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After asylum limits, some ask: Does 'gang violence' need a new name?On Monday, Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced that domestic abuse and gang violence cannot be considered grounds for asylum.聽
First LookMexico's presidential front-runner seeks common ground with TrumpAndr茅s Manuel L贸pez Obrador wants to make a deal to solve illegal immigration 鈥� but not with border walls. Instead, he wants to strengthen聽Mexico's economy聽and improve governmental聽stability to provide a better living standard for Mexicans and ease US tensions.聽聽
With few choices, the poor take risk in volcano's pathLowering risks requires understanding their root causes. Guatemala鈥檚 deadly volcanic eruption has highlighted a problem聽seen around the world: that poor communities often live where it鈥檚 cheapest, despite the dangers.
First LookAsylum-seekers line up at US-Mexico borderDespite a tough stance on immigration by the Trump administration the number of Mexicans and Central Americans seeking legal entry into the US continues to climb. Between 2014 and 2017 the number of asylum filings have tripled to 142,000, the highest level in more than 20 years.
The ExplainerBriefing: Why violence has flared in NicaraguaFrustrations with President Daniel Ortega's increasingly authoritarian presidency have mounted for years. In recent weeks, citizen protests and a violent crackdown have swept the country.
Syrian students find an unlikely home, and hope, in MexicoDisorienting as migration may be, most newcomers to Europe can count on finding peers who share their language, faith, and traditions. Largely isolated from their countrymen, a small group of Syrian students in Mexico are striving to build community.聽
First LookForensic experts search for Mexico's missingSince December 2012, more than 21,280 have gone missing in Mexico's long and deadly drug war. Now Argentine forensic scientists are attempting to provide some closure for Mexican families where a corrupt government has failed to provide answers.聽
Cover StoryHow a global crusade is working to save the improbable reef of CartagenaA coral reef is thriving mysteriously beneath a busy shipping zone in Colombia. The secrets of its resilience could help protect other vulnerable reefs, scientists say.聽
First LookDiaz-Canel crafts new public persona as Cuban presidentIn sharp contrast with his reclusive predecessor, Ra煤l Castro, Cuban president Miguel Diaz-Canel has begun to appear in publicly televised speeches and meetings with local communities 鈥� signaling a potential shift in how the new leader intends to govern.
First LookMaduro wins disputed presidential election in VenezuelaVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro easily won his campaign for re-election Sunday, drawing protest from opponents whose faith in the nation's electoral process is dwindling. Mr. Maduro came away with nearly 68 percent of the vote.聽
First LookCosta Rica's farmers harvest the rain to counter droughtsTo offset unpredictable weather patterns Costa Rican farmers are searching for a solutions to water thirsty livestock and crops. One developing technology captures and stores rainwater for up to four months but it is expensive to install and rainwater regulations loom.
As inflation devastates Venezuela, artists make purses and paintings out of billsEconomic crises like Venezuela's upturn lives, but that doesn't mean creativity disappears. Some Venezuelan artists are making a point 鈥� and art 鈥� out of the country's now near-worthless currency.
Debate amid Nicaragua unrest: Was the revolution fulfilled, or betrayed?As antigovernment protests have swept the country in recent weeks, young Nicaraguans are divided over what it means to preserve the principles their parents and grandparents fought for in the 1979 revolution.聽
First LookMigrant caravan leaders reconsider media attention in asylum casesAs hundreds of Central American migrants wait on the US-Mexico border to apply for asylum, the organization that has facilitated the traveling caravan weighs the effects of the trip's concentrated media focus.聽
Ahead of Mexico's election, a push for voters 鈥� outside MexicoMexicans will elect a new president on July 1. Thanks to recent reforms, voters may include more expatriates than ever before, as Mexicans living abroad embrace their potential political influence.
First LookCosta Rica's president elect promises zero-carbon transportThe first-of-its-kind pledge from a Costa Rican leader to remove gas and diesel from the country's聽transportation faces significant challenges. A plan to achieve that goal will most likely be ready by 2021.聽
How Nicaragua protests snapped Ortega's power grabMore than a week of rare nationwide protests in Nicaragua have forced President Daniel Ortega onto the defensive after a decade of increasing authoritarianism. Church leaders are mediating talks with civil society.聽
First LookAs economic crisis worsens, schools empty in VenezuelaNearly 3 million children are missing classes in Venezuela as a result of the deepening economic crisis.聽Along with hospitals and other flagship welfare projects, the education sector is in crisis and experts fear a stunted聽generation.
What's in a name? Why a Castro-less Cuba may not mean a changed one.Former President Ra煤l Castro, brother of revolutionary leader Fidel, handed over the presidency Thursday to Miguel D铆az-Canel. His first task will be getting the economy back on track, but just how radical an approach he can take is uncertain 鈥� as is whether he wants one.
Mourning 'Marielle,' Brazilian women push to carry on slain activist's legacyMany Brazilians had never heard of politician Marielle Franco before her death. But her murder has come to symbolize the impunity, violence, racism 鈥� and desire for opportunity and change 鈥� that have enveloped South America鈥檚 largest nation.聽
