Venezuela's government and opposition reach deal aimed at easing the country's political and humanitarian situation.

“We weren't there to disrupt the city residents,” trucker Brigitte Belton has said. "We were there to be heard."

Representatives of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government have expressed hope that they would be able to sign an agreement with the opposition.

Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is set to testify at a public inquiry on Friday in defense of his government’s use of wartime measures in suppressing trucker protests that paralyzed the capital city earlier this year.

Honduran President Xiomara Castro declared a national security emergency on Thursday to launch what she called a "war against extortion" in the country amid an escalating number of extortion crimes by criminal gang groups. 

Peruvian farmers and truck drivers stage protests as part of ongoing move against rising fuel prices and a shortage of fertilizer.

The head of Brazil's electoral court Alexandre de Moraes on Wednesday rejected a complaint from President Jair Bolsonaro's allies to challenge the presidential election, which the incumbent lost by a small margin, according to a court document.