Central America

The Trump administration on Wednesday rescinded several Obama-era policies toward Cuba, while imposing tough sanctions against Venezuela and Nicaragua – as part of a new crackdown on what National Security Adviser John Bolton dubbed the “three stooges of socialism."

Thousands of migrants are heading toward the U.S.-Mexican border, hoping to gain permanent residency here even as the Trump administration tightens rules on detention and obtaining political asylum.

Sen. Lindsey Graham, R-S.C., said on Sunday that he is currently working on a drastic overhaul of the United States’ asylum laws in an effort to deal with the ongoing migration crisis at the country’s southern border with Mexico.

Hundreds of Honduran migrants boarded onto buses in the city of San Pedro Sula on before dawn on Wednesday and a set out in a caravan hoping to travel more than 2,450 miles to the United States.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom will head to El Salvador this month to meet with lawmakers to get to the root cause of why Central American migrants make the arduous journey to the United States.

Costa Rica’s Ministry of Health confirmed on Thursday positive measles cases in two of four American children who fell ill earlier this month.

The Coast Guard seized 18.5 tons of cocaine valued at $500 million in a series of operations in international waters, officials said. 

Four Americans and their local guide died after their raft capsized in the Naranjo River in Costa Rica. The group of tourists was with several others celebrating a bachelor party.

Four American tourists and a local guide were killed over the weekend when their raft overturned, and they were swept down the Naranjo river in Costa Rica, authorities said Sunday.