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• Singapore condemns call for ‘soft approach’ to drugs at UN meeting

  Singapore has blasted calls to make the worldwide fight against illicit drugs less punitive, using a major meeting at the United Nations to argue that a "soft approach" would cause a flood of narcotics to the island state.

• Two stood in trial for alleged sex slavery in Guatemala; Both defendants plead not guilty

  Trial has begun for the Sepur Zarco case where a retired soldier and a former paramilitary appeared in court for the alleged murder, disappearance, slavery, and rape of at least 15 women. Both defendants asserted that they are not guilty of such crimes.

• Central American nations and Cuban migrants have reached an agreement

  Central American nations have reached a deal to let the first of thousands of stranded Cuban. Migrants are now to continue their journey north toward the United States next month.

• Guatemala's Perez says Biden forced him to accept anti-corruption purge

  Guatemala's jailed former president, Otto Perez, says he regrets bowing to U.S. pressure to extend the work of an anti-corruption unit that then toppled him from power and that it was U.S. Vice President Joe Biden who forced his hand.

• Thousands march in Guatemala to pressure president to resign

  Tens of thousands of Guatemalans took to the streets on Thursday to demand the resignation of President Otto Perez, who has refused to quit in the face of accusations by his attorney general that he was involved in a lucrative customs racket.

• Central American governments disappointed by U.S. immigration delay

  Several Central American governments and Mexico said on Tuesday they were disappointed after a U.S. judge in Texas blocked President Barack Obama's steps to ease the threat of deportation for 4.7 million undocumented immigrants, many of them from the region.

• White House moves to deal with child migrant issue

  The White House announced its intention on Tuesday to establish refugee processing in Honduras, El Salvador and Guatemala to try to deter unaccompanied children from resorting to crossing the U.S.-Mexico border on their own.

• Mexico President slams Texas governor over border crackdown

  Texas Gov. Rick Perry's deployment of National Guard troops on the U.S.-Mexican border is "reprehensible" and puts neighborly relations at risk, Mexican President Enrique Pena Nieto said in an interview published on Friday.