https://www.independent.co.uk/news/mexico-ap-andres-manuel-lopez-obrador-mexico-city-guatemala-b2427441.html Mexico’s president says he rejected a U.S. request to set up migrant transit centers in Mexico despite neighboring Guatemala setting up their center, where migrants can apply for U.S. work and refugee visas. The reasoning behind the president’s decision lies in his preference to have such centers in countries that are the sources of migration, although a considerable number… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/dominican-republic-haiti-border-closed-open-canal-d6449c7363fe3ee1457d4f4a12ec10b3 Haiti has decide to not to meet with the Dominican Republic or reopen a key commercial border crossing. This is putting trade to a halt as well as prolonging a diplomatic crisis over the construction of a canal on Haitian soil. The Dominican president had shut down all borders in sort of a protest to the construction of the… Read more »
https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/rest-of-world/hackers-attack-guatemalan-government-webpages-in-support-of-pro-democracy-protests/articleshow/104433322.cms?from=mdr For almost two weeks Guatemalan protesters have been calling for the resignation of Attorney General Consuelo Porras. The citizens have reason to believe she is attempting to undermine the popular vote that made progressive Bernardo Arevalo president. Thousands of Indigenous people have made it abundantly clear that Porras and many different attorneys must resign due to their actions threatening… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/panama-costa-rica-migrants-buses-ad80274e210b42f56cbda540f66fbf39 Panamanian and Costa Rican Presidents agree to bus thousands of migrants through Panama to the Costa Rican border. The number of migrants moving through the Darien gap is increasing daily. By the end of this year half a million will have crossed the gap from Colombia to Panama. The dangerous walk has been reduced to be about 2 days… Read more »
https://apnews.com/article/temporary-protected-status-venezuelans-immigration-cf0063bfb10d371ffc1a9939b7fdf675 Some Venezuelans are receiving the opportunity to receive temporary legal status, making it easier to get authorization to work. “It can provide some kind of security and stability in the meantime while they are here in the U.S. At least 7.3 million people have left their country of Venezuela in the past 10 years because of political, economic, and… Read more »
https://latinamericanpost.com/45504-what-diplomatic-implications-do-gustavo-petros-statements-have-about-israel-and-hamas Colombian president Gustavo Petro is being heavily criticized after sharing his controversial opinion on the Isreali and Palestianian conflict. He has published multiple posts to Twitter showing is support and has no problem letting it be known. He is also receiving criticism for comparing the situation in Gaza to the Auschwitz concentration camp, which is provoking harsh responses from… Read more »
Link to article: https://latinamericanpost.com/45300-el-salvador-presidential-elections-2024-how-possible-is-bukeles-re-election Thousands of Salvadorians are worried for the future of their country if it continues to be run under President Nayib Bukele. They protested at the capital , wanting to be heard. The president has been under much controversy since 2021 after he adopted bitcoin as a legal tender, and people are questioining his abilities to run… Read more »
The Colombian leftist government will be spending $4.25 billion to buy some 1.5 million hectares (3.7 million acres) for poor farmers and displaced people. The government is doing this to increase agriculture output and for peace efforts. This is to end Colombia’s six-decade conflict, which has killed more than 450,000 people. The long-lasting conflict has involved rebel groups, the Colombian… Read more »
The president of Mexico wants to meet with Joe Bien over growing concerns about migration and drug trafficking. This comes after a large number of migrants moved through Mexico causing the closure of a few U.S.- Mexico borders. Also, about 60 train runs of Mexico’s largest railway company because so many migrants hopped on them trying to get across the… Read more »
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/10/7/colombians-held-over-ecuador-presidential-candidates-murder-slain-in-jail Ecuadorian authorities have confirmed this week that six Colombian inmates at a jail in Ecuador were suspects of the murder of Ecuadorian anticorruption presidential candidate, Fernando Villavicencio. He was murdered earlier this year while leaving a campaign rally ahead of the first round of voting. He was considered to be one of Ecuadors biggest hopes when it came to… Read more »
