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Haiti refuses to open key border crossing with Dominican Republic in spat over canal

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 »

Panama, Costa Rica agree to a plan to speed migrants passing through from Darien Gap

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 »

Venezuelan migrants who are applying for temporary legal status in the US say it offers some relief

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 »

What diplomatic implications do Gustavo Petro’s statements have about Isreal and Hamas?

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 »

El Salvador Presidential Elections 2024: How possible is Bukele’s Re-election?

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 »

Colombians held over Ecuador presidential candidate’s murder slain in jail

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 »