"President Biden hosted officials from 11 countries in the Western Hemisphere (November 3) for a meeting intended in part to address the historic flow of migrants in the region by bolstering the economies of Mexico, Ecuador, Panama and other countries." — The New York Times, November 4, 2023 "There is growing consensus on Capitol Hill and at the White House that any deal to fund foreign wars, and possibly the entire government, must include significant new measures to address the U.S.-Mexico border." — The New York Times, November 9, 2023 "Illegal border crossing from Mexico fell 14 percent in October from a month earlier," The Associated Press reported November 14, "ending a three-month streak of big increases." "The Republican chairman of the bipartisan House Ethics Committee introduced a resolution (November 17) to expel Representative George Santos (R) of New York from Congress, citing the committee's damning new report documenting violations of House rules and evidence of pervasive campaign fraud." — The New York Times, November 18, 2023 "Florencia en el Amazonas" premiered November 16 at the Metropolitan Opera in New York City, where about a quarter of the residents speak Spanish at home. It became the Met's first Spanish language work "in nearly a century, the first full-length and the first to have been written by a composer from Latin American." — The New York Times, November 18, 2023 "President Biden pressed the Chinese leader, Xi Jinping (November 15) to crack down on the Chinese firms ... supplying the bulk of materials used in illegal drug labs, including in Mexico, now the largest exporter of fentanyl to the United States." — The New York Times, November 16, 2023 "Miss Nicaragua Sheynnis Palacios won the Miss Universe competition (November 18) in El Salvador, the first to wear the crown from her country." — The Associated Press, November 19, 2023 "Bolivia has severed relations with Israel over its strikes on Gaza," while Chile and Colombia recalled their ambassadors. — The New York Times, November 2, 2023