Issue Aug 07-13 2024: In the wake of the illegitimate re-election of Nicolás Maduro, there is concern in Latin American countries that this will increase emigration from Venezuela, which is already the largest migratory movement in Latin America’s history.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Hundreds of Mexicans who fled into Guatemala to seek refuge from cartel recruitment drives have received temporary humanitarian stay status, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM).

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: An estimated 7.7 million people have emigrated from Venezuela since 1999, making it one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Colombia has received the largest numbers of Venezuelan migrants, and following the recent election, migration is predicted to increase.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Mexico and Guatemala have agreed to perform joint security operations along their border, after hundreds of Mexicans recently fled to the Central American country out of fear of recruitment by local cartels.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: In an official visit to Chile, Brazilian President Lula da Silva participated in the Brazil-Chile Business Forum, where he highlighted the ways in which economic partnerships between the two countries has the potential to strengthen the South American continent.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: The National Superintendency of Migration (Migraciones) has reopened the renovated Kasani Border Control Post (PCF) near Lake Titicaca.

—Researched and Written by Alex Martín-Romero– Issue Jul 01-31 2024: On July 8th  in Paraguay, the 64th summit of Mercosur (Southern Common Market) was held. The biggest headline was that Argentine President Javier Milei would not be attending; in fact, he had already advocated for pulling Argentina out of the agreement altogether. Although this was

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Even before assuming office, Argentinian President Javier Milei had never refrained from making apparent the contempt he felt for his Brazilian counterpart Lula da Silva.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: In the aftermath of Nicolás Maduro’s controversial re-election in Venezuela, the president of Panama, José Raúl Mulino, predicted that more Venezuelans will attempt to cross the Darién jungle in an effort to reach the United States.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: The million-dollar business of migrant transit through Nicaragua and other countries in the region has so far resulted in two arrests—the director of a commercial airline and the leader of a gang coordinating ground transport—and a series of U.S. sanctions aimed at curbing irregular migration facilitated by the dictatorship of Daniel