The Mercosur summit, originally scheduled for July in Montevideo, will not occur due to political instability in Brazil and Venezuela.

Honduras proposed a system to observe the competitiveness of Central America.

Bolivia, Brazil, and Perú created the Centro de Inteligencia Policial (Center for Police Intelligence) to win the war against drugs.

Amid the political crisis in Venezuela, Colombian public officials have expressed concern over a potential influx of Venezuelan migrants.