Hopes were crushed when some illegal migrants were deported back to Mexico after spending most of their savings to pay human smugglers to bring them to the U.S.
Mexican authorities found 19 bullet-riddled and burned bodies near the U.S.-Mexico border in January, and 16 of them were identified as Guatemalan migrants.
A three-year-old Brazilian girl was beaten to death by her stepfather after she had wet the bed. Her mother was also imprisoned for failing to help her.
El Salvador has one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the world, with the country implementing its total abortion ban. It has been illegal in the Latin American country since 1998.
The president of Paraguay has dismissed three of his ministers. This is in response to the violent protests over the government's handling of the COVID-19 pandemic.
U.S. officials said the Russians, through intelligence agencies, have launched a campaign to undermine confidence in COVID vaccines, such as Pfizer Inc.'s and other Western vaccines.
