The issue of sanctions and international law is complex and given to misunderstandings. Some overestimate the effect of sanctions, claiming that they strengthen international regulations.

The 8th Latin American and Caribbean Conference for the Internationalization of Higher Education (LACHEC) was held from the 24-26th of November in Bogotá, Colombia. Its main objective: to strengthen the internationalization of higher education institutions.

The Greater Caribbean is a region of growing importance in economic, touristic, environmental, and cultural terms. In addition, its geostrategic location gives it a privileged place in the global traffic of goods and capital investments. Still, the region faces challenges that must be overcome.

The countries that make up the Triángulo Norte de Centroamérica (Northern Triangle of Central America) will unite to fight gangs.

Mexico and Panama have promised to work together to prevent illegal migration by strengthening cooperation between the two countries.

Chile’s litigator in the ICJ, Ximena Fuentes, thinks her country should be preparing itself for an “unusual” ruling by the ICJ concerning a maritime law case that Bolivia brought forward in 2013. 

The delegations from Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras and El Salvador will go to Mexico via the typical migratory route in search of clues to the whereabouts of their children.

Bolivia’s Attorney General announced plans to make an accusation before the World Trade Organization over actions by Chilean officials who have inhibited the transit of Bolivian trucks to the port of Arica.

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).