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Number of jailed journalists reached global high in 2021, at least 24 killed for their coverage – CPJ report
By Helen Coster (Reuters) - The number of journalists worldwide who are behind bars reached a global high in 2021,...
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UNICEF warns of malnutrition and disease risk for migrant children in Mexican camp
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Thousands of migrant children and adolescents living in a makeshift camp in southern...
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Omicron will spread through Americas in time, warns regional health agency
BRASILIA (Reuters) - The Omicron variant of the coronavirus has so far been detected in the Americas in Argentina, Brazil,...
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Coffee crisis in Central America fuels record exodus north
By Maytaal Angel, Gustavo Palencia and Sofia Menchu EL LAUREL, Honduras/LA LAGUNETA, Guatemala (Reuters) - The four sons of María...
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Honduras begins election vote recount after fraud claims
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran electoral authorities on Tuesday began an unprecedented recount of some of the ballots...
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Mexico moves migrants from southern state and awaits return of U.S. asylum seekers
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexican officials have sped up the transfer of thousands of migrants from southern...
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Already stretched, Mexican shelters fret over migrant influx under MPP reboot
By Lizbeth Diaz MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Migrant shelters in northern Mexico said on Thursday they fear they will be...
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U.S. to restart Trump-era border program forcing asylum seekers to wait in Mexico
By Ted Hesson and Dave Graham (Reuters) -The Biden administration will restart a contentious Trump-era border program that forces asylum...
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Mexico says US accepts humanitarian concerns as deal struck over migration
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico said on Wednesday it would not expel asylum seekers who are in Mexico awaiting court...
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Thousands of Haitians gather at encampment in southern Mexico, demanding help
By Jose Luis Gonzalez TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Several thousand Haitian migrants have camped outside a stadium in the southern...
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Mexico, U.S. to launch joint plan to contain Central America migration
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - The Mexican and U.S. international development agencies will work together on a project in Guatemala, Honduras...
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Honduran president-elect’s party hopes for narrow majority in Congress
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran President-elect Xiomara Castro and her party were awaiting results on Wednesday from tight...
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U.S. judge sentences wife of Mexican drug lord ‘El Chapo’ to three years in prison
By Sarah N. Lynch WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge sentenced the wife of imprisoned Mexican drug kingpin Joaquin "El Chapo"...
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Tired and broke, migrants in caravan turn back to Mexico’s southern border
By Jose Luis Gonzalez HUEHUETAN, Mexico (Reuters) - Hundreds of mostly Haitian migrants, broke and exhausted, turned back to the...
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Honduras’ Castro to seek new debt deal with IMF, opposes tax hikes
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Honduran opposition presidential candidate Xiomara Castro will seek to negotiate a new debt deal...
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A Brazilian town empties as migration to U.S. accelerates
By Gabriel Stargardter ALPERCATA, Brazil (Reuters) - Amid tearful goodbyes, Ana Paula Souza, her husband and their infant son set...
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New caravan sets off from Mexico as officials struggle with immigration claims
By Jose Luis Gonzalez TAPACHULA, Mexico (Reuters) - Some 2,000 migrants and asylum seekers departed the southern Mexican city of...
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Amid slow vote count, Honduran leftist Castro eyes victory with big lead
By Gustavo Palencia and David Alire Garcia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Honduran presidential candidate Xiomara Castro looked set to put the left...
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Factbox-Castro set for victory in Honduras election: cartels, poverty and China loom
By Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) - Hondurans voted on Sunday in presidential, congressional, and local elections in which leftist candidate...
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Opposition leftist claims election win in Honduras, on track to be first woman president
By David Alire Garcia and Gustavo Palencia TEGUCIGALPA (Reuters) -Leftist opposition candidate Xiomara Castro declared victory in Sunday's Honduran presidential...
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