The Government of Costa Rica is demanding assurances that the planned $40 billion “mega canal” in Nicaragua will not affect the flow or navigability of the San Juan and Colorado rivers. 

Bolivia and Chile are not on the same page about access to the Pacific, literally. 

Venezuela’s government urged the Colombian Ambassador not to meet with the opposition, while President Nicolás Maduro disparaged Costa Rica’s former president. 

María del Pilar Hurtado, former director of Colombia’s Administrative Department of Security (DAS) under the government of President Álvaro Uribe (2002-2010), could seek political asylum in Costa Rica after Panama revoked her refugee status. 

Colombians are the largest group of foreigners who have gone to Peru seeking employment in the last ten years. Paola Garcia Pinedo wrote in

Uruguay promulgated the bill which incorporates Bolivia as the latest member of Mercosur, the South American group made up of Argentina, Brazil, Paraguay, Uruguay and Venezuela. 

In late May the Colombian Embassy and Consulate General in Buenos Aires hosted a cultural event called “Colombia Will Seduce You” that over four days presented dance, music, circus acts, and film “to show the Argentine people the best of Colombian culture.” 

After the heavy loss of production and the decline in exports during the first quarter, Argentina’s Minister of Industry reopened negotiations with Brazil to reach a new agreement.  

Bachelet traveled to Brazil to sign an agreement to facilitate information exchange on the human rights violations, but her government still has not indicated how it will deal with Bolivia’s demand for access to the Pacific. 

Chile will propose to open the Pacific Alliance to other countries in the region.