–Researched and Written by Taylor Wegner— Hurricanes Eta and Iota struck Central America earlier this year, leaving a devastating outcome for many in the area. Both storms caused destruction throughout the region, leaving people without homes or means to provide for themselves and their families in what was already a difficult year.

Countries like Brazil, Mexico, Argentina, Ecuador, and Peru have been greatly affected by the COVID-19 pandemic, having some of the highest death rates throughout the past months globally.

The presidents of Brazil and Paraguay, Jair Bolsonaro and Abdo Benítez, respectively, met on December 1st to verify the progress of the Integration Bridge, which will unite both countries.

Among all of the remarkable events of 2020, including COVID-19, the Chilean referendum in favor of a new constitution, the political changes without citizen participation in Peru, and Maradona’s death, Bolivia was at the epicenter for 2020.

The President of Argentina, Alberto Fernández, and the President of Brazil, Jair Bolsonaro, contrary politically, dialogued by video call on Monday November 30th in the first private meeting since the inauguration of the Argentine leader, the government in Buenos Aires said.

The authorities of Norte de Santander, Colombia, reported on November 13 that the border with Venezuela would be opened the following weekend to allow 169 Venezuelan students to enter the country in order to take their final tests of high school, in what is being called a “student passage.”

The letter sent by the Foreign Policy Commission from Venezuela denounces comments by Claudia López about Venezuelan immigrants.

A network of human traffickers that sexually exploited women from various Latin American countries has been discovered in Costa.

The thirty-eighth session of the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) ended this Wednesday, October 28.

Jair Bolsonaro welcomed the Argentine ambassador Daniel Scioli to Brazil.