At the beginning of the civil war, thousands of children who survived operations by the military were taken, had their identities altered, and were sent to adoption centers abroad as part of the international black market in children. 

As Peruvians travel (and occasionally emigrate), plenty of their neighbors have passed them at the border as they come from the other direction. 

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales is unhappy with Chilean President Michelle Bachelet for striking “below the belt” with her comments.

The “Regional Initiative to Free Latin America and the Caribbean of Child Labor” was signed at of the 18th Regional Meeting of the International Labor Organization (ILO).  

Armando Arriazola Peto-Rueda, Mexico’s ambassador to Bolivia, insists that “Bolivia and Mexico are working to advance their bilateral relationship.” 

Using the Startup Chile program, the Chilean government seeks to attract entrepreneurs and become a point of innovation like Silicon Valley, and young Nicaraguans want in on it. 

The construction of the Interoceanic Canal of Nicaragua, also dubbed the “Nicaragua Grand Canal,” will begin in December and be completed by 2019, asserted Telémaco Talavera, a member of the Grand Canal Commission. 

To those in Brazil who cling to the need for large coalitions of parties as the only way to govern effectively, recent events in Mexico provide an essential counterpoint. 

He wants to facilitate the revival of dialogue in Venezuela. 

A Peruvian mobilization seeking to cross the border between Chile and Peru, and reach the so-called “terrestrial triangle,” ended without incident after the Peruvian police prevented entry into Chile.