The Alianza Bolivariana para los Pueblos de Nuestra América (ALBA) recently approved, in Havana, a declaration of support for Venezuela.

Chile and Bolivia are currently working with the International Court of Justice to resolve a longstanding border conflict over the jurisdiction of the Calama Region between the two countries.

Twenty-two Paraguayan doctors, who graduated in Venezuela, were repatriated by the national government through the Secretaria de Repatriados de la Presidencia de la República (SEDERREC).

Given the recent controversy surrounding the state of Venezuela’s democracy, some speculate that the country is experiencing a democratic recession—and if not yet, it may be leaning toward one. 

The Inter-American Democratic Charter was adopted in 2001, in response to the collapse of the Fujimori regime and emerging forms of authoritarianism.

With the recent apprehension of nine Bolivians, among them seven employees of the customs office and two soldiers, while carrying out an anti-smuggling operation at the border, one must take into account the historical context and precedent that lends itself to these types of geopolitical spats between the two neighboring countries.

Reimy Ferreira, the Bolivian Minister of Defense, planned to visit two Bolivian soldiers and seven customs officials arrested under charges of robbery in Chilean territory.

The President of the Organization of American States questions Argentina’s commitment to human rights after the arrest of opposition leader Milagro Sala.

The porous Venezuela/Colombia border, the Arauca River, has long been a cause of tension between the two countries, and has repeatedly been closed since 2015.

The arrest of nine Bolivians at the border, by Chilean police officers, has raised tensions between both nations.