ICJ to hear Guatemala’s bid to intervene in Belize-Honduras territorial dispute

The International Court of Justice (ICJ) has announced that it will hold oral hearings in November to determine whether Guatemala will be allowed to formally intervene in the ongoing territorial dispute between Belize and Honduras over the Sapodilla Cayes. …

New: That Claim About ICE Deporting an 82-Year-Old Legal Immigrant to Guatemala Just Got Much Weirder

Did the Trump administration arrest and deport an 82-year-old Chilean legal immigrant in poor health to Guatemala? That was the stunning claim that appeared on Friday as several different press outlets repeated a report from The Morning Call, a local …

BELIZE-BORDER-ICJ to hear Guatemala application

ICE deports 82-year-old Pa. man to Guatemala after he lost his green card

An 82-year-old Pennsylvania man was secretly deported to Guatemala after he attempted to have his lost green card replaced. The Morning Call reported that Luis Leon, of Allentown, went with his wife on June 20 to the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration …

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 1987 — …

Guatemala’s Government to defend fellow citizens in the US

In a press conference from the National Palace of Culture, the headquarters of the Executive Branch, the president emphasized that the U.S. Congress decided to impose a one percent tax on remittances, which is why they stated from the outset that it was …

Chilean man in photos died in 2021, had a different name, Chilean media reports

Photographs purported to be of Luis Leon — who a woman claiming to be his granddaughter said was a Chilean national taken into custody by ICE and ended up in Guatemala — are actually of a man with a different name who died four years ago, according to …

Misplaced Bodies and Mishandled Funds: Repatriation of Deceased Immigrants

Leonor Valente steadily watched the computer screen from her apartment in Corona, Queens, while her two young children played in the background. She thought she was watching a live stream of her husband’s casket returning to his native Guatemala, courtesy …

Belize Requests Mexico to Study Maya Train Expansion

Mexico News - The Belizean government has officially asked Mexico to begin studies for the Mayan Train expansion. Nery Ramírez, executive director of the Corozal Free Zone, confirmed meetings between both governments in the coming days. He said Mexico’s …

Supporting First Responder Community Health Centers, Mobile Health, and More

By Staff Over the past week, Direct Relief has delivered 328 shipments of requested medical aid to 44 U.S. states and territories and 17 countries worldwide. The shipments contained 4.7 million defined daily doses of medication. Medications and supplies …