The Justice Department said the release of evidence alleging the former defense minister’s involvement with the drug trade imperils the sharing of information.
Latin America
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador accused the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration of trying to strain relations between the two countries and said his administration supports the decision of Mexico’s attorney general not to prosecute Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos.
Mexico’s attorney general’s office said it would not press charges against Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos, who was arrested by the U.S. in October on charges he was in the pay of drug traffickers.
Mexico has one of the world’s highest pandemic death tolls. Residents and public-health experts say the government’s flawed counting hides an even more alarming number.
Results in late-stage testing of Sinovac shot were almost 30 percentage points lower than previously announced, as concerns grow over the study’s transparency.
Since the virus began spreading in the country, nearly 2,500 health workers have died from coronavirus in Mexico.
Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro’s administration has backed down from its criticism of Chinese vaccines and agreed to buy up to 100 million doses of a shot being developed by China’s Sinovac, as Latin America confronts a postholiday surge in Covid-19 cases.
The jump in payments to relatives back home illustrates the resilience of the U.S. economy despite shutdowns imposed to fight the pandemic.
China’s shot also gives 100% protection against severe cases of the disease, said Brazil’s Butantan Institute, raising hopes that it can be widely used in the developing world.
The opposition, led by Juan Guaidó, held its own congressional session online despite threats from authoritarian President Nicolás Maduro.
A Cape Verde court ruled that Colombian Alex Saab could be sent to the U.S. to face money-laundering charges.
The regime of President Nicolás Maduro is tightening its grip on the National Assembly, undermining the U.S.-backed movement despite oil sanctions.
Inaugurations in municipal governments across the country are being hailed as a victory for people of color and a big step against racism in Latin America’s biggest country.
Lawmakers in Argentina approved legislation to legalize abortion, making it the first large Latin American country to ditch stringent antiabortion regulations.
Mexico is home to the world’s most powerful drug cartels, who have terrorized the country for years. Now the country is poised to try something different by legalizing one of their products: marijuana.
Argentina’s senate is set to vote on a broad legalization of abortion, which would make the country of 45 million by far the largest in Latin America to approve the procedure.
The region’s countries—among the hardest hit by the coronavirus—are getting a glimmer of hope as the first vaccine doses arrive, but they also must contend with limited funds and logistical difficulties.
The case that Gen. Salvador Cienfuegos took bribes from drug cartels is largely circumstantial, people familiar with the matter say, clouding chances of a conviction in Mexico.
The region, already hit hard by the coronavirus pandemic, is suffering from a second surge, ending a period of several months where cases and deaths declined.
The measure curbs the operation of foreign law-enforcement officers stationed in Mexico, a move the U.S. argues will cripple bilateral efforts to battle powerful drug cartels.
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