1. Puerto Rican authorities said yesterday they'd reached a deal to cancel the student debt of thousands of people on the island.
The agreement came through a lawsuit from the Puerto Rico Department of Justice against loan provider Navient (formerly called Sallie Mae) for alleged fraudulent practices.
About 20,000 students will benefit, authorities said, with the estimated cancellation of about $7 million in debt.
2. Guatemala's Congress started the process this week of confirming hundreds of nominees to the Supreme Court and appeals courts, even as some of the suggested names are people accused of corruption.
Several of those names come from one of the nominating committees, whose members are close to Attorney General Consuelo Porras.
Porras has been sanctioned by the U.S. for corruption and antidemocratic actions and is locked in a fight with President Bernardo Arévalo, who was elected on an anti-corruption platform.
