In June 2015 the then President of Peru, Ollanta Humala, made known his nation’s “solidarity and support” for Bolivia’s maritime cause.

Peru is among the most efficiently developing economies in the world, according to “Global Microscope 2016,” a report conducted by The Economist Intelligence Unit and sponsored by the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB).

The former president of Bolivia, José Tuto Quiroga, met recently with the Secretary General of the Organization of American States, Luis Almagro, to convey to him a document on behalf of the Democratic Initiative of Spain and the Americas (IDEA).

Chile and Bolivia are continuing to argue about the terms of the Treaty of 1904.

Bolivia is evaluating an offer of collaboration with the Ecuadorian technology firm, ESPE-Innovativa, which specializes in software, logistics, and mapping related to mineral resources.

In Mexico the numbers of minors arrested throughout the country, particularly those of unaccompanied minors attempting to migrate to the United States, has risen dramatically. So reported José Antonio Román of La Jornada of Mexico City.

In the Buenos Aires province of Argentina, a corrupt media and judiciary are influencing the sentencing of prisoners.

The Peru-Ecuador Binational Cabinet met on October 6 to discuss the region’s infrastructure and economic development.

When Presidents Michelle Bachelet and Cristina Fernández signed the Treaty of Maipú in 2009, Chile and Argentina pledged to develop cooperatively their shared Andean borderland.

Peru and Bolivia are combining resources on a rail system so expansive it would unite the Atlantic and Pacific oceans.