Workers handled beef in Avellaneda in the province of Buenos Aires, Argentina. People cooled off in Arpoador beach in Rio de Janeiro.

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In many parts of the region, big companies take over lands for mining or farming. This forces farmers and indigenous people to leave their homes. These

Many people in Latin America and the Caribbean live in poverty. Wealth often stays with a few powerful families. Big companies take natural resources but

Mexico is constructing tents to receive Mexican nationals deported under Trump's mass deportations and provide them with services to help resettle.

Mexican authorities are building temporary shelters in Ciudad Juarez and other cities to prepare to receive nationals deported from the U.S. by President Donald Trump.

Mexico was raising sprawling tents on the U.S. border Wednesday as it braced for President Donald Trump to fulfill his pledge to reverse mass migration. In an empty lot on the border with El Paso, Texas,

The US decision to cancel appointments through the CBP One programme has left migrants stranded on Mexico's northern border, intensifying a humanitarian and logistical crisis. Shelters such as El Buen Samaritano in Ciudad Juárez are preparing for an influx of rejected or deported migrants,

President Claudia Sheinbaum is detaining more migrants, seizing more fentanyl and positioning her country as a key ally against China. But the U.S. stance has shifted, too.

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Donald Trump was sworn in as the 47th President of the United States on Monday at the US Capitol. Follow for live news updates

Ahead of the inauguration, migrant shelters south of the Rio Grande are far from full, a reflection of the tougher measures imposed on both sides of the border.