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Key things to know about the proposed foreign aid budget for FY2027

The Trump administration's proposed FY2027 foreign aid budget cuts $12 billion from diplomacy and assistance programs. Here's ...
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U.S.-Mexico Border Update: Migration data, DHS shutdown and new management, abuses in ICE custody, border walls

Migrant encounter data. DHS remains partially shut down. DHS has new management, same mission. Deaths in ICE custody.
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Before More People Are Hurt: Why the Trump Administration’s ‘Joint Targeting’ Model Needs a Rethink

At a March 5 “Counter Cartel Coalition” conference, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth told assembled Latin American military ...
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Honduras: Concerns Over the Improper Use of Impeachment Proceedings Against High-Ranking Officials in the Judicial and Electoral Systems

The signing organizations express our concern over the initiation of impeachment proceedings against high-ranking officials ...
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Four Years of Ongoing Human Rights Violations in El Salvador and the Erosion of Democracy

The Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA) firmly and deeply condemns the indefinite extension of the state of exception in El Salvador, a measure that–far from being temporary–has become a ...
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Security and Peace Rooted in Justice

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Equity Amidst the Climate Crisis, Gender Inequality, and Migration

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“Women, ‘las buscadoras’, have become a very strong reference for courage” | A Special Women’s Month Conversation with Ana Lorena Delgadillo Pérez

For Women's Month, we're releasing a special episode of Latin America Today featuring a conversation with Ana Lorena ...