Issue Apr 26-May 09 2023: Colombian president Gustavo Petro’s “Total Peace” proposal would fortify negotiations with drug cartels to pacify his country.

Issue Apr 26-May 09 2023: President Rodrigo Chaves released a statement regarding Costa Rica’s decision not to send ambassadors to Nicaragua or Venezuela.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: The Uruguayan president Luis Lacalle Pou and the former heads of state José ‘Pepe’ Mujica (2010-15) and Julio María Sanguinetti (1985-90 and 1995-2000) attended the inauguration of Brazilian president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro has affirmed that his country would have granted protection to Venezuela’s Juan Guaidó had he asked prior permission to entering Colombia.

Issue Apr 19-25 2023: An International summit will be held in Bogotá, Colombia, where nearly twenty countries will discuss an appropriate path to continue negotiations between Nicolás Maduro and part of the opposition, which are currently frozen.

Issue Apr 12-18 2023: The Union of South American Nations (UNASUR) is being revived after the government of Argentina’s President Alberto Fernández, backed by Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, announced their intention to “reconstruct” the continental bloc first established in 2008. A new UNASUR could “change the South American economic map.”

Issue Apr 12-18 2023: The Itaipu Binational hydroelectric power plant has established a tariff of USD 16.71 per kilowatt/month for energy buyers, the National Electricity Administration (ANDE) and the Brazilian Nuclear and Binational Energy Participation Company (ENBPar) for 2023.

Issue Apr 05-11 2023: Nearly two months after the exile of 222 political prisoners from Nicaragua, the United States “sees no possibility of dialogue” with Daniel Ortega and Rosario Murillo, according to Francisco Mora, the country’s ambassador to the Organization of American States (OAS).

Issue Apr 05-11 2023: The Unión international bridge has not been reactivated for the passage of private vehicles, public transport, and a special type of heavy cargo, and has previously been delayed due to facilities not being ready in Colombia, such as the case of the offices of the Directorate of National Taxes and Customs

Issue Apr 05-11 2023: Santiago Peña, candidate in Paraguay’s presidential race, has visited Argentina, appearing on a national news program to speak on how he plans to change politics in his home country and to strengthen relations with Argentina.