February 22, 2020 Carnival begins in Rio, but tourists will face contaminated water As the official Carnival celebrations kick off in the Brazilian city of Rio Saturday, potable water has become a valuable commodity, especially in the peak of summer when temperatures hit 120 Fahrenheit.
February 20, 2020 Brazilian senator shot during strike by military police A Brazilian senator was shot Wednesday while trying to intervene in an illegal military police strike in the northeastern state of Ceara, video from the chaotic scene shows.
February 18, 2020 Mexican cartels recruit Arizona children as young as 12 to smuggle drugs An alarming trend is spreading along the U.S. and Mexico border — cartels are hiring American children as young as 12 years old to smuggle drugs and weapons.
February 14, 2020 Venezuela’s Maduro warns opposition leader’s arrest ‘will come’ Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro is warning Friday that the arrest of opposition leader Juan Guaidó – who has the backing of the U.S. and nearly 60 other nations – “will come.”
February 14, 2020 Dominican convicted murderer who escaped prison twice is recaptured in Panama Panamanian police on Thursday recaptured a Dominican man convicted of kidnapping and murdering five young people of Chinese descent, two weeks after he escaped prison for a second time.
February 13, 2020 Mexican migrants sent record $36B in remittances in 2019 Instability in Mexico and Latin America drove a wave of migrant workers to send a record amount of remittances to their home countries in 2019. Mexico’s Central Bank reported that Mexican migrants working overseas sent home a record-high $36 billion in remittances in 2019, a 7 percent increase from 2018.
February 12, 2020 Pope refuses to ordain married men in the Amazon, instead addresses global warming Pope Francis did not approve the ordination of married men to address the Catholic Church's priest shortage in the Amazon, but instead wrote a climate change-focused "love letter to the Amazonian rain forests and its indigenous peoples," according to the Associated Press.
February 6, 2020 Pablo Escobar’s hitman known as ‘Popeye’ dies after cancer battle A former hitman for the notorious cocaine kingpin Pablo Escobar died in Colombia Thursday after a battle with stomach cancer, prison authorities said.
February 6, 2020 Jair Bolsonaro: What to know about Brazil's controversial president As he heads into his second year as Brazil’s first right-wing president in four elections, President Jair Bolsonaro is remaining steadfast in his Trumpian, culture warrior style of leadership.
February 5, 2020 Guatemalan boy, 5, in ICE custody not getting necessary treatment after fracturing skull, family claims Family members and advocates of a 5-year-old Guatemalan boy who fractured his skull by falling out of a shopping cart before he and his family were detained at an immigration detention center in Texas are arguing the child is not receiving proper medical treatment in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) custody, according to a report.
