GENEVA, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The United Nations human rights office said the Trump administration’s decision to reinstate the death penalty at the federal level goes against the domestic and international trend to abolish or halt executions. The U.S. Justice Department last Thursday reinstated a two-decades-long dormant policy allowing the…

Former president of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes MANAGUA, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — Former Salvadoran president Mauricio Funes has been granted Nicaraguan citizenship, according to a decree published on Tuesday in the Nicaraguan government registry. Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele, who began his term in June, vowed to bring Funes back to…

MEXICO CITY, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — The number of migrants reaching Mexico’s border with the United States has fallen almost 40% since May, the Mexican government said. Foreign Minister Marcelo Ebrard said that according to a preliminary estimate, 87,648 people would reach the U.S. border during July. That would represent…

MEXICO CITY, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — A Mexican journalist who covered the police in the violent southwestern state of Guerrero was found dead in the trunk of a vehicle with signs he had been shot and tortured, local police said. Mexico has been one of the most dangerous countries for…

LA PAZ, July 31 (NNN-Prensa Latina) — Bolivia’s President, Evo Morales, ratified on Tuesday his Government”s commitment to take extreme efforts in preventing human trafficking, supporting and assisting victims and punishing the guilty. ‘On World Day Against Trafficking in Persons, we reaffirm our commitment to take extreme efforts in preventing…

WASHINGTON, July 31 (NNN-AGENCIES) — President Donald Trump said his administration is working on a free-trade agreement with Brazil, to cement closer ties between the two largest economies in the Western Hemisphere. “We are going to work on a free-trade agreement with Brazil. Brazil is a big trading partner. Other…