Todd Robinson, the US Ambassador to Guatemala expressed hope that Guatemala’s Congress would approve reforms before upcoming elections.  “We urge the judiciary to act quickly to solve pending legal matters,” the ambassador said.

To increase access to U.S markets, Uruguay is pushing its antibiotic-free meats which will appeal to a distinct audience of Americans.

The very image of the two countries’ flags being raised represents a huge advance in the thawing of relations between them. 

On July 20, Cuba reopened its embassy in Washington, “an event that was the result of Cuban resistance and Latin American pressure in recent years.” 

The Cuban government still demands that the United States lift the economic embargo and close the military base at Guantánamo Bay. 

The State Department’s annual human rights report for 2014 put Cuba and Venezuela on its “black list,” but also had plenty of criticism to pass around for other countries in the region.

According to Armando Monteiro, Minister of Development, Industry, and External Trade, Brazil’s president is seeking to normalize standards with the U.S.  and reboot relations.

Venezuelan Foreign Minister Delcy Rodríguez, and Diosdado Cabello, the President of the National Assembly, met with U.S. Department of State officials in Haiti with the aim of finding a way to improve relations between the two countries. 

More than 10,000 gang members remain in Salvadoran prisons and another 60,000 are estimated to be on the streets. 

You can excuse Argentine government officials if they seem like they’ve been gloating a bit lately. Turns out they got some “we told you so” news from an unlikely source: U.S. District Judge Thomas Griesa.