America Guatemala A Guatemalan man pleaded guilty Wednesday in District Court in Laredo, Texas to a felony offense and acknowledged his involvement in attempt to illegally smuggle migrants to the US when a truck crashed in Mexico in 2021, killing over 50 migrants
America Colombia FARC dissident organization EMC declared in a statement that a guerrilla attack that killed 20 civilians in the southwest was a “regrettable incident” resulting from “errors in military maneuvering during combat”, civilian deaths “were not premeditated”
America Nicaragua Legal status of 12 organizations, including NGOs from the United States and Canada, has been revoked, bringing the total number of associations dissolved since 2018 to more than 5,700 amid Nicaragua's political crisis
America Mexico Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada announced 18 free fan festivals during the upcoming soccer World Cup, one in each of the city’s 16 boroughs, in addition to the FIFA-sponsored venue in the Zócalo, the main public square in the heart of the Historic Center
America Panama A new law puts weakens the protection of coral reefs: while previously any intervention or construction on reefs and seagrass beds was prohibited, the new law relaxes these restrictions
America Honduras On May Day march, labor organizations concluded their rallies by reading a manifesto outlining a series of demands from state authorities for a national development plan
America Uruguay A 7% increase has been set for gasoline and LPG, and 14% for diesel starting in May; The government decided to raise the price of Super 95 gasoline by 7%, respecting the upper limit of the price band, but by 14% for diesel 50S, exceeding the band
America Venezuela Nonstop commercial flight between Venezuela and the United States resumed seven years after the US Homeland Security Department ordered an indefinite suspension citing security concerns; Flight AA3599, operated by Envoy Air, landed in Caracas from Miami
America Belize Belize City Mayor Bernard Wagner has publicly indicated that he favors his son-in-law and current Deputy Mayor, Eluide Miller, as a potential successor
America Bolivia A series of 17th-century documents recently brought to attention by UNESCO reveal that the trafficking of Africans to exploit Bolivia’s Cerro Rico silver mines was the origin of the Black community in the country
America Dominica At the Annual General Meeting of the National Association of Youth in Agriculture, Parliamentary Secretary in the Ministry of Agriculture encouraged young people to see agriculture not as a non-option, a limitation, but as an opportunity for success
America Cuba This year's celebration for 1st May is highly symbolic: government has called for a march this under the slogan "The Homeland Defends Itself" with the main event at the José Martí Anti-Imperialist Tribune in an openly anti-American tone
America Canada Canada Strong Fund, the first ever national sovereign wealth fund will be launched with an initial endowment of $25-billion (€15,5 billion); PM says the investment will ensure all Canadians reap the rewards of government support for major new projects