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.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Venezuela criticized Brazil in a statement released by Venezuela’s Foreign Ministry.