Thousands of Guatemalan migrants have obtained identification documents, a key step toward voting abroad for Guatemalans living around the world.

A couple and their nine-year-old son detained shortly after illegally crossing the U.S.-Mexico border allege that they were detained illegally and suffered inhumane treatment at the hands of the Department of Homeland Security.

The United States recently announced more facilities where migrants from Central America can apply for refugee status or asylum. Yet the procedure is not so simple and requires painstakingly following a complicated series of legal steps.

The Commercial Office of Peru in New York (OCEX) recommends that Peruvian exporters who want to sell their products directly in the United States should look to the holiday whose sales represent nearly 20% of total sales throughout the year in that country.

Former Cuban president Fidel Castro, who turns 90 this month, called for the preservation of peace and warned that “the human species faces the greatest risk of its history.”  No great power should have the right to kill millions of people, he wrote in an article published on an official site. 

Krispy Kreme Doughnuts currently has more than 1,000 retail shops in 27 countries. 

Building a wall along the border, deporting immigrants and engaging in commercial war against Mexico are some of the promises by the US presidential candidate, and over 50% of Mexicans believe that he will go through with them if elected.

Colombia is being overwhelmed by immigrants, mainly from Cuba and Haiti, who are heading to the USA via Panama.

The governments of the United States and Costa Rica announced that Costa Rica would begin hosting Central American refugees as part of a protection transfer arrangement with the U.N. refugee agency, UNHCR, and the International Organization for Migration.

This past month, the United States and Cuba celebrated the one-year anniversary of the resurgence of the Cuban embassy in Washington, D.C., after nearly half a century of absence.