By Suha Abrahim In 2024 Trump made combatting illegal immigration a large focus of his campaign. He hasstated, “Illegal immigrants have allowed crime rates to rise, and jobs have been taken from U.S.citizens.” As immigration raids have continued to escalate, many migrants have been stayinghome from work. This is affecting employers who rely on foreign... Continue Reading →
By Cora Kirby The Trump administration is continuing its deportation efforts and sent undocumented immigrants to Panama this week. A military plane left California on Wednesday night with more than 100 migrants from countries including Afghanistan, China, Pakistan, and Uzbekistan. This development comes after a recent meeting in Panama between President José Raúl Mulino of... Continue Reading →
By Suha Abrahim Earlier this week the US and Mexico reached a deal to pause tariffs. Mexican president Claudia Sheinbaum agreed to send troops to combat drug trafficking while Trump promised to “prevent the trafficking of high-powered weapons to Mexico”. With only two legal gun stores in Mexico, cartel violence has continued to rise over... Continue Reading →
By Jose Aguilar This week, Panamanian authorities stated that the number of migrants crossing through their country decreased by 35% between January and September 2024, compared to the same period in 2023. This is due to the increased security measures implemented by the new administration in Panama, led by President Jose Raul Mulino, who started... Continue Reading →
By Jose Aguilar On Tuesday, Nicaragua stripped the citizenship of 135 political prisoners that were released to Guatemala earlier this month. The Nicaraguan government stated that the released prisoners engaged and were convicted of acts that they consider “criminal.” According to the Nicaraguan government, these acts went against the country’s sovereignty, independence, and self-determination. In... Continue Reading →
Written by Jose Aguilar | March 25, 2024 Cuban Protestors Protests have taken place in at least four cities across different provinces. The protests are due to Cuba's unprecedented inflation and prolonged energy outages. This year's protests are similar to those in 2021. Multiple reasons explain the island's economic crisis. The state-controlled economy in communist... Continue Reading →
Written by Jose Aguilar | March 14 2024 Juan Orlando Hernándes Alvarado On Friday, March 8th, a jury in a Southern District of New York found Juan Orlando Hernandez guilty on all counts. The former president of Honduras faces a minimum sentence of 40 years. The brother of Hernandez, Antonio “Tony” Hernandez was also convicted... Continue Reading →
Written by Jose Aguilar | February 18, 2024 The Houthis in Yemen are disrupting global trade through the Suez Canal due to geopolitical factors, which caused ships to divert around the African continent. Global trade is disrupted on this continent, but for different reasons. In the Americas, climate change and droughts are reducing maritime traffic... Continue Reading →
The Guatemalan Congress has been increasing its targeted attacks against the President-elect, Bernardo Arevalo, aiming to strip him as well as members of his party of their political immunity. These attacks are a direct attack against Guatemala's democracy and rule of law.
Honduras and China are working out the conditions for a Free Trade Agreement and recently met to discuss both this and Honduras' participation in the Shanghai Import Fair.
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