Issue Jan 01-07 2025: Venezuela has experienced a loss in its economy by around a quarter of what it originally was and is facing a crisis due to its large amount of debt.

Issue Jan 01-07 2025: The Panamanian National Customs Authority (ANA) recently seized a shipment of allegedly smuggled rice originating from China under the local brand “Pelín.”

Issue Jan 01-07 2025: Presidents Emmanuel Macron of France and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva of Brazil spoke on the telephone with Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro to persuade him to resume talks with the opposition after being inaugurated for a third consecutive six-year term following the controversial July 28, 2024, election.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Mexico has announced a temporary increase in tariffs on textile imports, a move that will impact, among others, goods coming from China, and could also affect online retailers.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: Nicaraguan priest Floriano Ceferino Vargas was detained by National Police after conducting Mass on Sunday, December 29th, marking the latest incident in escalating tensions between President Daniel Ortega’s government and the Catholic Church.

Issue Dec 01-31 2024: The Castillo Córdova Foundation and the Embassy of Japan will be working together to improve health and education conditions in Sololá, a city in Guatemala.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: President Javier Milei’s government left China out of the competition for the privatization of Argentina’s Hidrovía, in a strategic decision that could seriously compromise the bilateral relationship, after the Argentinean government’s criticism of China’s “communism.”

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Ukraine has urged Mexico to take a more active role in addressing global conflicts, emphasizing that isolation is not an option for a country of its stature.

Issue Nov 15-30 2024: Venezuela’s government, led by Nicolás Maduro, is getting ready for a new term, while the opposition tries to make exiled leader Edmundo González Urrutia president.

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.