Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Since March 2024, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) has classified 43,554 minors as being in a state of irregular migration.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Elizabeth Galdo, the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, announced that Peru and El Salvador are planning to establish a free trade agreement.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM) is awaiting the decision of 43 Mexican families who fled their homes to seek shelter in the municipality of Cuilco, Huehuetenango, on whether to renew their humanitarian stay status within the Central American country, or whether to return to Mexico.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, will return to his duties as head of state after a two-day visit to Costa Rica, which concluded on August 19.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: With the devaluation of the Argentine peso, it has become increasingly common for Argentinians to cross the Andes mountains into Chile to go shopping.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Despite the risk of falling afoul of U.S. sanctions, Mexico’s Pemex has increased its petroleum and gasoline exports to Cuba.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The Brazilian government decided on Thursday to expel the Nicaraguan ambassador, Fulvia Castro, in response to a similar measure adopted by the authorities in Managua with the Brazilian representative, official sources confirmed to EFE.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: In the wake of the illegitimate re-election of Nicolás Maduro, there is concern in Latin American countries that this will increase emigration from Venezuela, which is already the largest migratory movement in Latin America’s history.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Hundreds of Mexicans who fled into Guatemala to seek refuge from cartel recruitment drives have received temporary humanitarian stay status, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM).

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: An estimated 7.7 million people have emigrated from Venezuela since 1999, making it one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Colombia has received the largest numbers of Venezuelan migrants, and following the recent election, migration is predicted to increase.