Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Mexico and Guatemala have agreed to perform joint security operations along their border, after hundreds of Mexicans recently fled to the Central American country out of fear of recruitment by local cartels.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: In an official visit to Chile, Brazilian President Lula da Silva participated in the Brazil-Chile Business Forum, where he highlighted the ways in which economic partnerships between the two countries has the potential to strengthen the South American continent.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: The National Superintendency of Migration (Migraciones) has reopened the renovated Kasani Border Control Post (PCF) near Lake Titicaca.

—Researched and Written by Alex Martín-Romero– Issue Jul 01-31 2024: On July 8th  in Paraguay, the 64th summit of Mercosur (Southern Common Market) was held. The biggest headline was that Argentine President Javier Milei would not be attending; in fact, he had already advocated for pulling Argentina out of the agreement altogether. Although this was

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Even before assuming office, Argentinian President Javier Milei had never refrained from making apparent the contempt he felt for his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: In the aftermath of Nicolás Maduro’s controversial re-election in Venezuela, the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, predicted that more Venezuelans will attempt to cross the Darién jungle in an effort to reach the United States.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: The million-dollar business of migrant transit through Nicaragua and other countries in the region has so far resulted in two arrests—the director of a commercial airline and the leader of a gang coordinating ground transport—and a series of U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing irregular migration facilitated by the dictatorship of Daniel

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: At a private meeting in San Salvador, the President of El Salvador Nayib Bukele met with the Minister of Security for Argentina Patricia Bullrich to discuss security and drug trafficking.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Brazilian President Lula da Silva stated that Argentinian President Javier Milei owed both him and Brazil an apology for “having said many stupid things,” and argued that fugitives of the January 8th attack on Brasília residing in Argentina should be imprisoned, if not extradited.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Argentina’s borders are notoriously porous, allowing for easy passage of goods, people, and contraband with minimal resistance.