A majority of the Uruguayan population does not approve receiving prisoners from the U.S. Base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, a decision made by the government of President José Mujica to help the US government in closing the prison there. 

The Central American child-migrant crisis is “one of the greatest tragedies” says Costa Rica’s President Luis Guillermo Solís.  Others called it a “humanitarian emergency” and a “social catastrophe.” 

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.