Latin America

Univision's investigative team visited a clandestine laboratory in Mexico where fentanyl mixed with opium is produced, and interviewed distributors who ship the potential lethal drug to the United States.(Leer, y ver video, en español)

Venezuela and Russia have maintained close ties over the past two decades, beginning with the rise of President Hugo Chavez. It is still unclear what it will take to prise Moscow away from Maduro and Venezuela's oil and gas fields.

New oil sanctions against Russian oil giant, Rosneft, have put the world on notice that Washington is getting serious about strangling Venezuelan oil exports. But how far is Trump willing to go? (Leer en español)

The Trump administration on Wednesday called for the release of the 'Citgo 6,' as they are known, noting that they are not being permitted to speak to their families or their lawyers.

Mauricio Hernández Pineda is a former high-ranking Honduran police accused of protecting cocaine shipments along with Juan Antonio 'Tony' Hernandez, the brother of President Juan Orlando Hernández. He was arrested in New York on Wednesday.
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U.S. officials are forecasting new intensity in Venezuela policy after watershed week in Washington for interim president Juan Guaido. That could involve secondary sanctions similar to those against Iran, in an attempt to cut off the Maduro regime's finances and bring it to the negotiating table. (Lea este articulo en español)

A year after President Trump took the step of recognizing Juan Guaido as the legitimate president of Venezuela, the Maduro regime is still clinging to power, relying more and more on illicit sources of revenue such as gold.
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Last minute talks to extend the MACCIH broke down on Friday and the OAS announced that its anti-corruption mission would cease to exist on Sunday. The MACCIH has been credited with several major victories against corrupt politicians.

Jorge Ramos attended the daily morning news conference with Mexican President, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, and asked him about his country’s 34,000 murders last year. AMLO promised that 2020 will be the year that the murder rate goes down.

U.S. courts are beginning to feel the effects of President Trump’s decision to allow lawsuits over confiscated Cuban property. But what constitutes a legitimate claim remains unclear as defendants face mounting legal bills. (Lea este articulo es español)