El Grupo de Lima (the Lima Group) announced from the Peruvian capital that it would not recognize Nicolás Maduro’s government in Venezuela if he assumes his new term on January 10.

–Researched and written by Heidi Specht— Brazil is now facing repercussions after the Cuban government announced the decision to remove 8,332 doctors from the “More Doctors” program in November 2018, following derogatory statements made by Brazilian President-Elect Jair Bolsonaro. Upon the professionals’ return to Cuba, Brazil has had to deal with replacing thousands of vacancies

–Researched and written by Naomi Clear— Under President Nicolás Maduro, Venezuela has been in an economic crisis that sent inflation rates skyrocketing and created food, power, and medicine shortages. Countless Venezuelans are faced with a situation where their wages, once enough to cover their living expenses, are now worth practically nothing. This severe crisis has

–Researched and written by Kiano Emami— Venezuelan society continues to suffer through the regime of Nicolás Maduro. As the country’s entire economy falters and the government oppresses Maduro’s opposition, critics further expose the flaws of Maduro’s dictatorial policies while calls for action against Venezuela increase in Latin America. Both factors have further exposed the Venezuelan dictatorship’s

–Researched and written by Aaron Freeman—  While the Chilean Executive has been warm and open with Bolsonaro’s incoming administration, Chileans have expressed concern for the future of liberal democratic values, multilateralism, and Chilean leadership in the region.

The end of the Cuban operation that started with support from the Worker’s Party (PT) in 2013 will leave thousands of Brazilians without access to health care.

Mexico’s president-elect Andrés Manuel López Obrador has the opportunity to make Mexico an important actor not only in Latin America, but the rest of the world.

In the week of November 17, Cuba put an abrupt end to its program “Más médicos,” which had been running for five years.

Chile and Peru confronted each other in the War of the Pacific (1879-1883) with the invasion of the Peruvian port of Antofagasta.

Venezuela continues to suffer as the Maduro regime maintains a strong grip on the economically devastated country.