Americas

First flights with deportees from US arrive in Venezuela

EU, Canada vow to stand firm against Trump's tariffs on metals

The EU says new US levies of 25% on their steel and aluminum exports ‘will not go unanswered’

2 US deportation flights head to Venezuela, alleged gang members aboard

Flights, run by Venezuelan airline Conviasa, are part of a plan to repatriate thousands of migrants who fled Venezuela 'because of economic sanctions and the campaigns of psychological warfare against our country,' government statement says

Haiti police, multinational force crack down on pre-Carnival gang event

51 dead in Guatemala after bus plunges off bridge

A multi-vehicle crash reportedly sent the bus off the bridge before dawn, trapping survivors; many of the victims pulled from the wreckage were seriously injured

Ecuador's conservative incumbent and a leftist lawyer advance to presidential runoff

Noboa and González are now vying for a full four-year term

Chile issues evacuation alerts as wildfires rage in the country's south

Chile's government ordered the evacuation in regions of imminent risk, urging residents to leave their homes and seek refuge in safe areas

Colombia government in crisis after president calls for Cabinet resignations

The demand came after Petro on Tuesday subjected his Cabinet to a five-hour public dressing down on state TV

Court grants request to block detained Venezuelan immigrants from being sent to Guantanamo

The filing came as part of a lawsuit on behalf of the three men filed by the Center for Constitutional Rights, the American Civil Liberties Union of New Mexico, and Las Americas Immigrant Advisory Center

Polls open in Ecuador with conservative incumbent and leftist lawyer leading presidential race 

President Daniel Noboa and Luis González are the clear front-runners among the pool of 16 candidates

VOA immigration weekly recap, Feb. 2–8

A look at immigration-related news around the U.S. this week