Venezuelan migrants and refugees suffer exclusion and discrimination in Peru and Ecuador according to a report by the NGO Plan International.

Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador and Argentinian President Alberto Fernández insisted that the United Nations’ scheme to ensure the poorest could get vaccines is not working.

The bodies of 16 Guatemalan citizens were found burned in the Mexican state of Tamaulipas on the 22nd of January; the Mexican government created a special committee to address the situation.

The militarization of the Chilean-Bolivian border by the government of Chile has prompted Venezuelan migrants to seek alternate routes through Bolivia.

On February 20 and 21, two oil and diesel tankers left Venezuelan waters for Cuba at a time of crisis in the supply of fuel in Venezuela.

The number of Nicaraguans seeking refuge in Costa Rica has recently seen a sharp decline. In prior years, Costa Rica received close to 80,000 requests from Nicaraguans for refuge. In 2020, requests dropped to just above 8,000.

Chile expelled 138 Venezuelan and Colombian migrants from the country, and many pro-migrant organizations are calling it the worst case of its type in the last 50 years.

The Cuban government is negotiating with the Mexican company, Industrias VEQ, to purchase ecological coffins made from recycled Tetra Pak that are 75% cheaper than traditional wood coffins.

Richard Sander, mayor of the border department of Rivera, Uruguay, wonders if there is any human trafficking organization behind this migration.

The Temporary Statute for the Protection of Venezuelan migrants is a bold attempt by the Colombian government to address an inevitable reality.