Americas – Page 9 – Prologue Journal

Inside a Chaotic U.S. Deportation Flight to Brazil

New York Times The Trump administration’s first flight deporting Brazilians involved aborted takeoffs, sweltering heat, emergency exits and shackled deportees on a wing. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/americas/us-brazil-deportations.html

Mauricio Funes, Salvadoran President Who Fled to Nicaragua, Dies at 65

New York Times He was a popular TV journalist when elected as El Salvador’s first modern-day leftist leader in 2009, but he went into exile hounded by corruption charges. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/americas/mauricio-funes-dead.html

Trudeau Government Left Canada Vulnerable to Foreign Interference

New York Times Prime Minister Justin Trudeau should have acted quicker to protect Canadian elections from outside meddling, a government commission said, shaking trust in democratic institutions. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/canada/canada-elections-foreign-interference-inquiry.html

G.M. Has Plans Ready for Trump’s Canada and Mexico Tariffs

New York Times General Motors, the largest producer of cars in Mexico, won’t provide details on how it would react if President Trump imposes 25 percent tariffs from the two countries. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/business/general-motors-trump-mexico-canada-tariffs.html

Gulf of Mexico? Gulf of America? What’s in a Name, Anyway?

New York Times Following President Trump’s order renaming the Gulf of Mexico, at least in the United States, Mexicans and Cubans expressed annoyance, defiance, confusion and even amusement. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/28/world/americas/gulf-mexico-name-change.html

Inside Colombia’s Crisis Over Trump’s Deportations

New York Times When Colombia’s president, Gustavo Petro, refused military planes carrying deportees, infuriating President Trump, he revealed how heated the question of deportations has become. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/americas/colombia-trump-deportation-flights-migrants.html

Rising Prices Dashed Trudeau’s Promise to Canada’s Middle Class

New York Times While many issues turned Canadians away from their prime minister, the high cost of groceries and homes has become a chief grievance. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/27/world/canada/trudeau-canada-inflation-prices-peterborough.html

Rising Prices Dashed Trudeau’s Promise to Canada’s Middle Class

Colombia Will Not Accept U.S. Deportation Flights, President Petro Says

New York Times Gustavo Petro said on X that the United States should not treat Colombian migrants as criminals and needs to establish a dignified protocol before his country will allow their return. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/world/americas/colombia-us-deportation-flights.html

A Hardened Detective and an Angry Rock Star: How a Vast Art Fraud Was Cracked

New York Times Two art fraud rings in a remote Canadian city produced thousands of paintings sold in galleries as works by Norval Morrisseau, Canada’s most celebrated Indigenous artist. https://www.nytimes.com/2025/01/26/world/canada/norval-morrisseau-art-fraud.html