• As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Bleak Reality.

    BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Chile, a tattooed former student activist won the presidency with a pledge to oversee the most profound transformation of Chilean society in decades, widening the social safety net and shifting the tax burden to the wealthy. In Peru, the son of poor farmers was propelled to victory on a vow to…

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  • 2 Are Indicted in Human Smuggling Case That Left 53 Dead in Texas

    A federal grand jury indicted two men on Wednesday in connection with a human smuggling operation that left 50 adults and three children dead in and around an abandoned tractor-trailer on the outskirts of San Antonio last month, officials said. It was one of the deadliest incidents in recent history involving migrants along the southern…

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