To those in Brazil who cling to the need for large coalitions of parties as the only way to govern effectively, recent events in Mexico provide an essential counterpoint. 

He wants to facilitate the revival of dialogue in Venezuela. 

A Peruvian mobilization seeking to cross the border between Chile and Peru, and reach the so-called “terrestrial triangle,” ended without incident after the Peruvian police prevented entry into Chile. 

Chile is ready to bring Mercosur and the Pacific Alliance together so that Latin America can have a greater presence in the world state. 

Edison Lanza, the new Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), is a Uruguayan journalist and lawyer who wants to create standards to “help reverse the concentration process (of media control), without affecting the viability of mass communication,” and work for the protection of at risk journalists while

For the second time, Paraguay hosted the 51st Special Session of the Inter-American Court of Human Rights in early September in Asunción. 

The “São Paulo Forum,” which brings together members of the Latin American left, pointed to the consolidation of its ideology in the governments of the region, but warned of renewed “destabilizing” efforts by the right, backed by the United States and its “new design of global geopolitics.” 

Chile and Argentina are close to sealing the financing terms of the US$1 billion trans-Andean Agua Negra tunnel. 

Fugitives have made it into several parts of the country and the army has offered rewards for information on the escaped prisoners. 

More than 160 participants from 18 countries gathered at the U.S. Southern Command for the annual exercise that focuses on supporting the Panamanian government in defense of the Panama Canal.