Uruguay’s president José Mujica delivered a message from Barak Obama to Cuba’s Raul Castro. 

Hundreds of unaccompanied children from Central America have entered the U.S. illegally and are “overwhelming American border authorities.” 

Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton urged President Barack Obama to ease the U.S. economic embargo against Cuba, according to excerpts from her memoir. 

The OAS Secretary General, José Miguel Insulza praised the deal Uruguay made to welcome six inmates of Guantanamo Bay, and said the rest of Latin America can also help to resolve the future of those individuals detained there. 

A political consensus against trade with communist Cuba that has prevailed in Washington for half a century is showing signs of cracking. 

The U.S. government denied again that it has had anything to do with alleged plots reported by Venezuela. 

The United States criticized Cuban censorship after Cubans were blocked from an independent website that is challenging the state monopoly on news on the island. 

Cuba has arrested four Miami-based Cuban exiles suspected of planning attacks on military installations with the goal of promoting anti-government violence on the island. 

The US government has begun a competitive project on reducing child labor and improving labor rights and working conditions in Honduras, “particularly in the agricultural areas of southern Honduras and in the San Pedro Sula area.” 

Iran’s influence in the Triple Border Area (TBA) of Argentina, Brazil and Paraguay has raised security concerns for the U.S. government.