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U.S. Revokes Visa of Ex-President Óscar Arias, Celebrated Nobel Laureate
The U.S. government has revoked the visa of former Costa Rican President Óscar Arias, a Nobel Peace Prize winner, as of April 1, 2025, amid escalating tensions with China...
Trump Tariffs Updates: ‘Reciprocal’ Levies Shake Up Global Trade
US President Donald Trump announced a 10 percent “minimum baseline tariff” for all imports into the US, with dozens of countries hit with rates multiple times higher.
Trump’s tariffs trigger...
The Americas React to Trump’s Reciprocal Tariffs
Most leaders conveyed frustration or made requests to negotiate while some expressed gratitude for only getting the baseline rate.
On April 2, shortly after Donald Trump’s announcement of global reciprocal...
Panamanian Ex-Leader Martinelli Remains in The Nicaraguan Embassy After Window to Leave Expired
Panamanian ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, a convicted felon granted asylum by Nicaragua, remained inside that country’s embassy Friday more than a year after he first entered and a week after...
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Nicaraguan Officials Committed ‘Systematic Repression,’ UN Says
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The 54 officials “played key roles in arbitrary detentions, torture, extrajudicial executions" and persecution of civil society and the media, a United Nations report found.
The...
Hegseth Is to Travel to Panama for Meetings Following Trump’s Demands for The Canal
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will travel to Panama next week to meet with leaders of the Central American country following recent Trump administration allegations of Chinese interference in the...
