Issue Sep 24-30 2025: The U.S. embassy in Paraguay has stopped updating its social media accounts due to the government shutdown in Washington, DC. According to the last message emitted by the embassy, the accounts “will not be regularly updated until the government fully resumes operations, with the exception of information pertaining to emergencies of

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Migrants tend to prioritize sending remittances as “subsistence and solidarity mechanisms” for their families, despite facing higher taxes. The 1% tax approved by the United States Congress will hit remittances sent to El Salvador, specialists estimate.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: “For the first time, the United States recognizes that it must carry out operations,” said Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum, regarding the agreement to combat arms trafficking. Sheinbaum said that with the agreement, they hope to trace the weapons that enter illegally.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: With the United States losing influence in the Eastern Hemisphere, its foreign policy is increasingly focusing on Latin America and the Caribbean. Some believe that the harsh foreign policies demonstrate that the United States is waging an undeclared war against Latin America.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: Ecuadorian President Daniel Noboa has convened a referendum to gauge public support for the possible installation of foreign military bases in his country. This is the second time the head-of-state has placed a controversial decision before voters since he assumed power in 2023.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: During his recent appearance at the United Nations, U.S. President Donald Trump accused Nicolás Maduro of leading “drug trafficking networks” in the region while also defending recent actions taken by the U.S. military in the southern Caribbean.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: The United States has added Bolivia to the list of countries that are non-compliant with international agreements against drug trafficking, placing the South American country in the company of other non-compliant states such as Burma, Afghanistan, Colombia, and Venezuela.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: Guatemala’s Secretary of Social Communication for the Presidency has shared with the public a letter that country’s president, Bernardo Arévalo, received from U.S. President Donald Trump in which the American leader highlights the fight against drug trafficking and agreements between the two countries to modernize Guatemala’s infrastructure.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: During a speech given on Mexico’s Independence Day, president Claudia Sheinbaum proclaimed her conviction that foreign powers should refrain from intervening in her country’s affairs. “No foreign power decides for us…no interference is possible in our land,” she said.

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: While the recent visit of United States Secretary of State Marco Rubio to Mexico produced the sort of standard (and typically toothless) joint statement on security, sovereignty, territorial integrity, and so on that has come to be expected after such encounters, the real takeaway from the meeting was Rubio’s description of