Issue May 17-23 2023: The Commission of Foreign Affairs of Peru declared Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador ‘persona non grata,’ for his criticism of the Peruvian president, Dina Boluarte.

Issue May 10-16 2023: While often considered a single unit by international observers, a narrative occasionally played up by internal actors seeking political advantage, Central America is a theater in which distinct countries play out their own familiar dramas.

Issue May 10-16 2023: The Ministers of Defense in Venezuela and Colombia recently signed a joint agreement in Caracas in which they agreed to seek action in fighting crime along the Colombia-Venezuela border.

Issue May 10-16 2023: Important members of President Nicolás Maduro’s cabinet are being singled out in a report by the Panel of Independent International Experts of the Organization of American States (OAS).

Issue Apr 26-May 09 2023: The Organization of American States (OAS) reiterated its concerns over the exclusion of several presidential candidates in the upcoming June 25th Guatemalan elections.

Issue Apr 26-May 09 2023: Colombian president Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” proposal would fortify negotiations with drug cartels to pacify his country.

Issue Apr 26-May 09 2023: President Rodrigo Chaves released a statement regarding Costa Rica’s decision not to send ambassadors to Nicaragua or Venezuela.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: The Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou and the former heads of state José ‘Pepe’ Mujica (2010-15) and Julio María Sanguinetti (1985-90 and 1995-2000) attended the inauguration of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has affirmed that his country would have granted protection to Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó had he asked prior permission to entering Colombia.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: An International summit will be held in Bogotá, Colombia, where nearly twenty countries will discuss an appropriate path to continue negotiations between Nicolás Maduro and part of the opposition, which are currently frozen.