Issue Oct 05-11 2022: The number of migrants who have passed through Panama exceeds 150,000 already, compared to a total of 134,000 migrants in 2021.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: Walter, a Honduran man of 71 years of age, was forced by gang members demanding extortionate “taxes” to leave his home country in search of safety.

Issue Oct 05-11 2022: Given the unprecedented demand, craftsmen have increased their production of the toy versions of Tiríka, the official mascot for the Juegos Sudamericanos 2022 in Asunción, Uruguay.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: The Guatemalan Institute of Migration (IGM) is detaining a starkly higher rate of Venezuelans crossing the country’s borders than any other nationality.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: The border between Colombia and Venezuela has been closed for eight years, but recent negotiations between the two governments reveal a glimpse of reopening.

Issue Sep 28-Oct 04 2022: Criminal organizations in Mexico use Nicaraguan immigrants who go to the United States to kidnap and falsely kidnap their relatives in Nicaragua to extort money from them.

Issue Sep 21-27 2022: Colombia and Venezuela have reopened the border they share between the respective regions of Norte de Santander and Táchira, putting an end to a seven-year closure that had seen bilateral trade on this route turn to informal methods.

Issue Sep 21-27 2022: On Thursday, September 22, the president of Chile, Gabriel Boric, spoke at a forum of world leaders at Columbia University in New York.

Issue Sep 21-27 2022: Leaders from thirty Latin American countries met in Costa Rica to discuss how the region’s agriculture industry can help with climate change progression.

According to data from the Mexican Secretariat of the Interior, the Mexican states of Chiapas, Hidalgo, and Oaxaca have registered most of the offenses against migrants.