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Armando Solis/APTrump’s campaign promises included adding a 10% to 20% tariff on all nondomestic goods sold in America, a 60% tariff on goods from China and reciprocal tariffs on nations that impose tariffs on the U.S. Then, on Nov. 25, Trump promised new 25% tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada. -
Charlie Riedel/APDeSantis said the measures are “fighting back against reckless federal government policies and ensuring the Florida taxpayers are not footing the bill for illegal immigration.” Critics warn the law is spreading fear among immigrants and they are stepping up their efforts to weaken it.
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Human Rights Watch reports that sexual violence has become yet another escalating and "horrific" tool of the gangs that keep spreading their power in Haiti. Some 4,000 women and girls have reported being raped by gang members just this year, according to the group. -
From hiding, María Corina Machado says she'll continue to fight for Venezuelan democracy. -
The United States has imposed sanctions on an additional 21 allies of Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro, accusing them on Wednesday of perpetrating some of the repression with which officials in the country responded to July's disputed presidential election. -
The increase comes as poverty deepens and violence increases amid political instability. Gangs that control 85% of Port-au-Prince are attacking once peaceful communities in a push to assume total control of the capital. -
The character Marce the Recycler has created an enthusiastic dedication to proper waste separation among her devoted fans. -
The document describe the former president as one of the key leaders of the plot, and not a mere observer. -
Fifty three audio recordings from late 2022 reveal high-ranking members of Brazil's army discussing efforts to pressure then-President Jair Bolsonaro to carry out a coup and remain in power. -
President Joe Biden let in half a million Cubans, Haitians, Nicaraguans and Venezuelans using a tool known as humanitarian parole. President-elect Donald Trump appears certain to dismantle it, saying during his campaign that he would end the ‘outrageous abuse of parole.’ -
A surge in gang violence over the past two weeks has led international aid organizations to rethink their staff levels in Haiti. -
The election was free of the anti-establishment fury that has vaulted populist outsiders to power elsewhere, like the United States and neighboring Argentina.
