The Iranian Foreign Minister wrote to the UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, addressing movements by the United States in the Caribbean Sea.

Due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the government of the United States has decided to extend the partial closure of the border with Mexico until June 22.

Though lower instances of homicides and robberies have been touted as a positive side effect of quarantine around the world, other forms of crime are adapting to and even growing under the same confinement.

On May 9th, Peruvian President Martín Vizcarra spoke by phone with U.S. President Donald Trump, primarily discussing the economic challenges that will present themselves after the Covid-19 pandemic.

Following a failed incursion into Venezuela, led by former members of the US military who sought to overthrow the government of Nicolás Maduro, US President Donald Trump denied official involvement and stated that any US intervention in Venezuela would occur through a military “invasion.”

According to the Instituto Guatemalteco de Migración, new sanitation protocols have been applied to flights arriving in Guatemala with deportees from the United States.

The ambassador for the United States in Mexico, Christopher Landau, noted that due to the sanitary emergency, both governments have restricted movement through their common border via land, only allowing “essential journeys.”

The U.S. government has not lowered its guard with its prosecution against Nicolás Maduro and his affiliates.

The United States has significantly increased its military presence on the coasts of Latin America to fight drug trafficking.

Disagreements between Guatemala and the United States influenced by the coronavirus make it difficult to return deportees.