the man it says is the country’s legitimate leader.

  • Jan 19, 2020
  • 12:22 PM

US Seeks to Deport Honduran Mom, Sick Children to Guatemala

HOUSTON (AP) — The U.S. government says it will deport a Honduran mother and her two sick children, both of whom are currently hospitalized, to Guatemala as soon as it can get them medically cleared to travel, according to court documents and the family’s advocates.

  • Jan 19, 2020
  • 12:10 PM

Mexico Blocks Hundreds of Migrants From Crossing Border Span

CIUDAD HIDALGO, Mexico (AP) — Mexican authorities closed a border entry point in southern Mexico on Saturday after thousands of Central American migrants tried to push their way across a bridge spanning the Suchiate River between Mexico and Guatemala.

  • Jan 18, 2020
  • 6:08 PM

Discovery of Unused Disaster Supplies Angers Puerto Rico

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — People in a southern Puerto Rico city discovered a warehouse filled with water, cots and other unused emergency supplies, then set off a social media uproar Saturday when they broke in to retrieve goods as the area struggles to recover from a strong earthquake.

  • Jan 18, 2020
  • 5:51 PM

Migrants, Troops Slowly Build Up on Guatemala-Mexico Border

TECÚN UMÁN, Guatemala (AP) — More than 200 mostly Honduran migrants rested on a bridge at the Guatemala-Mexico border waiting for the arrival of others and hoping sheer numbers will improve their chances of entering Mexico and continuing their journey north.

  • Jan 18, 2020
  • 10:39 AM

Puerto Rico to Open Schools After 6.4 Quake Despite Concerns

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — Puerto Rico’s government is opening public schools next week without knowing if they can withstand a big earthquake as concerns grow about weakened infrastructure that is displacing thousands of students.

  • Jan 17, 2020
  • 6:02 PM

Top Brazil Culture Official Fired After Nazi-Linked Comments

RIO DE JANEIRO (AP) — Brazilian culture secretary Roberto Alvim was fired on Friday after using phrases similar to some used by Nazi propagandist Joseph Goebbels. Alvim made the comments while discussing a new art prize in Latin America’s largest democracy.

  • Jan 17, 2020
  • 3:38 PM

Guatemala Officials Disperse Migrants, But Some Keep Trying

CHIQUIMULA, Guatemala (AP) — United States officials are crediting tough measures taken over the past year and cooperation from regional governments for sharply reducing the number of Central American migrants who responded to a call for a new caravan.

  • Jan 17, 2020
  • 8:47 AM

AP Visits Immigration Courts Across US, Finds Nonstop Chaos

Shrouded in secrecy, the immigration courts run by the U.S. Department of Justice have been dysfunctional for years and have only gotten worse.

  • Jan 17, 2020
  • 8:28 AM

Guatemala Sweeps Up Migrant Group, Returns Them to Border

EL CINCHADO, Guatemala (AP) — Guatemalan police accompanied by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents swept up the majority of a group of some 300 migrants Thursday, loaded them on buses and took them back to the Honduran border, effectively dashing their plans to travel together in a “caravan” with hopes of reaching the United States.

  • Jan 16, 2020
  • 6:32 PM

Displaced Families Await Post-Quake Housing in Puerto Rico

PONCE, Puerto Rico (AP) — The Antonetti family sat in the shade of a tree eating orange slices while contemplating the long day ahead of them in a dusty parking lot in southern Puerto Rico.

  • Jan 16, 2020
  • 11:59 AM

100s of Migrants Crossing Guatemala Face New Challenges

EL CINCHADO, Guatemala (AP) — Less-organized migrants, tighter immigration control by Guatemalan authorities and the presence of U.S. advisers have reduced the likelihood that the hundreds of migrants who departed Honduras will form anything like the cohesive procession the term “caravan” now conjures.

  • Jan 16, 2020
  • 7:28 AM

AP Exclusive: ICE Subpoenas Sanctuary City Law Enforcement

WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement has subpoenaed Denver law enforcement for information on four foreign nationals wanted for deportation and may consider expanding the unusual practice to other locations if necessary. It’s an escalation of the conflict between federal officials and so-called sanctuary cities.

  • Jan 15, 2020
  • 4:55 PM

The Crossing: What to Watch as Impeachment Heads to Senate

WASHINGTON (AP) — The articles of impeachment against President Donald Trump don’t move to the Senate by themselves.

  • Jan 15, 2020
  • 2:39 PM

100s of Migrants Gather in Honduras to Attempt New Caravan

SAN PEDRO SULA, Honduras (AP) — Hundreds of mainly Honduran migrants started walking and hitching rides Wednesday from the city of San Pedro Sula, in a bid to form the kind of migrant caravan that reached the U.S. border in 2018.

  • Jan 15, 2020
  • 1:15 PM

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