Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: Given that the Nicaraguan dictatorship of Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo recently passed a constitutional reform extending their mandate and ending the right of that country’s citizens to elect their own leaders, it is incumbent on hemispheric leaders to denounce the regime’s illegitimacy and usurpation of power, jurists insist.

Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: Justo Zacarías Irún, director of the Itaipu Binational Hydroelectric Station, has said that he is seeking to guarantee predictability as his government carries out construction projects and makes social investments with resources derived from the plant.

Issue Aug 26-Sep 01 2026: Trade relations between Ecuador and Panama involve much more than an exchange of goods: exports, imports, services, logistics, investment, and tourism provide the links whereby both countries seek to take advantage of their complementary capacities and open up new opportunities for the business sectors of each.