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COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Joe Biden said Sunday he can “unite this country, the whole country” after scoring a comeback victory in South Carolina’s Democratic primary that could force moderate rivals out of the race and blunt the rise of progressive leader Bernie Sanders.

Dr. Lupita Montoya was the first Latina engineer to be hired on a tenure track at the University of Colorado Boulder.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel voted unanimously Friday to suspend an order it issued earlier in the day to block a central pillar of the Trump administration’s policy requiring asylum seekers to wait in Mexico while their cases wind through U.S. courts.

A person has died in Washington state of COVID-19, state health officials said Saturday, marking the first such reported death in the United States.

On Thursday, Dominicans took buses across the country and headed to La Plaza de la Bandera in Santo Domingo for a giant demonstration amid suspended municipal elections and growing concerns about lack of transparency in the electoral process.

On February 16, the nation’s Central Electoral Board abruptly canceled its municipal elections following reports of glitches in the voting machines.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — México’s assistant health secretary announced Friday that the country now has two confirmed cases of the new coronavirus.

Bolivia is preparing for a May presidential election after president Evo Morales was ousted in a military coup last November.

SÃO PAULO (AP) — Signs of anxiety appeared Thursday among Brazilians after Latin America’s first case of the new coronavirus was confirmed in Sao Paulo, and the number of suspected cases skyrocketed, even as the government sought to reassure the population about preventative measures.

LIMA, Peru (AP) — One month after a gas tanker leak triggered fires and explosions that killed 30 people in the Peruvian capital, traumatized survivors and relatives of victims are still waiting to know who was responsible.

IRAPUATO, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s drug war has long played out in dusty northern border cities or the poppy fields of its southern mountains, but now the killings have moved to the conservative industrial heartland state of Guanajuato, creating a strange duality: shiny new auto plants and booming foreign investment even as the state becomes Mexico’s most violent.

According to the country’s Health Ministry, the 61-year-old man had recently traveled to Lombardy, Italy, an epicenter of coronavirus in Europe.

In Colombia, as in other conflict zones, rejoining society after war is generally more challenging for women.

From 2010-2018, large numbers of undocumented residents returned to Mexico, the Center for Migration Studies of New York (CMS) noted.

Latino voters expected to play a critical role in the outcome of the Texas Democratic Primary.

Thelma Aldana pursued prominent anti-corruption cases as prosecutor.

From New York City to Prague, here’s how Dominicans are taking a stand.

His statements followed a weekend of protests where a confrontation between police and at least 150 protestors happened outside the Viña del Mar music festival.

“This is a message from all the Dominicans in the Tampa Bay area who feel outraged and tired of the government over there that has stolen everything,” David Aquino said in Spanish.

Following nationwide call to action in the wake of AMERICAN DIRT, published by Macmillan/Flatiron, activists denounce the “Big Five” for publishing only 300 Latino books out of 300,000 published each year.

CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) — One of every three people in Venezuela is struggling to put enough food on the table to meet minimum nutrition requirements as the nation’s severe economic contraction and political upheaval persists, according to a study published Sunday by the U.N. World Food Program.