Mexican president ‘desperate’ to avoid US tax on remittances, GOP senator says

A Republican senator who is pushing legislation to tax remittances that Mexican citizens in the United States send to Mexico described Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum’s campaign to guide Mexicans from paying the taxes as a “desperate”...

UN expert calls for suspension on evictions in Guatemala as legal and humanitarian crises deepen

UN Special Rapporteur Balakrishan Rajagopal called on Friday for Guatemala to immediately suspend its “violent and inhumane” evictions amid concerns that they violate international law. Specifically, the UN expert is concerned that during the...

High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025

The High-level Political Forum on Sustainable Development (HLPF) 2025 concluded today after critical discussions spanning from 14 to 23 July 2025 in New York. The forum brought together world leaders, ministers, policymakers, and stakeholders to...

UN Denounces Guatemala Over ‘Inhuman’ Indigenous Evictions

The United Nations Special Rapporteur on the right to adequate housing, Balakrishnan Rajagopal, called on the Guatemalan government on Friday to halt the “inhuman” evictions of Indigenous people and poor farmers. Indigenous peoples make up 42% of...

Foreign Minister Held Meetings With Guatemalan Counterpart And

Guatemala raises US$1.5 billion in sovereign debt tap

Credit: Shutterstock/sunsinger The Republic of Guatemala has enlisted Alta (Guatemala) to raise US$1.5 billion in a sovereign debt tap. Subscribe to unlock unlimited access Get news, unique commentary, expert analysis and essential resources from...

Belize Talks National Issues with International Leaders

Earlier this week, Foreign Minister Francis Fonseca wrapped up a two-day visit to the Organization of American States headquarters in Washington, D.C. It was a high-level trip packed with important conversations, from border security to the...

UN expert calls for urgent moratorium on evictions: Guatemala

OHCHR GUATEMALA CITY – Guatemala must urgently place a moratorium on evictions until it is able to ensure adequate legal protections and end the widespread practice of violent and inhumane forced evictions and criminalisation, particularly of...

Cartel member sentenced after extradition from Guatemala

Theodore S. Hertzberg United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | Department of JusticeTheodore S. Hertzberg United States Attorney for the Northern District of Georgia | Department of Justice Pablo Tabares-Martinez, a...

Guatemalan woman who lives and works on Vermont dairy farm gets immigration reprieve — for now

As an organizer translated her remarks, a crowd of about 200 people who had gathered to support her cheered and chanted. “Sí se puede,” Bernardo said. “And united we stand strong.” According to her attorney, Brett Stokes, ICE agents told Bernardo...

Guatemala denies Chilean green-card holder was deported from US

(The Hill) – The Guatemalan government says it has no records that an 82-year-old Chilean man was deported to the Central American country, contrary to claims from his family in Pennsylvania. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pa., reported that Luis...

International News Briefs for Monday, July 21, 2025

HAVANA TIMES – Here are some of the top international news stories compiled by Democracy Now on Monday, July 21, 2025. Israeli Tanks & Snipers Kill 79 Palestinians at Aid Site in Northern Gaza Jul 21, 2025 Israeli forces killed at least 115...

Belize and Guatemala Foreign Ministers Meet in Washington

Earlier this week, we told you about a new twist in the Belize versus Honduras case at the International Court of Justice; Guatemala wants in. The ICJ has agreed to hear Guatemala’s application to intervene, and those oral proceedings are set for...

Guatemala denies that Chilean green-card holder from Allentown was deported from US

GUATEMALA CITY — The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean man from Allentown to the Central American country. The Morning Call reported Luis Leon, 82, a legal permanent resident of the United States who...

Guatemala denies Allentown grandfather was deported from the United States

The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean native to the Central American country. The Morning Call reported Luis Leon, 82, of Allentown — a legal permanent resident of the United States who won asylum in...

Guatemala denies that Chilean green-card holder was deported from the United States

GUATEMALA CITY (AP) — The Guatemalan government on Sunday denied that U.S. authorities deported a Chilean man to the Central American country. The Morning Call of Allentown, Pennsylvania, reported Luis Leon, 82, a legal permanent resident of the...

How 36 Mayan Women in Guatemala Came Together to Prosecute Their Attackers

These crimes happened during the darkest period of the war that consumed Guatemala for more than three decades. From 1982 to 1983, the country’s then-dictator, Efraín Ríos Montt, ordered his U.S.-supported military to eradicate guerrilla...

MK Party challenges Ramaphosa at ConCourt over Mchunu, and more from around the world

 Advocate Dali Mpofu during an urgent bid to challenge President Cyril Ramaphosa decisions on Minister Senzo Mchunu and the corruption Inquiry at Constitutional Court on July 30, 2025 in Johannesburg, South Africa. It is reported that President...

Connecticut teen arrested by ICE set to return to New England, attorney says

A New Haven teen who was arrested by federal immigration officials is expected to return to New England, according to his lawyer. Esdras R., 18, of New Haven was arrested on July 21 at his workplace in Southington under workplace enforcement...

Democrat politicians suspect Long Island prison illegally holding ICE detainees too long

Democrat lawmakers on Wednesday morning inspected the Long Island lockup where more than 1,400 Immigration and Customs Enforcement detainees have been held in the past five months, after jail staff initially tried to bar the politicians from...