Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: The European Union has delayed and softened the implementation of its landmark regulation aimed at preventing the import of products linked to deforestation, raising concerns about the bloc’s environmental commitments and their real impact abroad.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: Taiwan’s government issued a “strong protest and condemnation” after a joint statement released in Beijing by Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi and China’s President Xi Jinping reiterated Montevideo’s adherence to the “one China” principle and described Taiwan as an “inalienable” part of Chinese territory.

Issue Jan 21-27 2026: The Russian government has suggested for the first time that it may offer political asylum to Nicolás Maduro, following his capture in a U.S. military operation on January 3 in Caracas, and has urged the White House to release both the former Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores.

Issue Jan 21-27 2026: Mexico is increasingly viewed as a strategic destination for British investment, particularly in finance and pharmaceuticals.

Issue Jan 21-27 2026: The Argentinian theologian Emilce Cuda resides in Rome, where she also serves as secretary of the strategic Pontifical Commission for Latin America.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Guatemala Minister of the Economy Gabriela García has given a presentation to the Spanish Confederation of Industry (CEOE) in which she detailed the current situation in her country and the wide range of projects and opportunities for business and investment that exists there.

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to impose a 25% tariff on any nation that “does business” with Iran will potentially further cripple Nicaragua’s export trade with the United States, which is already subject to an 18% tariff, a rate well above its neighbors in Central America, a region heavily dependent on

Issue Jan 14-20 2026: Although she was born in the Canary Islands, Paraguayan novelist, playwright, and journalist Josefina Plá moved to the South American country that would become her home in her early 1920s, eventually becoming a key figure in twentieth-century Latin American culture.

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: A rural teacher in Chaco, Argentina, has been selected as one of the ten finalists for the prestigious Global Teacher Award 2026. The award is the most important prize of its kind and grants its recipient one million dollars and the distinction of being the “best teacher in the world.”

Issue Jan 07-13 2026: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa will be attending the next meeting of the Davos World Economic Forum, where he plans to promote a vision of his country as a secure and stable destination for foreign investment.