President Donald Trump signed for a new round of economic sanctions prohibiting US citizens from purchasing Venezuelan debt. This includes any participation in the purchasing of debt, particularly including those related to oil sold with OPEC.
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At a time when Mexico and the United States’ relations are tougher than ever, Mexico is in need of a new president to face these challenges.
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NGOs worry about Mexico becoming a filter for asylum seekers to the U.S.
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Migration has been declared a human right by international agreements such as the International Convention on the Protection of the Rights of all Migrant Workers and Members of their Families and the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR).
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For the first time in its sixty-eight-year history, on the eighth of May the Hillman Prize was awarded to Univisión and El Faro commending their joint journalistic project De migrantes a refugiados: el nuevo drama centroamericano, which documents the experiences of Central American refugees plagued by violence in their home country and “only have two
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Despite differing stances on border security and economic development, Mexican presidential candidates remain united in their opposition to the border wall and similar threats from the United States president.
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Due to continuing concerns about weak copyright protections and intellectual property rights in the country, US trade representatives are keeping an eye on Bolivia.
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President Trump threatened to completely close the United States’ border with Mexico in a speech to supporters in Michigan.
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300 Central Americans gathered in Tijuana, Mexico to demand political asylum in the United States as a result of the violence and crime rampant in their home countries.
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On April 29, two hundred people arrived in a “migrant caravan” seeking asylum at the San Ysidro entry point between Mexico and the U.S.
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