Regina Garcia Cano, Author at Daily Hampshire Gazette

Soldiers patrol in Arequipa, Peru, Wednesday, Dec. 14, 2022. Peru’s new government declared 30-day national emergency on Wednesday amid violent protests following the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, suspending the rights of people to gather and move freely across the Andean nation. (AP Photo/Jose Sotomayor)

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Peru’s new government declares police state amid protests

by Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressDecember 14, 2022

LIMA, Peru — Peru’s new government declared a national emergency Wednesday amid violent protests over the ouster of President Pedro Castillo, suspending the rights of “personal security and freedom” across the Andean nation for 30 days.Acts of…

Gustavo Petro, presidential candidate with the Historical Pact coalition, waves upon his arrival to vote in a presidential runoff in Bogota, Colombia, Sunday.

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Ex-rebel president faces challenges to deliver Colombians promised change

by Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press, and Astrid SuArez Associated PressJune 20, 2022

Peru’s newly sworn-in President Pedro Castillo puts his hat back on after taking it off momentarily to acknowledge the Peruvian flag held by soldiers outside Congress on his inauguration day in Lima, Peru, Wednesday.

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Leftist political novice sworn in as Peru’s president

by Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press, and Mauricio Munoz Associated PressJuly 28, 2021

Guillermo Lasso, presidential candidate of Creating Opportunities party, CREO, celebrates after a presidential runoff election at his campaign headquarters in Guayaquil, Ecuador, Sunday, April 11, 2021. With most of the votes counted Lasso, a former banker, had a lead over economist Andres Arauz, a protege of former President Rafael Correa.(AP Photo/Angel Dejesus)

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Conservative elected to lead Ecuador; runoff set in Peru

by Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press, and Gonzalo Solano Associated PressApril 12, 2021

FILE - In this April 1, 2020, file photo, a pedestrian walks past graffiti that reads "Rent Strike" in Seattle's Capitol Hill neighborhood. The White House announced Tuesday, Sept. 1, that the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention would act under its broad powers to prevent the spread of the coronavirus. The measure would forbid landlords from evicting anyone for failure to pay rent, providing the renter meets criteria. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)

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Critics: Eviction ban may only delay wave of homelessness

by Michael Casey Associated Press, and Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressSeptember 2, 2020

Jerry A Mann, second from right, is held by his grandmother, Sylvia Rubio, as he is tested for COVID-19 by the San Antonio Fire Department at a free walk-up test site set up to help underserved and minority communities in San Antonio, Thursday, May 14, 2020. Texas attorney general Ken Paxton has warned officials in San Antonio, Austin and Dallas that the cities could face lawsuits if they do not relax coronavirus measures he says go further than state law allows. (AP Photo/Eric Gay)

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Virus testing US hospitals

by Michael Kunzelman Associated Press, Regina Garcia Cano Associated Press, and Morgan Lee Associated PressMay 14, 2020

Former Baltimore mayor Catherine Pugh leaves U.S. District Court in Baltimore on Thursday.

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Ex-mayor pleads guilty in fraud case

by Brian Witte Associated Press, and Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressNovember 21, 2019

Baltimore Mayor Catherine Pugh addresses a gathering during the annual meeting of the U.S. Conference of Mayors in Boston, June 8, 2018.

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Ex-mayor faces fraud, tax charges

by Brian Witte Associated Press, and Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressNovember 20, 2019

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Md. congressman Cummings dies at 68

by Brian Witte Associated Press, and Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressOctober 17, 2019

Alyse Sanchez and her husband, Elmer Sanchez, and five other couples have filed a lawsuit in U.S. District Court in Maryland arguing U.S. immigration authorities are luring couples to marriage interviews only to detain the immigrant spouses.

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Suit says feds using immigration marriage interviews as trap

by Regina Garcia Cano Associated PressOctober 8, 2019