Biden unveils migration plan, capping Americas summit roiled by division
Los Angeles, USReuters US President Joe Biden and fellow leaders from the Western Hemisphere on Friday rolled out a new set of measures to confront the regional migration crisis, seeking to salvage an Americas summit roiled by division. Biden’s aides had touted the migration declaration as a centerpiece of the US-hosted Summit of the Americas, […]
Migration pact to cap Americas summit buffeted by discord
Los Angeles, USReuters US President Joe Biden and fellow leaders of the Americas are set to pitch a plan designed to stem illegal migration and manage record migrant numbers as a regional summit roiled by diplomatic squabbling draws to a close on Friday. Dubbed the “Los Angeles Declaration” and described by Biden as “ground-breaking”, the […]
Nicaraguan political prisoners held in “horrific conditions”, says lawyer
Managua, NicaraguaReuters Two former presidential candidates are among more than 180 political prisoners in Nicaragua undergoing “the worst kinds of human rights abuses,” their lawyer said Wednesday. One year after Juan Sebastian Chamorro and Felix Maradiaga were arrested ahead of Nicaragua’s disputed 2021 election, neither has spoken to their families and both are being held […]
Migrant caravan in Mexico heads for US border as Americas Summit starts
Tapachula, Mexico Reuters Several thousand migrants, many from Venezuela, set off from southern Mexico early Monday aiming to reach the United States, timing their journey to coincide with the Summit of the Americas in Los Angeles this week. Migration activists said the group could be one of the region’s largest migrant caravans in recent years. […]