Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Two visits by Uruguayan Economy Minister Gabriel Oddone to the Paris headquarters of the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) suggest that the country’s government is seeking to strengthen its relationship with the entity, a suggestion made even more palpable as OECD Secretary-General Mathias Cormann prepares for his upcoming visit

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Many European leaders would like to emulate Milei, but they know that most of their compatriots would rather not be told they would have to tighten their collective belts.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: Ernesto Ruffo is a political prisoner, even though the Mexican state attempts to disguise this reality with the relative comfort of house arrest. |The European Union does not buy it.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Selling coffee, cocoa, and palm oil in the European market no longer requires simply having high-quality products to offer discriminating consumers; according to the European Union’s Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), producers must also have verifiable data validating their crops’ origin and that ensures that they were not harvested in deforested areas.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Although analysts and experts agree that Latin America must diversify its markets in order to counter increasing international protectionist measures, including tariffs imposed by the Trump administration, doing so will not be easy.

Issue Sep 16-22 2026: Chilean Ex-President Michelle Bachelet was on the road to potentially be the United Nations Secretary General, but her home country of Chile failed to back her.

Issue Sep 09-15 2026: France’s Minister of Foreign Trade and Economic Attractiveness, Nicolas Forissier, has announced that there is no longer any reason for Panama to remain on the EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions in fiscal matters, given the country’s “huge effort” to meet the highest standards of transparency.

Issue Sep 09-15 2026: As authoritarian states seek to undermine their internal systems of checks-and-balances and reshape international standards to serve their own interests, the rules-based international order finds itself increasingly under attack. Even principles such as the peaceful settlement of disputes and prohibitions on the use of lethal force enshrined in the Charter of

Issue Sep 09-15 2026: The Dominican Republic and South Korea created an initiative to strengthen their economic ties. 

Issue Sep 02-08 2026: The World Bank has approved a loan of US $250 million to Guatemala’s Civil Aviation Recovery Program, most of which will go toward improving the security and infrastructure of the country’s five airports and airfields, as well as toward the institutional reform of the sector.