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Youth voter turnout falls across Latin America
A voter casts his ballot during the presidential primaries in Santiago, Chile, on June 29. Photo by Elvis Gonzalez/EPA July 10 (UPI) -- A far greater percentage of voters over 60 have turned out to vote than younger voters, often by margins of 10...

Deep Dive: Guatemala’s Manufactured Indigenous Water Crisis
A new Human Rights Watch report, “Without Water, We Are Nothing,” documented Guatemala’s severe water crisis and its disproportionate impact on Indigenous communities, particularly women and children. Despite having more freshwater per capita than...

Guatemala earthquakes leave four dead, houses damaged
PALÍN, Guatemala — The death toll from several earthquakes that struck Guatemala rose to four Wednesday with the discovery of a teenager buried by a landslide, authorities said. A series of tremors of up to 5.7 magnitude rattled the country on...

Superbook Brings Hope to Children in Guatemala
In the heart of Guatemala, where many families face daily struggles with poverty and limited access to resources, a special event brought light, laughter, and the love of God to a group of children who needed it most. As part of a mobile medical...

LGBTQ+ group fights back after ‘beloved’ Guatemalan drag queen detained by ICE in San Francisco
Hilary Rivers has been detained by ICE. (Instagram/hilary_riversh) A drag queen has been detained by Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) officers in San Francisco. Guatemalan drag performer Hilary Rivers had just heard a judge at his...

A day with Florida state troopers nabbing illegal immigrants for ‘Alligator Alcatraz’
SOUTHEAST FLORIDA — Illegal immigrants picked up by state troopers during traffic stops this week are among the first to be moved into “Alligator Alcatraz,” a new state-run federal detention facility in the Everglades.In the six hours with the...

Guatemalan man arrested, charged after traffic stop on I-10 unveils 22 lbs. of cocaine
GULFPORT, Miss. (WLOX) - On Wednesday, officials with the Harrison County Sheriff’s Office announced the arrest of 33-year-old Diego Valdez-Marroquin, a citizen of Guatemala, on a felony charge of aggravated drug trafficking. Diego...

Ecuador Women vs Uruguay Women Prediction and Betting Tips | July 11th 2025
Ecuador Women will square off against Uruguay Women at Estadio Banco Guayaquil in the first round of the Copa America Femenina 2025 on Friday. Both teams were eliminated from the first stage in the previous edition and will look to book a spot in...

Culture to Do: July 9, 2025
Springfield Jazz & Roots Festival Multiple venues throughout Springfield Thursday, July 10 – Saturday, July 12 Thursday, July 10 at 7 p.m. Guatemalan singer-songwriter, and guitarist Gaby Moreno will launch the festival with what promises to be an...

Guatemala Earthquakes Leave Two Dead and Several Injured
Two people died following the strong earthquakes that shook much of Guatemala on Tuesday and caused various material damages, according to civil protection authorities. Guatemalans experienced a swarm of earthquakes Tuesday afternoon, the...

‘Bring him back:’ local activists call on Iowa Congressional delegation to bring back deported West Liberty man
DAVENPORT — Supporters of a 20-year-old West Liberty, who was deported to Guatemala over the July 4th weekend, protested outside of Iowa’s Congressional delegation’s offices in Davenport on Thursday afternoon, calling on the delegation to work to...

Men Are Impersonating ICE to Attack Immigrant Women. MAGA Emboldened Them.
Nearly impossible to distinguish between real and fake immigration agents, men have allegedly lied about their identities to intimidate, kidnap and rape women. A 54-year-old man impersonated an ICE agent during a robbery in Northeast Philly...

The Week in Women's Football: Looking at top 7 teams of NWSL
This week we look at news from each team during the 2025 NWSL Regular Season at the halfway point of the season. This week, we look at the top seven teams in the league: Kansas City Current, Orlando Pride, San Diego Wave, Washington Spirit,...

Guatemala: 39 human rights organisations express solidarity with Ramón Cadena
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT), in the framework of the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and other human rights organisations and associations in...
Immigrants are key to New Bedford’s fishing industry. Since January, some are on edge.
Grave is part of a long line of immigrants who help sustain the fishing industry in New Bedford, the most valuable fishing port in the country. But immigration crackdowns by the Trump administration across New England and in New Bedford, where...

Family, loved ones and activists call on lawmakers to bring back West Liberty man deported by ICE
Family members of 20-year-old Pascual Leonardo Pedro-Pedro met with staffers for U.S. lawmakers representing Iowa on Thursday, calling for his return to the States. DAVENPORT, Iowa — Protesters across eastern Iowa united as one after losing a...

‘I am dying little by little,’ detained man tells immigration judge — with a jar of blood as evidence
The Otay Mesa Detention Center operated by CoreCivic. (Photo by Adrian Childress/Times of San Diego) This article was produced by Capital & Main. It is published here with permission. When José sat at the table for his turn before an immigration...

From Guatemala to Gaza, genocide denial thwarts justice
Ana Maria Monjardino The Electronic Intifada 10 July 2025 A poster in Guatemala City shows a Guatemalan and Palestinian woman holding hands. It reads “Stop the genocide. Solidarity with Palestine.” CPR UrbanaDistorting the historical narrative is...

Goal and Highlights Botswana 0-1 Nigeria in Women's Africa Cup of Nations
July 10, 2025, 5:20 pm ET2 hours ago⏱️ 90'+ 20 The match ends The match ends, and the Nigerian national team takes the win after a great finish, taking home all three points from Week 2. The Nigerian team looked much better at times, and that's...
ICE: Immigrant Arrests at High Point; About Half Deported
Immigration and Customs Enforcement arrests were at their highest point in five years last month, while the number of people being deported has amounted to about half of those who were arrested, new internal figures from the agency show. Data...