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MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay (AP) — First, more than a half ton of cocaine was seized from a plane at a French airport. Then, a shipping container with 4.6 tons of the drug was found in Hamburg, Germany, where authorities estimated its street value at a staggering $1.1 billion.

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti (AP) — Opposition leaders are calling for a nationwide push Monday to block streets and paralyze Haiti’s economy as they press for President Jovenel Moïse to give up power, and tens of thousands of their young supporters were expected to heed the call.

LOS ANGELES (AP) — A U.S. judge on Friday blocked new Trump administration rules that would enable the government to keep immigrant children in detention facilities with their parents indefinitely.

In a securities filing Wednesday, Petrobras said it had tested oil from each spill and has found that the oil does not match that produced in Brazil.

SAN JUAN, Puerto Rico (AP) — A federal control board that oversees Puerto Rico’s finances filed a long-awaited plan on Friday that it says would reduce the U.S. territory’s debt by more than 60 percent and pull the island out of bankruptcy.

The current political crisis in the United States shares similarities with political issues in Latin America.

The deal would prevent asylum seekers traveling through Central America from entering the United States.

MEXICO CITY (AP) — A member of an international team supporting the search for 43 missing students in southern Mexico said Wednesday that new information has led Mexican authorities to begin working at another garbage dump.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Trump administration and Honduras signed an agreement Wednesday that would effectively prevent asylum-seekers traveling through Central America from entering the United States. It follows earlier deals with El Salvador and Guatemala and would pave the way to send asylum-seekers to Honduras, among the world’s most violent countries, as is its neighbors.

When journalists called to ask him what this decision meant for him and thousands of other ex-combatants, Gonzalo Beltrán said he would remain on the side of peace. “We continue in the struggle, we continue to work,” he said he told reporters.

Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro opened the United Nations’ General Debate yesterday by defending Brazilian policy in the Amazon.

What are you trying to say about the Spanish-speaking community?

Ni el Gobierno federal ni el de Puerto Rico tienen un plan o protocolo para atender las necesidades de esta comunidad que sufrió discrimen en los refugios, así como al momento de buscar medicinas o alimentos, y al solicitar ayuda de FEMA.

Araucaria trees have been revered for as long as humans have lived in southern Brazil’s highlands.

BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — Former combatants for Colombia’s once-largest rebel army asked for forgiveness Monday as they acknowledged kidnappings during the nation’s long civil conflict at a special tribunal created by the peace process.

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The agreements are part of a broader initiative between the United States and Central American countries to forge “safe third countries” to accept migrants trying to reach the United States.

This lack of leadership from representatives of Florida is unacceptable.

Many in the meeting emphasized the importance of looking at the debt as a political mechanism.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia (AP) — Colombia’s president compared Nicolás Maduro to Serbian war criminal Slobodan Milosevic as he goes on a diplomatic offensive to corral the Venezuelan socialist, warning that he would be making a “stupid” mistake if he were to attack his U.S.-backed neighbor.

SAN DIEGO (AP) — A federal judge said Friday that he was struggling with a request to more narrowly define what behavior justifies separating children from their parents at the border after complaints that the Trump administration has abused discretionary powers to split families under limited circumstances, like criminal history or questions about whether the adult is really the parent.