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://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://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 »
https://abcnews.go.com/International/canada-india-relations-strain-killing-sikh-separatist-leader/story?id=10337 Recently there has been a huge diplomatic dispute between Canada and India over the death of a Sikh separatist leader near Vancouver. In response the countries have expelled one of the other’s diplomats and India has suspended visa processing for Canadian citizens. Ties between the two countries are left strained after Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau said publicly that… Read more »
https://www.cfr.org/backgrounder/china-influence-latin-america-argentina-brazil-venezuela-security-energy-bri Over the last twenty years, China has established strong security and commercial relations with multiple countries in Latin America, specifically Brazil and Venezuela. Nevertheless, the US is concerned about the Chinese government’s expanding influence on the Southern part of the Americas. Recently China’s role in Latin and South America has grown exponentially fast. In 2000 less than 2% of… Read more »
Link to Article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2023/6/3/south-america-a-hard-road-to-unity Twelve South American countries came together in Brazil in an attempt to build relations for a continental unification. These efforts were led by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva. Despite diverse ideologies between the countries Lula hoped to rebuild the UNASUR, the union of South American Nations. He believes that South American leaders should put… Read more »
