A large-scale blackout in Argentina and parts of Paraguay and Uruguay interrupted regular operation of public transportation, water distribution, telephone communication, and Internet access.

Governors from five Mexican states near the southern border supported the actions of the federal government to stop the flow of migrants from Central America and are assured that the administration of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador will carry out the necessary actions in the new migratory program.

–Written by Samantha Lee— On June 8, President Nicolás Maduro of Venezuela reopened two international bridges between the Venezuelan state Táchira and the Colombian department Norte de Santander. The bridges span the natural barrier between the countries, the Táchira River. Many Venezuelans had continued to cross the river during the three-and-a-half-month closure of the border,

Talks of creating a common currency between Argentina and Brazil have advanced. Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro, and the Minister of the Economy, Paulo Guedes, presented the idea of the ‘peso-real’ before businesses and other ministers, which was confirmed by the Argentine minister of Economics, Nicolás Dujovne.

On Wednesday, June 12, in La Paz, Bolivia, the governments of Paraguay and the host nation established a binational committee to work on an intercontinental train and the Paraná-Paraguay waterway.

A new flight to Colombia and Venezuela took off on Tuesday, June 11, to expel foreign citizens within the framework of the government’s plan to regulate the migratory situation in the country.

A case of mad cow disease has been registered in Brazil, which has made the Chinese market lose trust in Brazil’s neighbor, Paraguay.

In a disputed region at the southern tip of South America that was almost the cause of a war 20 years ago, Chile and Argentina will be conducting joint research on climate change between November 6 and 13.

Mexican president Andrés Manuel López Obrador continues to distance Mexico from the Venezuelan political crisis–and the rest of Latin America–in accordance with an early 20th century diplomatic doctrine.

Representatives of Cuba and Bolivia have negotiated a commercial agreement over exported goods highly demanded in Cuba, where there are intermittent shortage problems.