Issue Nov 15-30 2024: A recent comprehensive survey highlights growing Colombian public skepticism towards President Gustavo Petro’s potential recognition of Nicolás Maduro as Venezuela’s president, revealing complex diplomatic tensions and shifting regional dynamics.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: José Raúl Mulino, the president of Panama, assured that Panama is “ready” for the Central American country to become an Associated State in Mercosur, which will be formalized during the next summit of the regional bloc, held in December in Uruguay.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Nicaragua threatened Costa Rica, Guatemala, Panama, and the Dominican Republic for opposing the appointment of former Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada as Secretary General of the Sistema de la Integración Centroamericana (SICA).

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Presidents Rodrigo Chaves of Costa Rica and Nayib Bukele of El Salvador have reached an agreement to establish a “League of Nations” composed of countries that share similar goals and values, aiming to promote prosperity, security, and collaboration.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Under certain circumstances, refugees who have been forced to leave Nicaragua, Venezuela, and Ecuador will be eligible to enter the United States.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The institution in charge of hiring Cuban doctors to provide services in Honduras, the Secretaría de Planificación Estratégica of Honduras, “does not maintain a working relationship” with the specialists and “has not made payments through payroll,” according to two official memos that the newspapers El Heraldo and La Prensa accessed.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Two popular Costa Rican headlines seem diametrically opposed and unrelated: one featured the death of a ten-month-old baby in a drug-related shooting while the other highlighted President Rodrigo Chaves’ plan to receive Nayib Bukele “with full honors.”

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: On November 1st, 2024, the Brazilian government criticized Venezuela’s “offensive tone” after Caracas recalled its ambassador for consultation citing “interventionism” of Brazilian authorities.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: The foreign ministers of Colombia and Costa Rica, Luis Gilberto Murillo and Arnoldo André, announced the creation of a fund to finance the protection of biodiversity in the Chocó Biogeographic, which covers the Pacific coast from Panama to Peru.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Panama has introduced fines of $1,000 to $5,000 for “any foreign person” entering the country irregularly through the Darién Gap on the border with Colombia.