Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/1/10/us-slaps-new-sanctions-on-nicaragua-on-ortegas-inauguration-day On Monday, January 10th, 2022, the United States imposed new sanctions on Nicaraguan officials, including re-elected President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo. The US Department of the Treasury released a statement, which discussed their newly imposed sanctions on 6 Nicaraguan officials over violent accusations, misinformation, and the targeting of independent media. In… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/1/14/russia-threatens-latin-america-troop-deployments-amid-us-tensions On January 13th, 2022, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov stated that he cannot ‘confirm nor exclude’ the possibility of Russia sending military assets to different parts of Latin America if the United States and its allies don’t cut down their military activities in Ukraine. This refusal to rule out military deployments to Cuba and Venezuela… Read more »
Link to article: https://allafrica.com/stories/202112080494.html The governments of Guyana and Ghana have signed a cooperation agreement to materialize the ‘growing and strategic’ partnership between the two countries. Memoranda of Understanding (MoU) in the Petroleum and Investment sectors were signed on December 7, 2021. This comes after a 3-day visit from the Vice President of Ghana to Georgetown, Guyana. This signing has… Read more »
According to Mexico’s foreign ministry, Mexican and US foreign development agencies are going to work alongside each other to address the cause of migration from Guatemala, Honduras, and El Salvador. This project, which was announced on Wednesday, is going to bring together the Mexican Agency for International Development Cooperation, and the United States Agency for International Development. According to data… Read more »
Link to article: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/12/10/incoming-honduras-government-to-keep-taiwan-ties-for-now-officials As of December 10th, 2021, the Honduran government will maintain diplomatic ties with Taiwan. This decision comes a day after Nicaragua broke off ties with Taipei to create ties with Beijing. The diplomatic choice comes after recent international sanctions against Managua. Before she was elected, the Honduran president said she would open diplomatic ties with China…. Read more »
