Issue Aug 13-19 2025: The White House has secretly asked the Pentagon to prepare for military operations against Mexican drug cartels, a move described as the most aggressive escalation yet in Washington’s anti-drug strategy.

Issue Aug 01-12 2025: Guatemalans in the U.S. with illegal status may not be able to participate in regularization programs if they have a criminal record, if the Dignity Law is approved.

Issue Aug 01-12 2025: The governing right argues that its initiative seeks to counter the violence of organized crime, while Correa’s party maintains that the measure implies the irreversible loss of the country’s sovereignty.

Issue Aug 01-12 2025: A U.S. State Department report indicates that human rights conditions in Venezuela have significantly worsened following the 2024 presidential election.

–Researched and Written by Dane Crandall— Issue Jul 01-31 2025: President Trump has announced that his administration will impose a 50% tariff on Brazilian imports effective August 1st.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: On August 1, the United States imposed a 50% tariff on Brazil, posing a significant threat to the nation’s coffee exportation industry.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: There is some hope that the return of these immigrants will boost economies if countries look for ways to leverage the knowledge they have acquired after living in the United States.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: President Bukele of El Salvador convinced the Trump Administration to drop charges against a notorious gang leader, undoing the work of Trump’s own 2019 joint task force designed to combat the Mara Salvatrucha 13 (MS-13) gang.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: A new memorandum signed by the U.S. President Donald Trump will work to toughen financial and travel restrictions and other U.S. policies towards Cuba.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: A group of Ecuadorians, illegally residing in the United States, were returned to Ecuador.