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Lucas Villa was well-known among protesters in his hometown, dancing, singing and encouraging his comrades. Then someone shot him eight times.
Recriminations and allegations of shoddy maintenance and corruption emerge in the wake of train crash that killed 26.
A decision to change cars to be closer to a station exit may have saved Erik Bravo when a Mexico City subway line collapsed, killing 25 people.
A deadly gun battle between police and drug suspects in a Rio de Janeiro slum sparks allegations of excessive force and summary executions.
Anger and frustration add to the grief of the families of those who died when a Mexico City Metro train plunged from a collapsed overpass.
An overpass of the Mexico City Metro collapsed, sending a train crashing onto the road below, trapping cars and killing at least 24 people.
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Brazil has become the second country in the world to top 400,000 COVID-19 deaths despite some recent signs of containment of the coronavirus.
As many as one-third of Mexicans were exposed to the coronavirus by the end of 2020, according to a study of blood samples.
Biden said he wanted to expel more migrant families under Title 42. The policy is fueling border kidnappings and extortion of U.S. relatives.
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In multiple countries, the COVID-19 pandemic has reached one of its bleakest points yet.
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Rival gangs vie for control of methamphetamine production in the Mexican town of Aguililla in Michoacán.
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The Floyd case sparked protests in cities worldwide against police brutality.
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Astor Piazzolla was born in Argentina but spent formative years in Jazz Age New York. His tango vision expanded the form to a world far beyond the dance floor.
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Biden nominated Chris Magnus, a onetime Richmond, Calif., police chief, to lead U.S. Customs and Border Protection and Ur Jaddou to head U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services.
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Mexico once embraced renewable energy. Now President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is doubling down on dirty fossil fuels such as coal.
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Voters in Ecuador appear to have turned to a conservative businessman in their presidential runoff election, rebuffing a leftist movement.
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Voters go to the polls in Ecuador and Peru on Sunday in contentious elections shaped by fallout from the pandemic.
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As more young migrants arrive at the U.S. border alone, overcrowding at Border Patrol facilities and delays in releasing the children worsen.
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Mexico’s vaccine rollout has been painfully slow. Only 4% of Mexicans have gotten at least one dose. Those with the means seek COVID shots in U.S.
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A widely circulated video shows police actions reminiscent of those used on George Floyd in Minneapolis.
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Mexico’s government is acknowledging that the country’s true death toll from the COVID-19 pandemic now stands above 321,000.
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Brazil also reported more than 3,000 COVID-19 deaths in a single day for the first time on Tuesday amid calls for the government to take action.
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The dense Lacandon Jungle along the Mexico-Guatemala border has become a major people-smuggling hub.
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Facing criticism over a growing presence of migrant children at the U.S. southern border, President Biden dispatches high-level team to Mexico to work on a solution.
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The CDC changes announced Thursday don’t immediately alter mask rules in California, but they have raised some questions.
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Some fear CDC moving too fast in lifting COVID-19 mask guidance for the vaccinated
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Gym owners who gritted through COVID-19 limits find that landlords see wellness as a hot ticket. Will exercisers want to share air with the runner on the next treadmill?
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Shake Shack opened at Dodger Stadium this week. Here’s why the L.A. staple In-N-Out isn’t available at Dodger games.
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L.A.'s search for new solutions to a growing homelessness crisis is running up against residents’ love of their beaches and park spaces.
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For the first since Michael Jordan was inducted into the Naismith Memorial Hall of Fame, an 600-square-foot exhibit will open for Kobe Bryant.
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Some fear CDC moving too fast in lifting COVID-19 mask guidance for the vaccinated
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Presidents try to control the agenda, but external events often derail the best-laid plans. Biden got a taste of that this week, and turned one potential crisis to his advantage.
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The NL batting average is the worst in modern baseball history.
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