Issue Mar 19-25 2025: Bolivia has plunged to 164th place out of the 176 countries evaluated in the latest edition of the Heritage Foundation’s Economic Freedom Index, ranking it as the country with the least economic freedom in the entire region.

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) allocated $4.5 million to aid communities impacted by a devastating oil spill in Esmeraldas and widespread flooding across Ecuador.

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: Jeison Pérez, a Colombian physiotherapist from Cali, arrived in Odessa, Ukraine, a month ago to work with Médicos Sin Fronteras (MSF, Médecins Sans Frontières/Doctors Without Borders) in a program for war-wounded patients.