As a part of an exchange program, Costa Rica seeks to attract international students to its universities and develop ties with other institutions around the globe.

The judges unanimously chose Carlos Fernando Chamorro as the recipient for his “journalism with capital letters, exercised in the face of adversity and violence.”

On July 19th and the 21st, Great Britain’s Supreme Court will deliberate on competing requests from Nicolás Maduro and Juan Guaidó to manage Venezuela’s gold deposited in the Bank of England.

Peruvian paprika exporters are faced with the opportunity of gaining international market share due to the difficulties presented to China, the main producer and exporter of the spice. Recently, paprika from China has had residues and contaminants such as pesticides.

The recent protests in Colombia over a proposed tax hike and increasing economic inequality has brought many to question the violent actions taken by Colombian law enforcement to subjugate demonstrators.

On Tuesday, May 18, one day after the US released a list of Salvadoran public servants, both current and former, who are associated with corruption and drug-trafficking, Salvadoran President Nayib Bukele called an emergency session of the legislative body to ratify a $500 million public infrastructure agreement with China.

China-Taiwan’s Chancellor, Joseph Wu, has announced that the country will soon have a new vaccine against COVID-19, and Guatemala will have access to it.

Several large European supermarkets and food manufacturers have signed a letter opposing the most recent Brazilian proposal for agricultural reform as presented to the National Congress of Brazil, saying that they would boycott the nation’s products if the reform were to be approved.

Pope Francis received President Alberto Fernández of Argentina at his residence in the Vatican. They talked about problems facing Argentina and the rest of the world.

The National Health Surveillance Agency of Brazil (Anvisa) stated they do not have sufficient information about the side effects of the Sputnik V vaccine effects, although several Brazilian regions have requested 30 million doses as the country battles with a surge in cases.