Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Given a spike in crime rates and chaos at prisons throughout the region, several Latin American countries, including Ecuador, Costa Rica, and Guatemala, are applying the penitentiary model pioneered by Salvador President Nayib Bukele.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Three months after fleeing their homes in the municipality of Frontera Comalapa, where two criminal organizations are vying for control of the territory, 97 people, comprising 21 families, remain in Guatemalan territory and continue to receive institutional assistance from the neighboring country.

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: Peruvian cosmetics retailer Aruma has opened two new shops in Bogotá, Colombia.

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: On Tuesday, the Organization of American States (OAS) and the U.S. government expressed their support for the Dominican Republic’s decision to postpone until 2026 the Tenth Summit of the Americas, originally scheduled for this December in Punta Cana. Mexico and Colombia had already decided not to participate due to the exclusion

Issue Nov 05-11 2025: Venezuelan migrants sent by the United States to El Salvador were “tortured,” suffered sexual violence, and other abuses in the mega-prison for gang members where they were held for four months, according to a report by Human Rights Watch.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: The Permanent Council of the Organization of American States will be holding an extraordinary session to craft a declaration in “support of democracy and constitutional order in Guatemala,” as it announced on its official X account.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: The government of Peru has broken diplomatic relations with Mexico after the latter granted asylum to Betssy Chávez, who had served as prime minister under former Peruvian President Pedro Castillo.

Issue Oct 29-Nov 04 2025: In Cúcuta, Colombia, migrant women are the driving force of the economy. They sell their wares on the streets and face harassment without any support.

Issue Oct 22-28 2025: An anonymous tip was the spark igniting an eight-month investigation into a criminal organization dedicated to smuggling both people and contraband goods from Chile into Argentina.

Issue Oct 22-28 2025: Venezuelan migrants in Colombia are facing a stalemate when it comes to legalizing their residency status, leaving them at risk of deportation.