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CNN  —  The governing party called it a ceremonial passing of the baton. But the opposition lambasted it as a “passing of the scepter.” Constitutionally barred from running for reelection, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador sought to show last month, in a very public way, that presidential candidate Claudia Sheinbaum has his blessing. So…

Guatemalan police on Thursday arrested the country’s former interior minister for allegedly not carrying out his duties when he opted for dialogue with protesters rather than using force to remove them as a court had ordered. Police arrested Napoléon Barrientos at his home, leading him out in handcuffs and a bulletproof vest. Barrientos told reporters…

Palestinians cross a flooded street at a makeshift camp housing displaced Palestinians in Rafah, Gaza, on January 2. AFP/Getty Images Mohammed Hamouda says the streets of Rafah, in southern Gaza, are thick with pollution as beggars and homeless civilians try to survive in sheltering conditions ravaged by death and disease. “Life here is very difficult,”…

Comment on this storyComment Add to your saved stories Save QUITO, Ecuador — This country was once a relatively peaceful haven in South America, wedged between neighbors often racked by armed conflict and guerrilla violence. On Wednesday, Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, declared that his nation was entering a new era: “We are in a state…

This live coverage has ended. For the latest updates, please go here. Secretary of State Antony Blinken met with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah on Wednesday after encountering resistance in earlier meetings with Israeli officials over the treatment of Palestinians and a plan for Gaza’s future. After his own meeting with Blinken, Israeli…