President Daniel Ortega began a 4th consecutive term on January 10, after elections that the Organization of American States (OAS) deemed lacking “democratic legitimacy.”

The Secretaría de Gobernación de México announced in December 2021 that the government will require Venezuelan immigrants to show a visa as eligibility to enter Mexican territory.

Honduras has increased its police presence at the borders between Nicaragua and Guatemala as migrant caravans destined for the United States continue to illegally pass through the country.

The border “continues to burn,” and “fear in communities persists” due to turf battles by illegal armed groups.

Colombian President Iván Duque met with Peruvian President Pedro Castillo Terrones at Villa de Leyva (165 kilometers north of Bogotá) to discuss the economic reactivation of the mutual border, as well as environmental issues and security matters.

Luis Arce Catacora, the president of Bolivia, and Gabriel Boric, the president-elect of Chile, recently had a phone conversation in which they both expressed their willingness to strengthen relations between the two countries.

Independent journalists Esteban Rodríguez and Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho left Cuba “fleeing from the terror perpetuated by a totalitarian system” and were recently granted entrance into El Salvador.

The Defense Minister of Venezuela, Vladimir Padrino López, announced through his Twitter account the deployment of the Bolivarian National Armed Forces “in the municipalities bordering the department of Arauca” after the recent clashes between armed groups in this region.

In 2020, Costa Rica exported US $ 1.5 million in these types of products to the Guatemalan market.

Brazil’s Federal Government denied access into the country for the humanitarian aid team offered by Argentina to help the victims of the deadly rainfall in the northern state.