The United States Embassy has announced that they intend to donate 2,000 COVID-19 detection kits to countries such as the Dominican Republic through the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA).
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Guatemalan migrants in the US face increased vulnerability due to the coronavirus pandemic.
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On March 23, a laborer traveling between Barranquilla and Santa Marta was intercepted by police who discovered that he was transporting an arsenal of weapons intended for war.
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The US Department of State and US Agency for International Development (USAID) announced on March 27th that they planned to give an aid package to more than 60 countries, including Colombia and Venezuela, to fight COVID-19.
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A judge has released Alejandro Toledo, former president of Peru, from prison on a $1 million bail, citing coronavirus concerns.
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During the temporary closure of the U.S.-Mexico border, the Mexican government will maintain the Central American asylum seekers who are rejected by the U.S. administration.
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The regional representative of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), Giovanni Bassu, stated that this UN body is concerned for those who face the decision of whether to stay in asylum under the Asylum Cooperation Agreement (ACA).
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Deportation flights from the U.S. to El Salvador have continued despite Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele’s declaration of a national quarantine.
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While reviewing the waves of opioid crisis in the U.S., a direct relationship between the periods of peak usage and the changes of production in Mexican agriculture was identified.
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On March 5, 2020, the United States Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) added Nicaragua’s national police force, controlled by president Nicolas Ortega, to its list of sanctioned entities, one of many Nicaraguan organizations to be added to the list in recent months.
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