Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Nicaragua is $943 million in debt to Chinese companies with terms of high interest rates and low grace periods. In 2025, the country’s external debt will exceed $10.5 billion with debt service over $1 billion.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The BRICS nations are exploring alternatives to the U.S. dollar and Western payment systems, aiming to reform a global financial order increasingly seen as unstable and weaponized for geopolitical sanctions.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Several projects between Taiwan and Guatemala have led to solid collaboration for over 90 years.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: Daron Acemoglu, Simon Johnson, and James A. Robinson were awarded the Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences for their research that highlights the crucial role of institutions in a country’s prosperity.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega ordered his country’s Ministry of Foreign Relations to end diplomatic relations with the Government of Israel, as requested by the country’s Asamblea Nacional.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: The United Nations Independent International Mission for Venezuela released a 158-page report on October 15th, documenting extensive human rights violations by Nicolás Maduro’s government before, during, and after the July 28, 2024, presidential elections.

Issue Oct 02-08 2024: At this year’s UN General Assembly, the reading of the presidential speeches, or those of their foreign ministers, “showed the impossibility of finding a common thread, a structured account of the whole of Latin America.”

Issue Oct 02-08 2024: Following the European Union’s embargo on Russian petroleum products in February 2023, Brazil and Turkey have emerged as the leading importers of Russian marine diesel and gasoline.

Issue Oct 02-08 2024: Gustavo Petro, in his latest speech at the UN, used his platform to make a poetic call for global change, though his idealism contrasts sharply with the pressing need for concrete solutions in Colombia.

Issue Sep 25-Oct 01 2024: In his address at the 79th United Nations Conference, Brazilian President Lula gave statements on the ongoing conflict in the Middle East, but notably avoided commenting on current political conflicts in Latin America.