Issue Mar 12-18 2025: The director of the Coalition for Human Rights and Democracy, Alonso Medina, believes that the transfer of 238 Venezuelans from the United States to the Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) in El Salvador should act as a call to arms for all Venezuelans to unite and “rescue our countrymen…to look after those

Issue Mar 12-18 2025: Colombian authorities have apprehended a woman identified as the primary liaison in a cross-border network that deceived young women through social media with false job offers.

Issue Mar 05-11 2025: In the context of possible budget cuts due to predicted reductions in funding from the Trump administration, Surinam’s Albert Ramdin has presented his candidacy for Secretary General of the Organization of American States.

Issue Mar 05-11 2025: In the wake of harsher U.S. migration policies, this January and February, Colombia has seen a 41% increase of Venezuelan “entrances and exits” compared to the same months last year.

Issue Mar 05-11 2025: In a recent press statement, the Secretary General of the Comunidad Andina (CAN) stated that citizens from any member Andean country, whether Bolivia, Peru, Ecuador, or Colombia, are now eligible for consular assistance in any foreign country lacking representation on behalf of their country of origin.

Issue Feb 26-Mar 04 2025: Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Mexico’s Claudia Sheinbaum spoke by phone to discuss cooperation on regional and global challenges, in particular the threat to democracy and human rights.

Issue Feb 26-Mar 04 2025: Costa Rica and Panama will work together to coordinate the return transportation of migrants who have failed to enter the United States.

Issue Feb 26-Mar 04 2025: Four large summits are planned for leaders from Latin America over the course of the next two years, each of which represents an opportunity to demonstrate that the region is capable of acting in concert and reinvigorating a sense of solidarity and common purpose among its various members.

Issue Feb 19-25 2025: Roughly 40% of Venezuelans between the ages of 18 and 30 plan to abandon the country due to its current economic crisis and lack of employment opportunities.

Issue Feb 19-25 2025: Peru and Bolivia have decided to strengthen their bilateral cooperation efforts with the aim of achieving border, trade, and regional integration.