Issue Feb 11-17 2026: As Bolivia celebrates its festive annual Carnival, on the other side of the planet China is gearing up for its Spring Festival, scheduled to begin on February 17. According to the lunar calendar, the Spring Festival is China’s New Year, and features an array of activities across the entire nation. With

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: Panama’s president, José Raúl Mulino, has announced that the Central American nation will maintain restrictions on European companies participating in public procurement bids, after the European Union confirmed that Panama will remain on its list of non-cooperative tax jurisdictions.

Issue Feb 11-17 2026: This year’s edition of CoffeeFest, held in Madrid, had a distinctly Central American accent, confirming what coffee lovers already knew: the region produces some of the best beans in the world.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Costa Rica’s Livestock Corporation (CORFOGA), a non-public entity that seeks to promote, foster, and support the national bovine livestock sector, said in a statement that it anticipates greater support from the incoming government, especially when it comes to opening new markets for its products.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Nicaragua has once again landed a spot among the world’s worst performing nations, according to Transparency International’s 2025 edition of its annual Corruption Perceptions Index, which also ranks it among the most corrupt nations in the hemisphere.

Issue Feb 04-10 2026: Former Chilean President Michelle Bachelet is making a bid for General Secretary of the United Nations, even as the right in the South American nation escalates its rhetoric against the potential nomination.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: The open conflict surrounding concessions at the ports of Balboa and Cristóbal, at both ends of the Panama Canal, has escalated from local legal conflict into a new episode in the commercial battle being waged by the United States and China.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: The European Union has delayed and softened the implementation of its landmark regulation aimed at preventing the import of products linked to deforestation, raising concerns about the bloc’s environmental commitments and their real impact abroad.

Issue Jan 28-Feb 03 2026: Taiwan’s government issued a “strong protest and condemnation” after a joint statement released in Beijing by Uruguay’s President Yamandú Orsi and China’s President Xi Jinping reiterated Montevideo’s adherence to the “one China” principle and described Taiwan as an “inalienable” part of Chinese territory.

Issue Jan 21-27 2026: The Russian government has suggested for the first time that it may offer political asylum to Nicolás Maduro, following his capture in a U.S. military operation on January 3 in Caracas, and has urged the White House to release both the former Venezuelan president and his wife, Cilia Flores.