Americas

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

7.6 magnitude quake shakes Caribbean

Some islands urge residents to leave coastlines

Chile imposes curfews in wildfire impacted regions

Chilean President Gabriel Boric says he has 'reasons to believe' that a large part of the fires affecting the Araucania area 'are deliberate'

Dozens killed in bus accident in southern Mexico

Authorities will give an update with details on the number of victims and their identities later Saturday, says an official

Demand for Super Bowl guacamole drives export of Mexican avocados to US

How would the end of US aid impact the opposition in Cuba?

US 'committed' to working with Kenyan-led security force for Haiti, Rubio says