The development is driven by the approval of two pesticides used in quinoa cultivation. 

Referring to the problem of thousands of Cubans migrating through Central America, Costa Rica’s president Luis Guillermo Solis says, “The problem is being resolved.”

Nicaraguan citizens believe that the government’s decision to impede the entry of migrating Cubans is incorrect and that it affects them, as well. 

The Auxiliary Bishop, Victor Masalles, recognized that the U.S. ambassador in the Dominican Republic, James (Wally) Brewster, is correct when he refers to corruption in the D.R..

Guatemalan officials have passed legislation criminalizing the activities of a coyote, a human smuggler who for years has helped Latinos reach the United States illegally and participated in human trafficking. 

With the recent rise in Cuban emigration and the misconception that traveling by sea to the US in search of asylum is no longer an option, Cubans are flooding to Central America, making for a legitimate ongoing crisis spanning from Ecuador to Mexico.

In Barack Obama’s first term in office his government attempted to find common ground with Brazil and other left-leaning governments in the region.  Yet this attitude was tested in regards to events in Central America.

Venezuelan Parliament president, Diosdado Cabello, said that President Nicolás Maduro is being “attacked everywhere” and he denounced the “American empire” for these alleged attacks against the Chavista government.

Intelligentsia Coffee (GSI), an American company that buys special coffee worldwide, recently toured farms in Guatemala.

A total of 29 people were arrested in 13 cities across the country in an operation to dismantle a sex trafficking ring involving Mexican and Central American women in illegal brothels, announced the Office of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE).