Issue Sep 04-10 2024: In light of Maduro’s stringently anti-democratic rule, many wonder whether democracy in Latin America still exists.

Issue Sep 04-10 2024: The flow of migrants through Panama’s Darién Jungle has decreased by 31% in the last year.  The jungle, which forms the border between Panama and Colombia, saw 354,299 migrants pass through in 2023 by September of that year compared to 244,243 by September of 2024. 

Issue Sep 04-10 2024: Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro disparaged the president of the Dominican Republic, Luis Abinader, calling him a “thief” and a “bandit” after the United States seized one of his official planes during an operation on the Caribbean island.

Issue Aug 28-Sep 03 2024: In the early hours of September 5, 2024, the “Ortega-Murillo dictatorship” released the prisoners from Nicaragua, who were held in different prisons in the country, and sent them to Guatemala, according to the United States Government.

Issue Aug 28-Sep 03 2024: The Ecuadorian capital of Quito will host a business gathering aimed at promoting the inauguration of the Agreement of the Asociación Comercial between Ecuador and Costa Rica.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Edmundo Novillo, Bolivia’s minister of Defense, announced a forthcoming binational meeting with Brazil to coordinate efforts in addressing forest fires affecting the border area, particularly in the San Matías region of Santa Cruz.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Since March 2024, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) has classified 43,554 minors as being in a state of irregular migration.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Elizabeth Galdo, the Peruvian Minister of Foreign Trade and Tourism, announced that Peru and El Salvador are planning to establish a free trade agreement.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM) is awaiting the decision of 43 Mexican families who fled their homes to seek shelter in the municipality of Cuilco, Huehuetenango, on whether to renew their humanitarian stay status within the Central American country, or whether to return to Mexico.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The president of Paraguay, Santiago Peña, will return to his duties as head of state after a two-day visit to Costa Rica, which concluded on August 19.