Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Violence linked to illegal gold mining has intensified along the Peru–Ecuador border, where criminal organizations from several countries are competing to control clandestine mining operations and smuggling routes.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: According to details provided by former Chilean Minister of Security Luis Cordero, the PDI (Investigative Police) has already made the necessary arrangements to travel to Argentina and transport the former Frente member.

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: There has been much talk of late about the decline, loss of relevance, and even the end of multilateralism. Sparked by the disdain evinced by the Trump administration toward that form of international relations and the organisms that embody it, such as the UN, UNESCO, NATO, the WTO, and the

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Chile has an opportunity to strengthen its relationship with Peru by moving beyond a “pragmatism of omission” toward a more cooperative “pragmatism of association.”

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: On Friday, February 20th, the Argentine Chamber of Deputies approved the labor reform proposed by President Javier Milei. The change has several points in common with the alterations made to Brazilian legislation since 2017, regarding the flexibilization of rights already acquired by workers.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Costa Rica’s Minister of Security, Mario Zamora, has said that illegal miners are extracting gold in that country to process and sell in Nicaragua, and has urged officials in the neighboring nation to increase vigilance along their shared border near the San Juan River, the site of an important “smuggling route.”

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: Legislation levying a 30% tariff on products imported from Ecuador is ready and awaiting the signature of Colombian President Gustavo Petro. Products that will be affected by the tariff include 23 items that are subdivided into 72 subheadings, such as rice, fats and oils, bananas, and other goods.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: The Organization of American States (OAS) stated that it will closely monitor the process of renewing the high courts in Guatemala, after warning of attempts to manipulate the justice system to interfere in the recent judges’ union elections.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Ecuador has filed three complaints against Colombia with the General Secretariat of the Andean Community (CAN) in defense of its commercial rights and over security concerns.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Colombian Minister of Defense Pedro Sánchez has announced that Venezuela is expelling members of the National Liberation Army (ELN) together with dissenters from the former FARC, a major change in policy for the latter country, which has served as refuge for these armed groups for years.