MAPASTEPEC, Mexico (Reuters) – So many migrants have stopped in the southern Mexican town of Mapastepec in recent months that longstanding public sympathy for Central Americans traveling northward is starting to wane. Hundreds of migrants have been camped out for weeks in Mapastepec, where locals say six migrant caravans have arrived since last Easter. By far the biggest was a… Read more »
The United States reallocated border agents to help processes larger numbers of immigrant families coming from Mexico to the US. While the number of families being processed has reached a record high. The number of trucks allowed to pass has slowed exponentially since the reallocation of workers. Because the number of truck lanes has decreased. There is 1.7 billion dollars… Read more »
HAVANA (Reuters) – Cuba is on the verge of the most dramatic restructuring of its government in decades as popular criticism and frustration with a sluggish economy and bureaucracy mount. If a revamped constitution is passed next month, as reports in the state-controlled media have suggested, new executive positions, from a prime minister to provincial governors and municipal mayors, will… Read more »
SAN SALVADOR (Reuters) – An El Salvador tribunal sentenced former President Antonio Saca to 10 years in prison on Wednesday after he pleaded guilty to embezzlement and money laundering charges involving more than $300 million of public funds. Saca, 53, pleaded guilty to the charges last month. His lawyer said at the time that he had pleaded guilty in exchange… Read more »
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras (Reuters) – Ana Luz, sister-in-law of Ronald Blanco, looked on grimly as neighbors of the murdered Honduran man washed away the rills of blood left where his bullet-ridden body had lain outside his house in a troubled barrio on the outskirts of Tegucigalpa. It was just one of many scenes I witnessed this year while on assignment in… Read more »
CIUDAD JUAREZ (Reuters) – Trucks delivering goods from Mexico to the United States are facing up to 12 hours of gridlock, drivers said, after a transfer of U.S. border agents to immigration duties slowed the flow of commercial traffic at several border crossings. President Donald Trump took a step back on Tuesday from his threat to close the U.S. southern… Read more »
The issue of domestic migration Domestic migration is the issue of a movement of people within a country, often for educational, economic reasons. Can be due to natural disasters or conflict. Spain had a lot of internal migration after the 2008 economic crisis this movement also led to a lack of employment in many areas. This caused unemployment to increase…. Read more »
MEXICO CITY (Reuters) – Mexico’s President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador on Tuesday put in writing a promise to never seek a second term, after critics expressed worry that a new law allowing a mid-term recall referendum could be a step toward a re-election bid. At a morning news conference, Lopez Obrador signed a document in which he vowed to step… Read more »
SAO PAULO (Reuters) – The Brazilian government would be open to evaluating new hydro power projects in the Amazon region on their merits, as the administration shrugs off “ideological” interference in the licensing process, Environment Minister Ricardo Salles said on Monday. Speaking at seminar organized by government relations association Abrig, Salles said environmental agency Ibama is in charge of assessing… Read more »
WASHINGTON (Reuters) – U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo called on Russia to “cease its unconstructive behavior” by supporting Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro during a phone call with his Russian counterpart, the State Department said on Monday. Spokesman Robert Palladino said Pompeo had spoken to Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov about Venezuela on Monday. “The secretary told Russian Foreign Minister… Read more »