Latin America

More than two-thirds of migrants fleeing Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador left after a family member was murdered, disappeared or kidnapped.

Opposition leader and self-declared interim president of Venezuela, Juan Guaido, arrived in Caracas on Tuesday after a three-week international tour.

Bukele is demanding lawmakers vote to approve a $109 million loan to equip military and law enforcement personnel to fight organized crime.

“We are going to seek international justice with a lawsuit against the government of Donald Trump,” said Venezuela’s president Nicolas Maduro.

Rafael Correa, the former president of Ecuador, is set to be tried in absentia on Monday over a large-scale bribery operation to obtain gov. contracts.

A Brazilian judge has rejected charges against US journalist Glenn Greenwald in relation to a series of exposes involving the justice minister of Brazil.

Foreign Minister Alexandra Hill said that El Salvador will not accept asylum seekers until the country can provide the necessary resources and protection.

Russia and China have been Venezuela’s two strongest backers, propping up the South American country’s crisis-laden economy.

In Brazil, President Jair Bolsonaro has introduced a bill that would clear the way for mining, agriculture, and oil and gas extraction on indigenous lands.