Christopher Sherman, Author at Concord Monitor

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Younaika rests next to her mother Jertha Ylet, who was injured in the earthquake one week prior, at the Immaculate Conception Hospital, also known as the General Hospital of Les Cayes, Haiti, on Sunday. The 7.2 magnitude quake brought down their house in Camp-Perrin, killing Ylet’s father and two other relatives and seriously injuring her brother.

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Nowhere to go for Haiti quake victims upon hospital release

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Evens Sanon Associated PressAugust 24, 2021

LES CAYES, Haiti — Orderlies pushed Jertha Ylet’s bed from the center of the hospital ward to one side so Dr. Michelet Paurus could plug in his electric saw. She was silent as the doctor cut off her plaster cast in measured strokes. Today she would…

Tourists stroll on the shore of Xcalacoco beach in Playa del Carmen, Quintana Roo state, in Mexico on Wednesday, amid the new coronavirus pandemic.

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Mexico sees holiday bump in tourism amid pandemic surge

by Emilio Espejel Associated Press, and Christopher Sherman Associated PressJanuary 12, 2021

Migrants from countries including Honduras, Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua, line up to receive a meal donated by volunteers from the U.S., at the foot of the bridge that crosses to Brownsville, Texas, in downtown Matamoros, Tamaulipas state, Mexico, Wednesday, June 26, 2019. Hundreds of migrants, some of whom have been in line for months, are awaiting their turn to request asylum in the U.S. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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Migrant says young family ignored advice against border swim

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Marcos Aleman Associated PressJune 27, 2019

Mexico's President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says Mexico will not respond to U.S. President Donald Trump's threat of coercive tariffs with desperation, but instead push for dialogue, during his daily morning press conference at the National Palace, in Mexico City, Friday, May 31, 2019. (AP Photo/Ginnette Riquelme)

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Mexico president: We won’t react desperately to Trump threat

by Christopher Sherman Associated PressMay 31, 2019

A migrant woman helps carry a handmade U.S. flag up the riverbank at the Mexico-U.S. border after getting past Mexican police at the Chaparral border crossing in Tijuana, Mexico, Sunday, Nov. 25, 2018, as a group of migrants tries to reach the U.S. The mayor of Tijuana has declared a humanitarian crisis in his border city and says that he has asked the United Nations for aid to deal with the approximately 5,000 Central American migrants who have arrived in the city. (AP Photo/Ramon...

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Migrants hit with tear gas at border

by Christopher Sherman Associated PressNovember 25, 2018

Central American migrants relax after eating breakfast at the Jesus Martinez stadium in Mexico City, Wednesday, Nov. 7, 2018. Central American migrants on Wednesday continued to straggle in for a rest stop at a Mexico City stadium, where about 4,500 continue to weigh offers to stay in Mexico against the desire of many to reach the U.S. border. (AP Photo/Rodrigo Abd)

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Central American migrants in Mexico want buses to U.S. borderCentral American migrants in Mexico want buses to U.S. border

by Maria Verza Associated Press, and Christopher Sherman Associated PressNovember 8, 2018

Migrants, who are part of a caravan of Central American migrants slowly making its way toward the U.S. border, rest on the rails in Arriaga, Mexico, on Friday.

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Migrant caravan members reject offer to stay in Mexico

by Christopher Sherman Associated PressOctober 27, 2018

A woman casts her vote inside a polling station covered by a red tarp, during general elections in Iztapalapa, Mexico City, Sunday, July 1, 2018. Sunday's elections for posts at every level of government are Mexico's largest ever and have become a referendum on corruption, graft and other tricks used to divert taxpayer money to officials' pockets and empty those of the country's poor. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)

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Mexico’s Obrador on brink of historic presidential victory

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Mark Stevenson Associated PressJuly 1, 2018

Mexican immigration officials distribute the first transit visas to some of the Central American migrants traveling with the annual Stations of the Cross caravan, at a sports club where they are camping out in Matias Romero, Oaxaca State, Mexico, Tuesday, April 3, 2018. On Monday, Mexican immigration officials began taking the names of people interested in filing for asylum, or temporary transit or humanitarian visas in Mexico. (AP Photo/Felix Marquez)

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Mexico starts giving caravan migrants transit visas

by Christopher Sherman Associated PressApril 4, 2018

In this March 14, 2018 photo, members of the Marquez family talk outside the temporary shelter where seven children and four adults from the family are living in a park, six months after an earthquake damaged the Multifamiliares Tlalpan housing complex, toppling one building, killing nine people, and leaving around 300 families in housing limbo waiting for the rest of the buildings to be either repaired or condemned, in Mexico City. Most residents have moved in with relatives or friends, but those remaining are gradually receiving some housing help in the form of temporary one-room shelters built with plywood or with wooden pallets covered by polycarbonate by the Practical Architecture Consultancy (known by its Spanish acronym CAP) and the nonprofit Techo. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell)

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6 months after Mexico quake some still camp outside homes

by Christopher Sherman Associated Press, and Rebecca Blackwell Associated PressMarch 19, 2018