Latin America News Headlines
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Judge blocks some funds Trump sought for U.S.-Mexico border wall
The Trump administration must temporarily halt the use of some Defense Department funds for a border wall with Mexico, a judge ruled on Friday, because the money was not specifically authorized by Congress for construction of the barrier.
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Arizona tent facility eyed to cope with U.S.-Mexico border surge
(Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol is considering another tent facility in Yuma, Arizona, after installing two in Texas, to cope with a surge in Central American migrants that has overwhelmed the agency.
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Arizona tent facility eyed to cope with U.S.-Mexico border surge
May 24 (Reuters) - U.S. Border Patrol is considering another tent facility in Yuma, Arizona, after installing two in Texas, to cope with a surge in Central American migrants that has overwhelmed the agency.
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UPDATE 1-Honduran anti-graft mission investigates ex-president over drug money
TEGUCIGALPA, May 24 (Reuters) - Former Honduran President Porfirio Lobo is being investigated on suspicion of involvement in laundering illegal drug money as part of a wider probe into his 2010-14 administration, an international anti-corruption mission said on Friday.
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Mexico tax plan for riding hailing firms may soon be mandatory: Cabify
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - A tax withholding plan in Mexico for drivers at ride-hailing firms envisaged as voluntary when it was unveiled earlier this week could become obligatory in 2020, Spanish company Cabify said on Friday.
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Brazil's top court rules to make homophobia a crime
RIO DE JANEIRO, May 24 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - A majority of judges in Brazil's top court has voted to criminalize homophobia in a move welcomed by campaigners concerned about a rollback in gay rights and the murder of hundreds of LGBT+ people every year.
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Mexico budget cuts hit patient care and delay kids' surgeries, doctors warn
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico's hospitals are reeling under steep budget cuts by the country's new government, with surgery delays for children, reductions in testing and staffing shortages, hospital directors said on Friday, fanning anger over President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador's austerity measures.
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Honduran anti-graft mission probes ex-president over drug money
TEGUCIGALPA, May 24 (Reuters) - An international anti-corruption mission in Honduras said on Friday it is investigating former president Porfirio Lobo on suspicion of involvement in laundering illegal drug money as part of a wider probe into his 2010-14 administration.
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Soccer: U.S. players want more investment in women's game
NEW YORK (Reuters) - The 1999 U.S. women's team may defy comparison in the eyes of many soccer fans but, 20 years after their famous World Cup triumph, the challenges they faced are all too familiar with pay and conditions still at the top of the agenda.
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Soccer-U.S. players want more investment in women's game
NEW YORK, May 24 (Reuters) - The 1999 U.S. women's team may defy comparison in the eyes of many soccer fans but, 20 years after their famous World Cup triumph, the challenges they faced are all too familiar with pay and conditions still at the top of the agenda.
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