Month: March 2023

CNN  —  Mexico is rethinking its approach toward asylum seekers after the Biden administration unveiled a controversial new proposal to limit asylum eligibility in the United States. Mexico’s refugee assistance agency, known as COMAR, launched a pilot program in southern Mexico on Monday to explore expediting asylum denials to those it deems likely to travel onward to the US. The aim is to deter those migrants from accessing temporary documents issued by COMAR while their cases are being evaluated, which they might use to travel north – a common phenomenon, according to COMAR’s head Andrés Ramírez. But after the Biden administration announced its proposed new asylum rules on Tuesday, COMAR plans to abandon the strategy and use ...

CNN  —  Peru’s government is offering families who lost a relative during nationwide protests between December 8 and February 10 around $13,000 in financial support, according to a decree published by the official newspaper “El Peruano” on Tuesday. Each family will be granted approximately $13,000 US dollars (50,000 nuevos soles), while the injured will receive half this amount, or $6,500 US dollars (25,000 nuevos soles), according to the decree. The payments have been categorized as financial help for civilians and policemen and are not considered as reparations, the decree adds. Amnesty International criticized the government for not taking responsibility for the deaths in a statement. “Economic assistance to th...

Story highlights NEW: In Ecuador, a province governor says investigators have no leads August Reiger was last seen Sunday while on a family hike in the mountains The family trip was a graduation present for the teen, who is fluent in Spanish Father: "Everyone's baffled, because it's not a dangerous place" CNN  —  August Reiger was supposed to reunite with his family at the top of a scenic mountain trail in Ecuador. But when his father, mother and younger brother arrived Sunday at the meeting point overlooking the town of Baños, the 18-year-old was nowhere to be found. Authorities in the South American country have been searching for the Oklahoma high school valedictorian for days. ...

Are you witnessing the protests in Brazil? Share your images and videos with CNN iReport. Story highlights NEW: One death is reported in Sao Paulo state Demonstrators list a variety of demands directed at Brazil's government They chant "Down with corruption" and "I can live without the World Cup" Brazil's president has postponed a trip to Japan in light of the protests Rio de Janeiro CNN  —  A massive crowd of demonstrators swelled around an iconic church in the heart of Rio de Janeiro on Thursday, shouting “down with corruption” and “I can live without the World Cup.” CNN affiliate Band News reported that police used tear gas in some areas of the city as clashes erupted. Police in...

Story highlights Colombian police say they've detained four suspects tied to DEA agent's killing Washington has submitted an extradition request for the suspects, police say Two more suspects are at large, a CNN affiliate reports The agent was killed in a robbery attempt; officials do not believe it was tied to his work CNN  —  Police in Colombia have arrested four people accused of killing a U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration agent during an attempted robbery. Colombia’s National Police said the four suspects they arrested were part of a criminal network of thieves. Two additional suspects who were allegedly involved in the crime remain on the loose, CNN affiliate Caracol TV reported. ...

Austin, Texas CNN  —  Nailia Manzurina’s eyes filled with tears as she remembered the moment she and her two young sons had to separate from her husband in their native Russia. “Praise God it was just temporary,” she said as she wiped away tears. It was late September 2022 and emotions were high in Russia because President Vladimir Putin had just imposed the country’s first military draft since World War II. Social media videos showed mothers and wives wailing as their loved ones were dragged into the war in Ukraine. Young men rushed to neighboring countries in droves to avoid getting pulled into the fight. Nailia’s husband, Mikhail Manzurin, 25, qualified for the draft but he disagreed with Russia’s invasion of Ukraine...

Ottawa CNN  —  Canada will deploy Royal Canadian Navy vessels off the coast of Haiti in the coming weeks, Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said Thursday, amid widespread insecurity and gang violence in the country. The vessels will conduct surveillance, gather intelligence and maintain a maritime presence off the coast of Haiti in the coming weeks, Trudeau said from Nassau, Bahamas, during a meeting of Caribbean leaders on Thursday. “We need to work on long lasting solutions that will restore order and security, allow for essential aid to flow to those who urgently need it, and create the conditions for free and fair elections so that the Haitian people can live in a stable and democratic society,” he added. While...

CNN  —  Four men have been arrested and charged in Florida in connection to the 2021 assassination of Haitian President Jovenel Moïse, federal officials in Miami-Dade announced Tuesday. The four men arrested on Tuesday are Arcangel Pretel Ortiz, a Colombian national residing in Miami; and US citizens Antonio Intriago, Walter Veintemilla, and Frederick Bergmann, according to a press release. Intriago, Ortiz, and Veintemilla were charged with supporting a conspiracy to kidnap or kill the president of Haiti, according to federal officials. Bergmann has been charged with conspiracy to commit export violations for conspiring to smuggle 20 ballistic vests from South Florida to Haiti for ex-soldiers allegedly tasked with killing Moi...

Despite the glamor of the surroundings, Davi's mind was more than 2,000 miles away, deep in the forests of Brazil, where a health crisis has gripped his people. "I'm in mourning...for my people, who I've lost," he said, referring to recent images that emerged from the territory showing emaciated Yanomami adults and children, some with swollen bellies from hunger. Disease and malnutrition have torn through Yanomami villages over the last four years -- a crisis that experts lay at the feet of the scores of illegal miners who have set up camp in their sprawling territory, spurred by the high price of gold. Yanomami children are dying at a disproportionate rate from preventable diseases, like malaria and malnutrition. At least 570 Yanomami children have died from preventable causes since 2018...

The relationship started during the pandemic and ended earlier this year after mutual consent, Tory said in a news conference Friday. The employee landed a job elsewhere outside of City Hall. At the news conference, Tory apologized to his wife of more than 40 years, Barbara Hackett, as well as to his family and his staff."I recognize that permitting this relationship to develop was a serious error in judgment on my part," Tory said.Tory says he is going to take time to reflect on his mistakes and will work on rebuilding the trust of his family."I want to thank the people of Toronto for trusting me as mayor, it has been the job of a lifetime," he added.Tory was elected as the 65th mayor of Toronto in 2014 and was reelected in both 2018 and 2022, according to the city of Toronto's website.CN...