After a year of closed borders with Colombia, Venezuela agreed on August 13th to open the border with its neighbor and create a way for pedestrians to cross it easily.

Pedro Pablo Kuczynski (PPK) is facing decisions of whether or not to install a bi-oceanic train from Peru to Brazil for export goods. 

Nearly 600 calves and three bulls will be exported from Paraguay to Ecuador in an effort to repopulate Ecuador’s livestock, as well as improve its genetic makeup.

Bolivian president Evo Morales addressed the nation, ensuring that progress will be made between Bolivia and Chile in regard to the two countries’ long-standing land dispute which has been heard in the International Court of Justice in the Netherlands.

Longtime backer of the Colombian peace process and current Uruguayan senator, José “Pepe” Mujica, travelled to Medellín for an international conference on September 15th in support of a “yes” vote on the upcoming Colombian peace talks referendum.

According to Cr. Diego Vallarino, historian and former economic adviser to Paraguay, Uruguayan investors should set their sights on their landlocked South American neighbor since it offers a market similar to their own and the potential for steep returns on investments.

Chilean authorities are demanding the immediate release of Braulio Jatar, a Chilean journalist based in Venezuela, after his recent arrest by the Servicio Bolivariano de Inteligencia Nacional.

A trafficking organization dismantled by authorities in Costa Rica kept foreign women as sex slaves in three bars in Alajuela that operated for more than a year.

After recalling Bolivia’s ambassador to Brazil last week, as a reaction to the congressional decision to impeach President Dilma Rousseff, Bolivia’s foreign minister, David Choquehuanca asked people not to be “pessimistic” about the relationship between both countries. 

The passage of Cubans through Central America and countries like Brazil, Ecuador, Guyana and Colombia is a recent phenomenon that has intensified with the restoration of relations between the United States and Cuba last year.