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Women’s rights activists in Latin America have long looked to the United States as a model in their decades-long struggle to chip away at abortion restrictions in their highly religious countries

A federal appeals is allowing Texas’ floating barrier on the Rio Grande to stay in place for now

Campaigners say many facilities and medical workers are likely to deny access since procedure is banned in many local jurisdictions

Congress' official watchdog says in a report that the construction of a wall along the U.S.-Mexico border under former President Donald Trump toppled untold numbers of saguaro cactuses in Arizona, put endangered ocelots at risk in Texas and disturbed Native American burial grounds

The first day of school is providing challenges for major U.S. cities that are struggling with the influx of tens of thousands of migrants

With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency

IN THE PRESS – Thursday, September 7: We look at reactions from the local press after Mexico's governing and opposition parties nominate female candidates ahead of next year's presidential election. Also: Great Britain is not so great as the British weeklies deplore the "crumbling" state of the country. Indian Prime…

Landmark ruling is extention of growing ‘green wave’ in Latin America

‘We need to wait to see how this is going to be applied and how far it reaches,’ said one campaigner

A Mexican Supreme Court ruling that invalidated all federal criminal penalties for abortion continued a regional trend of widening access to the procedure, but left in place a patchwork of varying state restrictions

With the selection of former Mexico City Mayor Claudia Sheinbaum as the candidate of the country’s ruling party in next June’s election, Mexico will have for the first time two women from its main political powers competing for the presidency