Incumbent president Juan Orlando Hernández was declared the winner by 1.5%, but analysts cite evidence of sophisticated computer fraud. Opposition candidate Salvador Nasralla has flown to Washington DC for meetings Monday with the OAS and US State Department.

Three weeks after a botched election, street protests and allegations of fraud have heaped doubt on any chance of a credible result from the Nov 26 election. Long term instability could lead to a surge in migration, analysts warn.

The two nephews of Venezuela's first lady were sentenced Thursday in a New York court on cocaine charges. Defense lawyers argued for leniency saying they were "novices" who were lured into the drug trade as part of an effort to embarrass the Venezuelan government. Prosecutors say they exchanged gruesome text messages about drug-related murders.

Lawyers for Teodora del Carmen Vásquez, 34, argued that evidence overwhelmingly showed their client did not intentionally kill her baby 10 years ago. Vásquez was hoping to return to her 14-year-old son.

Arias thinks Trump is similarly undermining the possibility for a negotiated peace deal in the Middle East, and predicts the U.S. president's rash behavior will marginalize his government the same way Reagan's policy toward Central America did 30 years ago.

The number of U.S. Mexican immigrants decreased by 6%, from 2007 to 2015, according to a new survey of U.S. Census data by the Pew Research Center. Overall, the total U.S. immigrant population increased by 10% during those years.