In a joint statement, the presidents of Bolivia and Paraguay, Evo Morales and Horacio Cartes, respectively, called upon developed countries and international organizations to “guarantee the right of free passage and access to the sea”.  

The president of Bolivia, Evo Morales, complained on Saturday that Chile appears as a “Latin American Israel;” expansionist, and opposing regional integration and a peaceful solution to the centuries-old Bolivian demand for a sovereign outlet to the sea. 

Colombia has the second largest population of internally displaced people in the world: six million people.

The government of Colombia sent a note of protest to Venezuela because of a decree from Caracas that unilaterally establishes the maritime boundary between the two countries in an area under dispute.