The U.S. Government announced the revocation of visas for some Venezuelan officials allegedly involved in violations of human rights and repression of protests by opposition groups. 

The U.S. government “vigorously” condemned the arrest of approximately one hundred members of the Cuban dissident group Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White). 

The U.S. Department of Justice is gathering information to request the extradition of criminal chieftains. 

U.S. Senator Marco Rubio called on President Obama to take immediate action to impose visa bans and asset freezes on Venezuelan officials and their families involved in the brutal crackdown of peaceful protestors by the Maduro administration. 

A majority of the Uruguayan population does not approve receiving prisoners from the U.S. Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a decision made by the government of President José Mujica to help the US government in closing the prison there. 

The Central American child-migrant crisis is “one of the greatest tragedies” says Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís.  Others called it a “humanitarian emergency” and a “social catastrophe.” 

Uruguay’s president José Mujica delivered a message from Barak Obama to Cuba’s Raul Castro. 

Hundreds of unaccompanied children from Central America have entered the U.S. illegally and are “overwhelming American border authorities.” 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged President Barack Obama to ease the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, according to excerpts from her memoir. 

The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza praised the deal Uruguay made to welcome six inmates of Guantanamo Bay, and said the rest of Latin America can also help to resolve the future of those individuals detained there.