Issue Aug 23-29 2023: Latin America, in contrast to the Middle East and the West’s response therein, has not managed to keep international attention on the worsening severity of its criminal activity, which has disallowed organized, coordinated, and forceful approaches against it.

Issue Aug 23-29 2023: The director of Migración Colombia, Carlos Fernando García, indicated that they were considering establishing a new mechanism to legalize Venezuelan refugees who came to the country during the past two years.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: La Soledad Parish in La Merced has become a refuge for migrants while passing through Mexico.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The Amazon Summit, presented as a milestone for efforts to rescue the world’s largest tropical jungle, ended in self-evident failure, with a mishmash of impotent governments clambering to offer up meaningless promises and unenforceable commitments.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: On Tuesday, August 22, 2023, an improvement and expansion regarding the advancement of exportation laws are expected to be put into effect.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: Organized crime runs amok across the Amazonian tri-border between Colombia, Brazil, and Peru, with gangs clashing for territorial dominance in a region valuable for both its illicit trade routes and illegally harvested natural resources.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: Brazilian President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva signed a decree on August 4, 2023, to resume electrical interconnection between Brazil and Venezuela and energy exchanges with Argentina and Uruguay.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: Investigations on the assassination of Ecuadorian candidate Fernando Villavicencio have resulted in the arrest of six Colombian suspects, who are likely connected to organized crime.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Nicaraguan migrants will receive free medical care during the 17th health day of the SOS Nicaragua Human Rights program.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: In a bilateral meeting, Peruvian head of state Dina Boluarte Zegarra and Brazil’s Lula da Silva discussed a variety of topics such as the Amazon, climate change, environmentalism, and Indigenous communities.