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When Guatemala Makes Incursion, OAS Investigations Are Risky
When Guatemala Makes Incursion, OAS Investigations Are Risky posted (September 19, 2025) The Secretary General of the OAS, Albert Ramdin is in Belize for diplomatic week - and today, after taking part in a Trade and Investment Dialog, he held a...
Governance, leadership, political labels, more
We deserve bold leaders with clarity As a longtime resident of Huntington and a taxpayer who believes in the rule of law, I’m writing to express a growing concern shared by many in our community. We are watching policies unfold at the national and...

Belize Condemns Statements Made by Guatemalan President Calling Belize Aggressors
As the OAS seeks peace talks, Guatemala’s President, Bernardo Arevalo, has told his citizens this week, that Belize are the aggressors at the Sarstoon. It is a statement that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has condemned, and one that Minister...

OAS Declines to Condemn Guatemala Despite Regional Criticism
While Belize condemns the hostilities from the Guatemalan Armed Forces, and while the Caribbean Community and the COPPPAL has also issued a statement of disapproval, the OAS says it is not in a position to condemn the actions of Guatemala. Albert...

Officials from Belize and Guatemala to Meet Over Border Incidents
As both countries remain at odds and await furtherance at the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Love News understands that the Minister of National Defence and Border Security, Oscar Mira is slated to meet with Guatemalan officials shortly. It...

US judge blocks Trump government from deporting unaccompanied kids to Guatemala
A FEDERAL judge blocked US President Donald Trump’s administration on Thursday from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone back to their home country. The decision by US District Judge Timothy J Kelly comes...

Former Mexican President Felipe Calderón shares insight into the impact of bureaucracy, Adam Smith Center releases research findings
As a global leader, former Mexican President Felipe Calderón has seen how red tape can hinder economic growth and impact public policy. Calderón, who is now a senior leadership fellow at FIU’s Adam Smith Center for Economic Freedom, recently...

Boston film festival puts a spotlight on Latino diversity and resiliency
In the United States, civil disobedience can look like marches, sit-ins and boycotts. But for a youth group in Ciudad Peronia, a town 12 miles outside of Guatemala City, political activism looks much more theatrical. “There was this extraordinary...

Wisconsin lawmakers clash over bill barring undocumented immigrants from Medicaid
A state senator is apologizing after he and another Democratic lawmaker incorrectly said a former Milwaukee teacher's aide had died after being deported, statements they made during a committee hearing that devolved into a shouting match. State...

Latin American cultural festival returns to Ting Pavalion this weekend
Cville Sabroso will return to Charlottesville for its 13th year and hope to provide a showcase of Latin American culture amidst a challenging year for the Immigrant community nationwide. CHARLOTTESVILLE (CVILLE RIGHT NOW) — Cville Sabroso, a Latin...

KU hosts conference, online presentations on colonialism in Central America
LAWRENCE — Indigenous and Afro-Central American leaders from all seven Central American countries presented June 26-27 about the current situation of their groups in historical perspective at a symposium led by the University of Kansas Center for...

Roosevelt high school grad detained by ICE agrees to self-deport to Guatemala after being held for months in Texas
Alvaro Castro Velasquez had just finished his coursework at Roosevelt High School before he was detained by ICE in June. Provided by Shawn Wightman After living in ICE detention in Texas for months, a Roosevelt High School graduate has decided to...

Fed judge blocks deportation of Guatemalan children from US
A federal judge on Thursday blocked President Donald Trump's administration from immediately deporting Guatemalan migrant children who came to the US alone back to their home country, the latest step in a court struggle over one of the most...

‘Inhumane’: Mass deportations ensnare noncriminal immigrants
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — When Juan and Madison Pestana went on their first date in 2023, Juan vowed to always keep a bouquet of fresh flowers on the kitchen table. For nearly two years, he did exactly that. Their love story was a whirlwind: She was an...

Migrants stuck in Mexico City consider a journey reversal as passage north ebbs
By Dudley Althaus | Edited by Dianne Solis & Alfredo Corchado MEXICO CITY — With late morning traffic surging, Yudelis Ferreira slips out of the migrant shelter with her three young children, heading for another day hawking popsicles in the...

US Judge Blocks Expulsion of Guatemalan Children
On September 18, a federal judge in Washington, DC issued a preliminary injunction blocking the removal of unaccompanied Guatemalan children, at least 76 of whom the Trump administration attempted to summarily expel in the middle of the night last...

10 Latinx-Led Spirits Brands To Support This Hispanic Heritage Month
Fermented pineapple is behind the fruity freshness of tepache, a beloved if lesser-known Mexican spirit now available in U.S. markets from Tepache Sazón. Tepache Sazón Some of the world’s most recognizable drinks find their origins in Latin...

Belize Addressing Tensions with Guatemala at the Sarstoon Diplomatically
Belize has been responding diplomatically to recent Guatemalan military incursions into its southern waters following two incidents on September 10 and 13 at the Sarstoon River. The Guatemalan navy claims the entire river belongs to their country....

Junior H’s Sensual & Glamorous ‘Culpable’ & More Best New Music Latin
New Music Latin is a compilation of the best new Latin songs and albums recommended by Billboard and Billboard Español editors. Check out this week’s picks below. Explore See latest videos, charts and news Alejandro Sanz & Rels B, “No Me Tires...

Judge says DOJ misled to deport Guatemalan kids
What happened A federal judge Thursday indefinitely barred the Trump administration from deporting hundreds of Guatemalan children, some of whom endured a failed bid to fly them out of the country in the middle of the night over Labor Day weekend....