Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Nelson Alexander Calles Pérez, a resident of a Mara Salvatrucha-13-controlled area in Chalatenango, El Salvador, fled to a European Union country to seek asylum after being falsely accused by local police of gang involvement.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: During a formal ceremony at the Government Palace, Peru’s President Dina Boluarte and Brunei’s Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah signed a memorandum of understanding to establish a bilateral consultation mechanism aimed at boosting economic and commercial cooperation.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: United States President Joe Biden and Chinese President Xi Jinping will meet in Lima, Peru, on November 16, for their third bilateral summit. The meeting comes during the Asian Pacific Economic Cooperation Forum hosted in Lima.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Angelina Aspuac, a Mayan leader and governor, urged Guatemalan lawmakers to pass the 6136 bill to protect Indigenous women’s intellectual property and preserve Mayan textiles.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Valdecy Urquiza, a 43-year-old delegate of Brazil’s Policia Federal, has made history by becoming the first Brazilian and the first individual from a developing country to be named Secretary-General of Interpol.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: A cooperative initiative among Spain, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, and Guatemala is gathering scientific and technical data to mitigate seismic risks across Central America and the Caribbean.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: The decision of President Nayib Bukele of El Salvador and President Daniel Ortega of Nicaragua to build two nuclear power plants in their countries aims to reduce energy dependency on oil in the region.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Despite Nicaragua and Venezuela’s ambitions to join the new BRICS-associated 13-nations group, both countries have failed to qualify following tensions with Brazil.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: BRICS is a group of emerging countries formed by Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa, created to foster cooperation in areas of trade, finance, politics, and sustainable development.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: As explained by the European Parliament, the six-member delegation led by Austrian MEP Lukas Mandl, of the European People’s Party (EPP), will visit Guatemala from October 28 to 30.