Salvadoran president Bukele sends troops to Haiti

France24, 10/23– El Salvador has deployed special forces to Haiti after four of its soldiers serving in a UN-backed force in the Caribbean nation went missing following a gang ambush…A contingent from El Salvador arrived on Thursday “to support ongoing search and security operations” … outside the capital Port-au-Prince. About 200 Salvadoran soldiers arrived in Port-au-Prince on Thursday and Friday to assist in the search there, a security source told AFP on condition of anonymity. The four Salvadoran troops went missing after their armored vehicle was ambushed by gangs on Sunday as they were returning to base from a market outside Port-au-Prince. 

Maggie Thatcher would be proud as UK bosses find oil in Falklands  

AP News, 9/28–Argentine President Javier Milei said Monday that his government would seek international arbitration against the United Kingdom over an oil project off the disputed, British-controlled Falkland Islands, escalating a clash over resources that could transform the economy of the sparsely populated South Atlantic archipelago. Milei’s office said it had given the U.K. two weeks to halt work on Sea Lion, an offshore oilfield being developed by Israel’s Navitas Petroleum and England’s Rockhopper Exploration. 

Families of workers killed in boat sinking in Guyana demand action

News Source Guyana, 9/29–More families of the missing MV Barima victims joined the protest action this week as they renew their calls for the sunken vessel to be salvaged…Relatives and friends of MV Barima victims…Thirty-three-year-old Rawle Frank, a father of one, was among the crew members on the vessel on that ill-fated day. His remains are still missing along with the bodies of more than 30 others. His father, Royston Frank, told reporters that the family needs closure.  “It has been over 10 weeks now since this tragedy took place. We are going into three months…This is showing you clearly that the Government doesn’t have any love for the lower-class people and we are seeing it because all of the people that went on that boat are poor people. Is nah no rich family…”

Rubio seeks to finish the job Kennedy couldn’t

Reuters, 10/23–U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio called on those seeking change in Cuba to partner with ‌the CIA as President Donald Trump said Washington would “take care of Cuba” after dealing with Iran and send in the top U..S diplomat to finish the deal. Rubio urged those disappointed by Cuba’s government to “seize this opportunity to create the change you desire through a discrete partnership with the CIA,” without elaborating further. The Trump administration has previously stated its goal is to change Cuba’s communist government. 

Jamaica bosses agree to accept workers kidnapped by U.S. bosses

FoxNews 10/14–Jamaica began receiving third-country deportations from the U.S. this week, with the first flight of migrants arriving on Tuesday. President Donald Trump’s administration has used the third-country policy to deport migrants who claim that their home countries are too dangerous to return to. Tuesday’s flight saw 22 migrants land at Kingston’s Norman Manley International Airport in Jamaica. Jamaican authorities signed a Memorandum of Understanding with the U.S. in June to allow transfers to begin. The agreement caps the number of migrants arriving to 25 “per fortnight.” 

Hispaniola shows a common outcome of nationalism

The Latino Newsletter, 9/29–...a lawmaker in the Dominican Republic introduced a bill that would require all public schools in the Caribbean nation to offer courses in Haitian Creole. It was met with a swift and fierce public backlash… as it stands, the level of political and social opposition means the proposal has little chance of progressing…Haitian immigration to the Dominican Republic is often characterized as an ongoing peaceful invasion — a nationalistic narrative that has been perpetuated by Dominican politicians for over 50 years…the Creole language is an indelible part of the Dominican Republic, and has been maintained in the country by migrants for hundreds of years. However, Creole has been systematically excluded from public spaces where you might expect it, like on signage or in public spaces, such as hospitals, where migrants might need an interpreter.