Issue Jan 17-23 2024: A Peruvian politician has been evading justice for months after being sentenced to three and a half years in prison.

Issue Jan 17-23 2024: The right-wing forces of neoliberalism, authoritarianism, and theocracy are engaged in a well-organized global effort to promulgate their doctrines and promote the formation of ultra-liberal states or neoliberal theocracies.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: On Jan. 14, Chilean President Gabriel Boric traveled to Guatemala to attend the inauguration of president-elect Bernardo Arévalo and show his support for the new administration.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Margareth Lizeth Chacón Zúñiga has been accused of assisting in planning the murder of Paraguayan district attorney Marcelo Pecci.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Peruvian Prime Minister Alberto Otárola announced on the 21st of January that he would meet with security ministers and ambassadors from the Andean Community to discuss the ongoing fight against international crime.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Bernardo Arévalo, the president-elect of Guatemala, met with Xiomara Castro, the president of Honduras in Tegucigalpa on January 4.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Colombia will continue to collaborate with Ecuadorian authorities following the state of emergency declared in the neighboring country.

Issue Jan 01-09 2024: Venezuelan migrants currently constitute a group estimated to be some 7.7 million strong, with the actual number perhaps being even higher – and certain to increase – given that the fundamental reasons for the exodus remain extant.

–Researched and written by Katherine Prantl—Issue Dec 01-31 2023: The phenomenon of migrants disappearing, whether it be through forced disappearances, human trafficking, or other perilous circumstances, has emerged as a pressing global issue. The unsettling reality of individuals embarking on a journey in search of better opportunities, safety, or refuge, only to vanish without a

Issue Dec 01-31 2023: The Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) is a free trade agreement between Latin American countries that seeks to generate trade and investment opportunities through the competitive integration of economies into the international market.