‘Vale ended our lives’: Broken Brumadinho a year after dam collapse
Craig TaylorOne year on from the dam collapse at Brazil’s Corrego do Feijao mine, many are still seeking answers. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
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Mexico indigenous group recruits children as police after attack
Some of the 20 children recruited are said to have lost their fathers in an ambush last week. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Mexican butterfly activist’s disappearance: 53 police detained
Homero Gómez, who manages a monarch butterfly sanctuary in Michoacán, was last seen on 13 January. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Brazil dam collapse: Murder charges filed by prosecutors
At least 250 people died a year ago when a dam owned by Vale collapsed in Minas Gerais state. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Venezuela crisis: Juan Guaidó defies travel ban for Colombia meeting
The opposition leader is expected to meet US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in Colombia. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean
Mexico violence: Indigenous musicians killed in ambush in Guerrero
The men were returning from a party when they were shot dead and burned, allegedly by a drug cartel. BBC News – Latin America & Caribbean