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Salvadorans are concerned over President Bukele's new power from state of emergency

4:25pm March 29, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

After a weekend of intense gang violence with scores of killings, El Salvador's president declared emergency powers that some worry he could use to squelch political opposition.

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Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernández (center in chains), is shown to the press at the Police Headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, on Feb. 15.

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Honduras Supreme Court says a former president can be extradited to the United States

11:00am March 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Honduras' Supreme Court approved the extradition of former President Juan Orlando Hernández to face drug trafficking and weapons charges. The court rejected his final appeal.

Pedro Castillo, Peru's president, center, leaves for an impeachment hearing at the Congress of the Republic in Lima, Peru, on Monday.

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Peru's president survives 2nd impeachment effort in 8 months

10:33am March 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

Pedro Castillo avoided joining the South American nation's list of impeached leaders as opposition lawmakers failed to get enough votes to remove him from office only eight months into his term

Experts say Mexico is obstructing the investigation into 43 missing students

5:10am March 29, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

International experts say they have new evidence that the Mexican government falsified evidence about the abduction and disappearance of 43 students nearly eight years ago.

Military guard a custody center in San Salvador, El Salvador, on Tuesday.

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El Salvador grabs 1,000 gang suspects in response to weekend killings

4:06am March 29, 2022

by The Associated Press

The government declared a state of emergency and locked down prisons after more than 80 murders were committed Friday, Saturday and Sunday.

The Inca citadel known as Machu Picchu is pictured with the Huayna Picchu mountain in the background.

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Historians say explorers got it wrong: It's not Machu Picchu, it's Huayna Picchu

10:04pm March 27, 2022

by Vanessa Romo

A Peruvian historian and an American archeologist say the site's re-discoverer was given bad information when he arrived at the ancient Incan ruins — and we've all been going along with it.

El Salvador's El Zonte is now popularly known as "Bitcoin Beach," for being the first town to use the cryptocurrency as a form of payment for services, products and salaries.

El Salvador's leader wants to go in even bigger on bitcoin

6:00am March 27, 2022

by Carrie Kahn

After making the cryptocurrency legal tender, President Nayib Bukele plans to launch bitcoin-backed bonds to raise $1 billion for the country.

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People protest to demand an apology and slavery reparations during a visit to the former British colony by the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, Prince William and Kate, in Kingston, Jamaica, on Tuesday.

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As British royals visit Jamaica, protesters demand slavery reparations

11:19am March 23, 2022

by The Associated Press

The protest comes a couple of days after dozens of prominent leaders in Jamaica publicized a letter demanding that Britain apologize and award its former colony slavery reparations.

A young man wears a mask protecting against COVID-19 that reads in Spanish "Fujimori never more," as demonstrators protest against the decision of Peru's Constitutional Court approving the release from prison of former President Alberto Fujimori in Lima,

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Peru court orders ex-President Fujimori freed from prison

1:50am March 18, 2022

by The Associated Press

The decision restores a humanitarian pardon even though authorities gave no indication the former president's release was imminent.

Former Honduran President Juan Orlando Hernandez, center in chains, is shown to the press at the police headquarters in Tegucigalpa, Honduras on Feb. 15, 2022.

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Honduras judge says ex-president can be extradited to the U.S.

12:55am March 17, 2022

by The Associated Press

Juan Orlando Hernández, whom U.S. prosecutors accused in recent years of funding his political rise with profits from drug traffickers, can appeal the extradition decision.