Cuba to pardon more than 2,000 prisoners as US eases fuel blockade https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/cuba-to-release-pardon-prisoners-us-fuel-blockade #Cuba #Americas #UsNews #UsForeignPolicy #Oil #TrumpAdministration #Commodities #DonaldTrump #Caribbean #WorldNews #MarcoRubio #Vatican #Communism

Canadian woman held with daughter by ICE is released after nearly three weeks of detention https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/03/canadian-ice-detention-mother-daughter-tania-warner-released #Canada #UsImmigration #Americas #IceUsImmigrationAndCustomsEnforcement #UsNews

Trump imposes tariffs on pharmaceuticals, adjusts duties on steel, other metals https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/trump-new-tariffs-pharmaceuticals-metals-00856242?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #CompetitionandIndustrialPolicy #TradeAgreements #Dumping/Duties #Manufacturing #Competition #Department #HealthCare #Buildings #Companies #Medicines #Aluminum #Americas #Security #Imports #Produce #Tariffs #TradeUK #Budget #Courts #Steel #Trade #Trade

Alleged maple syrup scam in Quebec uncovered by Canadian broadcaster https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/apr/02/maple-syrup-scam-quebec-canada #Quebec #FoodDrinkIndustry #Food #Business #Canada #Americas #WorldNews

Costa Rica strikes deal to accept third country deportees from US https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/apr/02/trump-costa-rica-deported-migrants-deal #UsImmigration #UsNews #CostaRica #Americas #WorldNews #Migration

‘Dried up prune’: Trump slams Bruce Springsteen hours after pivotal Iran speech https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/donald-trump-bruce-springsteen-feud-00855301?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Immigration #SocialMedia #Elections #Americas #Politics #Media #Music #Oil #War

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2026/apr/02/birthright-citizenship-change-american-foundation. "The #UnitedStates’ birth-right #citizenship - which was originally established in very plain, explicit terms in the 14th amendment, & has been reaffirmed twice by #Congress & by more than a century of supreme court precedent - is typical of the #Americas. In the western hemisphere, only a handful of #countries deny automatic full citizenship to infants born within their #borders."

Governments across the #Americas are expanding their #military capabilities to secure #capital #accumulation and #infrastructure development. Despite the #violence people continue to defend captured territories in order to protect their communities and the #Environment Alke Jenss examines the case of #Mexico https://berlinergazette.de/infrastructural-violence-who-dares-to-disrupt-the-flow-of-goods-and-energy/

Trump’s tariffs have yet to result in promised US jobs boom https://www.politico.com/news/2026/04/02/manufacturers-still-waiting-trump-tariff-promises-00854987?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=RSS_Syndication #Healthprofessionals/workforce #TradeAgreements #Dumping/Duties #Manufacturing #construction #Energyprices #Competition #Department #Employment #Investment #MiddleEast #Companies #Aluminum #Americas #Industry #Research #Spectrum #Borders #Imports #Markets #Produce #Tariffs