Nicaragua Leaves UNESCO After Exiled Newspaper Wins Award
The Central American country withdrew from the UN cultural body after it praised the exiled Nicaraguan newspaper La Prensa for its work. National authorities say La Prensa promoted US...
Mexico’s President Says She Rejected Trump’s Plan to Send US Troops Across the Border
President Claudia Sheinbaum of Mexico said on Saturday that U.S. President Donald Trump proposed sending American troops into Mexico to help her administration fight drug trafficking but that she...
Mexican Mayor Arrested Over Alleged Links to Cartel Training Camp
Prosecutors in Mexico have arrested the mayor of Teuchitlán in western Jalisco state as part of their investigation into a nearby cartel training site.
The mayor, José Murguía Santiago, is...
Costa Rica Looks To El Salvador In Announcing New Prison and Tough-On-Crime Reforms
Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves took another step in his shift toward a tough-on-crime stance, announcing plans to build a new prison in the Central American nation modeled on...
2-Year-Old US Citizen Deported Without ‘Meaningful Process’: Judge
A federal judge on Friday sounded the alarm after lawyers alleged the Trump administration deported a 2-year-old U.S. citizen without “meaningful process.”
The toddler’s father filed a petition for release...
Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts
Novelist Percival Everett and playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins among Pulitzer winners in the arts. Percival Everett’s novel “James,” his radical reimagining of “The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn” from the perspective...
