Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Lula’s visit to Cape Verde was important but insufficient, focusing on Brazil’s historical debt to Africa and the possibility of Brazilian cooperation on the continent, primarily in regard to agriculture.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: In March of 2023, Honduras let go of an eight-decade-long friendship with Taiwan, and opened diplomatic relations with the People’s Republic of China.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: The International Monetary Fund (IMF) announced that it has reached an agreement with the Argentine government on the fifth and sixth review of the financial aid package for the South American country, which will allow the disbursement of US$7.5 billion.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: On June 26th, the IMF approved two reviews of an agreement with Costa Rica, unlocking 521 million dollars for use in the country.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Levels of violence and confrontation in Honduras suggest that the country is in a state of “war.”

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Ariela Peralta, a lawyer from Uruguay, announced that she will be joining the Group of Experts on Human Rights on Nicaragua (GHREN) to investigate human rights abuses by Daniel Ortega’s regime.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel had a “frank conversation” with Pope Francis on June 20th, meeting the pontiff in his Vatican office to discuss “the positive state of bilateral relations” and “topics of interest concerning the national agenda,” according to a communiqué released by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will travel to France to discuss the Mercosur-European Union (EU) agreement with Emmanuel Macron after the strengthening of environmental conditions.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Ebrahim Raisi, the second Iranian president to visit Nicaragua, hopes to strengthen ties to Nicaragua to share their abilities and experiences, even despite the geographic distance between the two countries.

Issue Jun 07-13 2023: In an interview with the Financial Times in May, Germany’s labor minister, Hubertus Heil, expressed fear of worker shortage over the next twelve years.