The U.S. Customs and Border Protection released data that showed a spike in illegal crossings from January to May of 2021.

Extreme heat waves in the southern U.S. are not uncommon and can kill migrants in the desert. Guatemala’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs warned that forecasts of intense heat “greatly increase the risk of death.”

United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced a four-year, four-billion-dollar aid plan to Honduras, El Salvador, and Guatemala.

In anticipation of US Vice President Harris’s visit to Guatemala, CBS News reported on reforms that could come out of the meeting, including the potential installation of the first resource center for migrants that will support migrants in their countries of origin.

In his press conference at the National Palace, President Andrés Manuel López Obrador communicated that he is extremely satisfied that Vice President Harris is visiting Mexico and “that we examine matters important to our people groups and our countries.”

Carlos Saladrigas, director of the Cuba Study Group, continued to urge US President Joe Biden to improve US-Cuban relations in an interview with Spanish newspaper El País.

In an announcement on Thursday, May 27 , Vice President Kamala Harris gave details about the United States’ economic program for several Central American countries that notably excludes Nicaragua.

The director of Migration, Ángeles Arriola, commented on Tuesday that around 7,000 Paraguayans traveled to the United States in May, a number that could continue to increase with the possibility of a vaccination against COVID-19.

President Biden’s administration is thrilled and hopeful about working with Guatemala to reduce the region’s migration because the country and its president, Alejandro Giammattei, have vowed to confront the region’s challenges.

While the implementation of the new board of directors of the National Electoral Council is a first step to achieving democracy in Venezuela, more international pressure is needed to better the political situation of the country.