Costa Rica has closed its borders during the current Covid-19 pandemic.

Relations between the bordering countries were already strained, however recently tensions have been heightened by the uncertainty of Covid-19 and the US allegations against Venezuelan President Maduro.

Colombian authorities have struggled with managing Venezuelan migration and the Covid-19 pandemic has further intensified this issue.

Venezuelan civil society organizations have proposed further measures that Maduro’s administration should implement to better navigate the current international health crisis.

–Written by Samantha Lee— On the day Bolivia observes the loss of its access to the Pacific Ocean through armed conflict with Chile 141 years ago, the Bolivian President Jeanine Áñez announced that the government would be taking new steps to regain territory at the coast when the Covid-19 crisis is resolved.

The BCIE will suspend the initial outlay of 7.6 million dollars from a loan to the National Police because of sanctions imposed on the police institution by the United States.

Both Secretary General Almagro and Assistant Secretary General Néstor Méndez will serve a second, five-year term starting May 26, 2020.

The Coronavirus has had a massive effect on Colombia’s borders, especially those shared with Venezuela.

Interior Minister María Paula Romo announced that President Lenín Moreno will enact an extension of the deadline for registry for Venezuelan citizens by executive decree.

At the fourteenth session of the Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean, Latin American and Caribbean countries signed the Santiago Commitment, by which countries promise to take necessary measures to accelerate the implementation of previous regional and international action plans and institutionalize measures that promote equality and diversity of perspectives at