U.S. Declares Central American Officials Ineligible for Visas Amid Rising Migrant Crisis
In a decisive move against corruption and in support of democratic governance in Central America, the United States has declared certain officials from the Dominican Republic (RD) and other...
Stories That Marked Latin America in 2023
The past 12 months saw the arrival of anti-establishment candidates in Argentina, Ecuador, and Guatemala, the rise of tensions between Venezuela and Guyana, and the Panama Canal drought that...
Panama Canal Drought Impacts Drug Traffickers’ Logistics
A fall in traffic through the Panama Canal resulting from a lack of rainfall could affect the distribution chain of trafficking networks that use this maritime corridor to move...
Mexico’s President Clarifies That 32 Abducted Migrants Were Freed, Not Rescued
Migrants from several countries abducted from a bus and held by armed men for days near Mexico’s border with Texas were released by their captors, not rescued as initially...
Mexican President Urges Congress to Help End Latin American Poverty Instead of Building Walls
Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador said on Wednesday the U.S. Congress should focus on investing in people instead of building walls, hours before he was set to meet...
Lawmakers Seek Solutions as Heavy Firearms Flood Costa Rica
Costa Rican legislators are urgently working to address the alarming proliferation of heavy firearms now circulating through criminal elements across the country. Members of the influential Security and Drug...
