Tag: <span>United States</span>

White House Rolls Out Details of New Cuba Policy

Top Story — The United States on Thursday announced the details of the partial restoration of economic ties with Cuba, a handful of regulatory changes set to take effect on […] Read More >

Cuba ‘Not Open for Business’ Just Yet

The United States and Cuba may be normalizing relations, but don’t expect a major trade boom for now. While the changes announced by President Obama will widen the types of […] Read More >

U.S., Cuba to Restore Diplomatic Ties, But Embargo Remains

The U.S. and Cuba will work to normalize diplomatic relations for the first time since 1961, President Obama said Wednesday, a major shift in policy that nonetheless falls short of […] Read More >

Sidestepping Congress, Obama Unveils Plan To Protect 5 Million From Deportation

Top Story — U.S. President Barack Obama on Thursday unveiled a three-part executive order on immigration that would protect up to five million undocumented immigrants from deportation, sidestepping a year […] Read More >

Activists and Journalists Struggle to Make Colombia’s War Visible in the U.S.

NEW YORK CITY — Diana Gómez and Shaira Rivera, two young women from Colombia, visited several U.S. universities this month to raise awareness about Colombia’s current peace negotiations to end […] Read More >

A Day on a New York City “Rocket Docket”

The minors and their guardians sit in the fluorescent-lit room and stare at the sketch on the whiteboard. The image represents a map of Mexico and the U.S. separated by […] Read More >

Nicaragua’s Ortega Sworn In For Third Term As President

Today in Latin America Top Story — Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega was sworn in Tuesday to his third five-year term as the Central American nation’s president amid calls that the […] Read More >

Immigration Drove Population Growth Over Last Decade In U.S., Says Census Bureau

Today in Latin America Top Story — The United States Census Bureau released estimates on Monday that showed that the U.S. population grew to somewhere between 306 million and 313 million […] Read More >

Chile Hands Over Highly Enriched Uranium To the United States

Today in Latin America Top Story — Chile became one of the first countries to hand over highly enriched uranium (HEU) from its nuclear reactors to the United States for […] Read More >

United States and Cuba Meet to Discuss Immigration Issues and Detained American Citizen

Today in Latin America Top Story — U.S. and Cuban officials held talks in Havana over the weekend that focused on improving government regulation of immigration between the two countries. […] Read More >