QUITO – Eleven Latin American countries say that they have agreed to allow Venezuelans leaving their homeland to enter their countries even if their travel documents have expired. More than 2.3 million Venezuelans have fled […]
TEGUCIGALPA, Honduras — Hundreds of children remain detained in the United States and separated from their parents more than five weeks after a court-ordered deadline to reunify them, Human Rights Watch said Wednesday in a […]
ROBERT MCLAUGHLIN “I was the only Republican who had run a presidential campaign and not gone to jail.” Surprisingly enough, for the time being, those words were not uttered by Corey Lewandowski or Paul Manafort, […]
SANTIAGO – The government of Chilean President Sebastián Piñera has set itself a target of expelling 2,000 illegal migrants from the country by the end of the year. “Effectively, by the end of the year, […]
SANTIAGO – Chilean President Sebastian Pinera joined the tide of criticism this week from Latin American nations over U.S. family separation policy at the Mexico-U.S. border. “No immigration policy should stop taking care, welcoming and […]
WASHINGTON – Following days of fierce global criticism, President Donald Trump signed an executive order to end his policy of family separations along the U.S.-Mexico border. Trump signed the order on Wednesday, saying he “didn’t […]
CARACAS – This week, hundreds of Venezuelans swarmed outside the Chilean Consulate hoping to get a new visa created by Pinera administration to offer a home to poor people leaving the crisis-hit country. However, the […]
SANTIAGO – Starting April 16, Haitians seeking to get into Chile will now need to request a visa from the Chilean consulate in Port-au-Prince, the South American country’s government has announced. President Sebastian Piñera Monday […]
SANTIAGO – Chile has deported nearly 240 Haitians after they were found to be in possession of false statements and documents on entering the South American country. Between March 2 and 5, 2018, Chile’s Investigative […]
SANTIAGO – The Chilean airline, LAW (Latin American Wings) has temporarily suspended the flights between Port-au-Prince and Chile, after Haitians have been declared illegal or unqualified by the Chilean authorities to enter or remain in […]
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