Four of Bolivia’s six international lawyers argued for its maritime claim against Chile at the International Court of Justice in The Hague. 

Guatemala is losing sovereignty in large chunks. Organized crime, corruption on the part of politicians, and International forcers have all begun to usurp and perverse the power in the nation to make it serve their own interests. 

Chilean government spokesman Álvaro Elizalde, stated that President Michelle Bachelet has “never” proposed a sovereign maritime access-point for Bolivia, after Evo Morales revealed alleged details of past negotiations with the president. 

A Chilean admiral admitted to spying in a dialogue with his Peruvian counterpart.

The Former President of Brazil, Fernando Henrique Cardoso, accepted the invitation by his Spanish counterpart, Felipe González, to join the international team defending the former mayor of Chacao, Leopoldo López, and mayor the of Caracas, Antonio Ledezma; Costa Rica has also spoken out against Nicolás Maduro’s Government.

Member countries of the Southern Common Market (Mercosur) are the main target markets for Paraguayan products, as highlighted in a recent report. 

Peru said it was withdrawing its ambassador from Chile amid an intensifying diplomatic spat that was sparked by accusations of military espionage. Peru, however, will not cut commercial ties with Chile over the spy case.

The former Uruguayan Foreign Minister Luís Almagro will become the new Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), a body that has lost ground to new political structures such as UNASUR. 

The Presidents of Honduras and Guatemala signed a Customs Union on February 26, which will go into effect in less than a year, to boost the foreign trade of both countries. 

Colombia’s Foreign Minister, María Ángela Holguin, said she will write a formal letter of rejection to her Panamanian counterpart over a congresswoman who referred to Colombians in Panamanian prisons as “scum.”