Presidents from El Salvador, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Honduras, and Panama were all in attendance during Pope Francis’s visit in Panama City. Unsurprisingly, President of Nicaragua Danny Ortega did not make the pilgrimage. “Our trip was very long but it was worth it because we came here to Panama City because of our faith, our Christian …
Category: Guatemala
Central American US-Asylum Seekers To Be Sent Back To Mexico Today
After making several threats to do so, the Trump administration today will begin shipping Central American US-asylum seekers back to Mexico. This move is especially important to the White House amidst the ongoing record-breaking government shutdown in the United States, where the predominant issue is the President’s $5.7bn border wall. Officials from Mexico’s foreign ministry …
Exporting Pollution? How Automobiles from the United States are”recycled”
As is the case in many developing countries, environmental regulations are considerably more lax than in richer countries. And as a result, it’s not uncommon for rich countries, like the United States, to ‘donate’ used buses or other automobiles with expired utility to developing countries, like Guatemala, which lack either the financial, infrastructural or industrial …
Trump & VP Pence At Odds Over US Policy Toward Northern Triangle
Few issues have been as controversial and consistently covered by US news media in the last year than immigration. This week, US President Donald Trump suggested yet again his interest in reviewing our financial relationship with the countries of the Northern Triangle – El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras – in light of developing reports of …
US Legislators Urge Action Against Guatemala
The constitutional crisis taking place in Guatemala is rapidly worsening, and legislators in Washington are taking notice. 47 US Dems ask Trump to sanction Guatemala government WASHINGTON (AP) — A group of 47 Democratic members of Congress urged President Donald Trump on Thursday to impose sanctions on corrupt officials in the government of Guatemala and …