–Researched and Written by Mariana Castillo—Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Venezuelan presidential inauguration is set to take place on January tenth. President Nicolás Maduro insists on maintaining power, despite the lack of evidence to back his victory in the July 28 elections; meanwhile, opposition leader Edmundo González has announced that he will be in Venezuela

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Mexican government is in talks with other Latin American countries to directly receive the next wave of migrants deported by the U.S. President-elect Donald Trump, instead of accepting them in Mexico.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: As of December 31, 2023, Chile is home to an estimated 1.9 million foreign residents, marking a 4.5% increase from the previous year.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Several voices have been warning about the future of Ibero-American summits.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: A recent comprehensive survey highlights growing Colombian public skepticism towards President Gustavo Petro’s potential recognition of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president, revealing complex diplomatic tensions and shifting regional dynamics.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: José Raúl Mulino, the president of Panama, assured that Panama is “ready” for the Central American country to become an Associated State in Mercosur, which will be formalized during the next summit of the regional bloc, held in December in Uruguay.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Nicaragua threatened Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic for opposing the appointment of former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada as Secretary General of the Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA).

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Presidents Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica and Nayib Bukele of El Salvador have reached an agreement to establish a “League of Nations” composed of countries that share similar goals and values, aiming to promote prosperity, security, and collaboration.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Under certain circumstances, refugees who have been forced to leave Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Ecuador will be eligible to enter the United States.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The institution in charge of hiring Cuban doctors to provide services in Honduras, the Secretaría de Planificación Estratégica of Honduras, “does not maintain a working relationship” with the specialists and “has not made payments through payroll,” according to two official memos that the newspapers El Heraldo and La Prensa accessed.