Issue Dec 01-31 2022: On December 28, 2022, military and police commanders from Ecuador and Colombia signed an agreement for border protection, which will be implemented in 2023.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: Importing and selling mercury is banned in many countries because of its toxicity and “destructive impact” on health and the environment.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: The summit of the Pacific Alliance, set to be held in Mexico and hosted by President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO), has been suspended.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: Migrants face life-threatening situations when they make the perilous journey to escape the deteriorating conditions in their native countries, many attempting to make it to the United States only to be faced with even more obstacles.

Issue Nov 16-30 2022: Although most of the 220,000 migrants that have transited through Panama to reach the United States were Venezuelan, more than 4,000 have voluntarily returned to their home country in recent weeks.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: The Director for the Americas of Human Rights Watch, Juanita Goebertus, offered a “critical diagnosis of the rights situation in the region,” where she pointed to an increase in authoritarianism in several countries

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: According to the National Society of Industries, the expected production for 2022 will surpass the thirty-year record.

Issue Nov 09-15 2022: The National Migration Service of Panama registered the irregular transit of over 211,000 migrants through the Darién jungle from January to October of 2022.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: Residents of San Marcos have been confronted with a problem that dates back more than two decades. According to Fernando Mollinedo in La Hora of Guatemala City, the communities decided to make a formal request to the government of the Mexican state of Chiapas because they lacked electricity.

Issue Nov 02-08 2022: In Panama, judge Bolaisa Marquinez has ruled to try 36 people for charges of money laundering through the Brazilian construction company Odebrecht, including former presidents Ricardo Martinelli and Juan Carlos Varela.