Ecuador will extend its state of emergency in order to continue permitting Venezuelan refugees to enter the country.

The Mexican state of Chiapas is stepping up its border patrol, looking to curb the number of migrants entering illegally. Governor Manuel Velasco announced in April his plan to increase border security.

Brazil-Paraguay relations appear to be ever prospering as indicated by the tenth annual joint expo, held on September 27 and 28, 2018.

Tensions are rising over the question of Bolivia’s maritime demands against Chile, which was brought to the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in 2013, particularly after videos surfaced of the Chilean Chancellery discussing the “failure” of the ICJ in a tweet by a former Chilean navy commander claiming that Chile should resolve this question with

With the support of the Organization of American States, Honduras is working towards electoral reform with the hope of strengthening its democratic system that was plagued with accusations of fraud after the 2017 general election.

The government of Nicolás Maduro has accused the governments of Chile, Colombia, and Mexico for being involved in the moderately recent attacks on him.

On September 17, 2018, Ecuadorian Secretary of Defense ex-minister Oswaldo Jarrín announced a new set of strategies and functions for the 4,300 soldiers assigned to the Emerald Joint Task Force.

In August, Guatemalan President Jimmy Morales prohibited Colombian Iván Velásquez, the chief of the International Commission Against Impunity in Guatemala (CICIG), a United Nations organization, from entering Guatemala.

Due to the increasing lack of opportunity and basic goods and services in Venezuela, thousands of Venezuelans have migrated to neighboring countries in search of a better life, causing unstable fluctuations in employment opportunities abroad.

In an effort to diversify exports, Peru plans to bring, in vitro, Brazilian bananas.