US Deputy Assistant Secretary of State for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Eric Jacobstein (L), shakes hands with Guatemalan Foreign Minister Carlos Martinez during a joint press conference at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs headquarters in Guatemala City on September 5, 2024. Nicaragua on Thursday freed 135 political prisoners who flew to safety in Guatemala in the latest such deal negotiated by the United States with strongman Daniel Ortega. The United States described the release of the prisoners on humanitarian grounds as the result of months of pressure and said it did not intend to let up on Ortega. (Photo by JOHAN ORDONEZ / AFP)