https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/what-us-policy-israeli-palestinian-conflict The decades-long conflict between Israelis and Palestinians is rooted in competing claims to the Holy Land and includes disputes over borders, Jerusalem, security, and Palestinian refugees. The United States has long sought a solution to the conflict that results in two states but hasn’t moved to restart negotiations. The US interests in the Israeli-Palestinian dispute and the Middle East… Read more »
Link to article: Former Haitian senator pleads guilty in US court to charges related to Haiti president’s killing | AP News Former Haitian senator, John Joel Joseph plead guilty for charges regarding the 2021 assassination of former President Jovenel Moïse. After reaching an agreement with the government, he changed his plea, and if he cooperates, he could potentially lessen his… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/haiti-dominican-republic-2b7078c8e7f46d1763c683796fee542e?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola The Dominican Republic has announced that they are opening trade on the border with Haiti for essential products such as food and medicine. The ban on Haitian citizens entering the country is still active. Ever since a few weeks ago, when the Dominican Republic closed all borders with Haiti due to the dispute over the canal… Read more »
Link to article: https://apnews.com/article/mexico-migrant-transit-centers-us-a64fe4c26f95a68e6d3b6ddebc3cee49?utm_source=RecoReel&utm_medium=articlePage&utm_id=Taboola Mexico has rejected the US’ request to set up migrant transit centers. President Andrés Manuel López Obrador says that the reason for this was because said centers belong in countries that are sources of migration, despite the amount of people who move from Mexico to America. López Obrador has stated that he wants to talk to… Read more »
Many presidential candidates in Ecuador have pledged to use their military forces to halt the spread of drugs in their ports. These drug exports have mostly been cocaine which has been smuggled through mainly bananas with Ecuador being the world’s biggest banana exporter moving 6,500 containers of bananas each week. Cocaine has also been found with tuna, hollowed-out pineapples, and… Read more »
