The reversal of Obama-era diplomacy with Cuba continues to be further amplified by President Trump.

Remittances to Honduras increased by 10.1 percent in the first three months of 2019. 

The cautious response of Mexico’s president, Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), of “love and peace” towards Trump’s threat of closing the borders has caused controversy in the country. 

The Department of State has published a black list of 24 Guatemalans, Hondurans, and Salvadorans who are unwelcome in the United States.

Mexico will start applying tariffs to more products from the United States in retaliation for those Trump imposed on steel and aluminum.

Russian troops are deployed in Venezuela, in support of Nicolás Maduro.

President Donald Trump has officially ordered the suspension of funds to the countries of the Northern Triangle—El Salvador, Guatemala, and Honduras—because he believes they are not doing what they should be to help slow the trail of migrants headed towards the United States.

Opioids such as Oxycontin are causing a public health crisis in the U.S., and have made their way to the Argentine market as well.

A recent loosening on Nicaragua travel restrictions for Cubans has resulted in thousands jumping at the chance to travel northward and seek political asylum in the United States.

A caravan comprised of 1,200 immigrants from Honduras, Guatemala, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Haiti, and Cuba started its journey up north in Tapachula, located on the border between México and Guatemala.