Latin America News Headlines
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Volcano rumbles near Mexico City, coating towns with ash, disrupting flights
Towering a couple of hours from one of the world’s largest cities, the Popocatepetl volcano has been coating nearby towns with ash and disrupting flights at Mexico City’s airport, the busiest in Latin America
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8-year-old girl dies in Border Patrol custody in Texas, as agency struggles with overcrowding
A little girl from Panama born with heart problems has died in Border Patrol custody
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‘In the hands of God’: One Venezuelan family's journey to the US
When Luis López was lost in Panama's Darien Gap last year with his pregnant wife, their two children and her grandmother, he often knelt in the mud to beg God not to abandon them
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Study: China's squid fleet avoids Peru to dodge new port law
A port regulation adopted by Peru to combat illegal fishing by Chinese squid vessels appears to have driven the world’s largest overseas fishing fleet deeper into the shadows and raised the risk of forced labor