The U.S. embassy denied the ruling party’s allegation of conspiring to break the majority in Congress, controlled by allies of President Nayib Bukele.

“We see that inflation expectations are very well anchored in the country,” said Nigel Chalk, acting director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund. He noted that Mexico “is recovering rapidly after the pandemic.”

Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro made several efforts to prevent Alex Saab, Colombian businessman and close ally to the Venezuelan government, from being extradited to the United States for money laundering.

U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken promised to broaden Washington’s relationships beyond security funding in the struggle to promote democracy in Latin America.

The administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has repeatedly asserted the end of the Merida Initiative, the security cooperation program between Mexico and the United States that aimed to combat the threat of drug trafficking for more than a decade.

The government admitted that groups identified as “para-statal” or “para-police” continue to operate in the country, causing “fear, anxiety and apprehension.”

The United States and Ecuador did not have a close relationship during the government of Rafael Correa. However, relations changed for the better in 2017, with the administration of Lenín Moreno.

Commercial trade between the U.S. and Honduras is expected to continue and develop further due to recent agreements between the countries’ trade officials.

Kevin Sullivan was accused of “interference in the affairs of our country” in a letter published in the pro-government media condemning the US ambassador.

Mexico and the United States have opened a new stage of their cooperation on security, focused on attacking the causes of drug trafficking and illegal migration, after the failure of a military anti-drug offensive deployed 13 years ago.