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The vital isolation of indigenous groups
Jan 19, 2019 03:39After the American missionary John Allen Chau ignored successive warnings, the isolated Sentinelese people killed him. But the threat the world's isolated tribes face is far from neutralized, as some have taken Chau’s death as an opportunity to argue that policies protecting them should be reversed.
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Hundreds of Hondurans form new caravan, head for US
Jan 16, 2019 12:35Hundreds of asylum seekers from Honduras have crossed into neighboring Guatemala in a newly-formed caravan heading toward the United States, amid persisting efforts by the American president to rally support for erecting a wall along the US-Mexico border.
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Trump again threatens to shut government over funding of border wall
Nov 28, 2018 20:26US President Donald Trump says he would “totally be willing” to shut down the federal government unless Congress authorizes $5 billion to fund his long-promised wall along the US-Mexico border.
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Trump threatens to close Mexican border to stop migrants
Nov 23, 2018 06:22US President Donald Trump has once more threatened to close the Mexican border to stop what he has described as a southern "invasion".
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Migrants stalled at US border, some mulling stay in Mexico (Video)
Nov 18, 2018 11:51Another group of Central American migrants, seeking to take refuge in the United States, has made its way to the Mexican border city of Tijuana, joining long lines of other individuals already waiting to be enlisted for potential legal entry.
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Washington bullies Central American countries for adopting “One China” policy
Sep 17, 2018 16:41This weekend, Washington temporarily recalled its ambassadors from the Dominican Republic and El Salvador, and its charges d’affaires from Panama over “recent decisions to no longer recognize Taiwan.” This referred to the decisions to establish diplomatic relations with the Chinese government in Beijing by El Salvador in August, the Dominican Republic in May and Panama last year.
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OAS agrees to vote on suspending member state Venezuela
Jun 06, 2018 12:40The Organization of American States (OAS) has agreed to hold an extraordinary session to vote on suspending Venezuela from the 34-member group, under ramped-up pressure from the United States.
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At least 15 killed, 200 injured in Nicaragua protests
Jun 01, 2018 06:46At least fifteen people were killed and more than 200 injured in one of the worst days of violence since protests against Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega began more than a month ago, police said on Thursday.
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Brazil decries US 'ultimatum' over steel, aluminum tariffs
May 04, 2018 12:06Brazil says the United States has forced it to accept quotas of tariffs on steel and aluminum imported from the country despite a preliminary deal on a permanent exemption.
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Students in Peru clash with police over new labor laws
Feb 24, 2018 08:53Students clashed with police in the Peruvian capital of Lima on Friday over new youth labor laws.