The United Nations Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean announced details of a new plan for the Mexico – northern Central America trade zone in a recent meeting with Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador, emphasizing how its person-centered focus sets it apart from previous plans.

Eight countries in the region have enacted similar laws of the same nature as the one under deliberation in the Costa Rican Congress.

As “coyotes” continue to transport people from Honduras, Guatemala, and El Salvador to the United States, border patrol officers are arresting migrants.

The United Nations has estimated that around 3.7 million people from Venezuela have left the country in search of a better life.

Gonzalo Rodríguez, Vice Minister of the Fight Against Contraband, has announced the expansion of advanced military posts to fight contraband on the Chilean border.

The former president and fugitive from justice receives $2,739 monthly from the Nicaraguan Chancellery.

The national office of labor inspection in Peru declared that the immigration of Venezuelans has impacted the labor market in Peru.

Luis Almagro, Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), demanded that the Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega fulfill his promise to liberate all political prisoners.

Being a direct neighbor of the United States, Mexico has seen a significant increase in its own citizens as well as Central Americans leaving for its northern neighbor with the hope of finding better opportunities.

A group of 367 migrants was stopped on April 21 as they made their way to the border with the United States.