Issue Jun 10-16 2026: Statements about Nicaragua made by Costa Rica’s newly elected president, Laura Fernández, suggest that she plans to adhere to the foreign policy of her predecessor, Rodrigo Chaves, when it comes to relations between the two Central American nations.

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: The Secretary General of the Secretariat of Central American Integration (SIECA), Alden Rivera Montes, has expressed confidence that Central America, with its 55 million inhabitants, has the potential to become an important global market.

Issue Jun 10-16 2026: Human rights organizations in Argentina announced an international mission to Bolivia to survey the complaints of alleged human rights violations.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: Venezuelan opposition leader María Corina Machado has expressed her support for Bolivian President Rodrigo Paz as tension escalates in the Andean country due to widespread protests and road blockades.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: Brazil has officially signed off on the Police Cooperation Agreement Applicable to Border Spaces between the States Party to Mercosur, an accord that allows police officers from the bloc’s countries to cross borders when pursuing fugitives or participating in operations against organized crime.

Issue Jun 03-09 2026: Former presidents from Latin America and Spain belonging to the IDEA group (the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas), including Spain’s José María Aznar, Mexico’s Felipe Calderón, and Colombia’s Álvaro Uribe, have requested that the Nicaraguan regime be investigated for “crimes against humanity” in connection with the death of Indigenous

Issue May 27-Jun 02 2026: Three Paraguayan truck drivers have been stranded in Peru for over a month due the road blockades set up in protest against Rodrigo Paz’s government in Bolivia. The last state aid they received, through the Paraguayan embassy, was in early May.

Issue May 27-Jun 02 2026: Chile and Argentina continue to advance energy integration initiatives.

Issue May 27-Jun 02 2026: The government in Chile, led by President José Antonio Kast, has been shaken by a controversial measure forcing public institutions to hand over confidential information on irregular migrants.

Issue May 20-26 2026: Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino has put the brakes on a plan to sell energy to neighboring Costa Rica due to comments from the latter country’s president, Laura Fernández, involving a trade conflict between the two nations over agricultural products.