Issue Sep 02-08 2026: The United States has announced that Peru has joined the Shield of the Americas, the Trump administration’s initiative aimed at combating transnational crime.

Issue Sep 02-08 2026: Colombia’s President Abelardo de la Espriella and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio hailed the “rebirth” of bilateral relations as they signed memorandums of understanding on nuclear energy and rare earths.

Issue Sep 02-08 2026: The 2026 petroleum agreement between Venezuela and the United States is crucial for Venezuela’s return to economic stability.

Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: According to the Washington-based Cuba Study Group, a non-profit organization of professionals and business leaders who advocate for a free, sovereign, and prosperous Cuba, the situation on the island has reached an “alarming stage,” adding that “humanitarian aid should never be used as a bargaining chip.” As reported in 14ymedio

Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: The Secretary of Energy of the United States, Chris Wright, wants to seal the largest oil agreement in world history during his visit to Caracas.

Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: Christopher Landau, former U.S. ambassador to Mexico noted that, historically, the relationship with Mexico and the Western Hemisphere has not received sufficient attention from the U.S. government.

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: The U.S. government has deported hundreds of Mexicans to Guatemala and Honduras in recent months, according to U.S. officials cited by CBS and The New York Times.

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: Ecuador’s Minister of Defense, Gian Carlo Loffredo, has announced that his country is preparing to carry out military operations in cooperation with the United States and Colombia against armed drug trafficking organizations located along the Ecuador-Colombia border.

Issue Aug 19-25 2026: The United States set an extraordinary quota to import an additional 300,000 tons of beef tariff-free. Brazil is among the likely beneficiaries. Washington’s formal explanation is that Argentina already has a preferential pathway.

Issue Aug 12-18 2026: Several related events marked this week in foreign policy.First, the U.S. State Department released a video explaining the so-called “Donroe Doctrine,” a version of the Monroe Doctrine according to which the United States reserves the right to exert itself as an imperial power throughout the hemisphere under the guise of being