Issue Aug 20-26 2025: Correos de Guatemala announced on Monday, August 25, that it will suspend all shipments to the United States beginning Tuesday, August 26.

Issue Aug 13-19 2025: The Trump administration has ordered the deployment of three U.S. destroyers—the USS Gravely, the USS Jason Dunham, and the USS Sampson, all of which are equipped with guided missiles, AEGIS antiaircraft defense systems and long-range offensive capability—to the waters off the Venezuelan coast.

Issue Aug 13-19 2025: President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva must not submit to the disinformation campaign being led by United States President Donald Trump, especially as it supports the radicalized faction of Jair Bolsonaro’s movement in Brazil.

Issue Aug 13-19 2025: Volatile negotiation platforms and unfair demands create constant instability in trade between the United States and Mexico.

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.