The European Union and the United Nations held a “solidarity conference with Venezuelan refugees and migrants” in Brussels and raised $133 million to address the Venezuelan migration crisis.

Albeit the relations between Russia and Cuba are not as strong as they once were before the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, the Eurasian country continues to value itself as a vital partner to the largest Caribbean nation.

Amidst the outcry regarding plans to construct the Chinchero airport in the middle of the Sacred Valley of the Incas, the valley was added to the World Monuments Watch list by the World Monuments Fund, indicating that this site is in danger.

A total of 22 companies from Italy, France, Spain, the UK, Canada, China, USA, Portugal, Colombia, and Germany have submitted the forms and documents for prequalification in the public selection process for construction of the several electric power plants: photovoltaic El Aromo (200 megawatts) and wind power Villonaco II and III (110 megawatts).

Ecuadorians took to the streets to protest President Lenín Moreno’s proposed measures to limit growth on public spending, external debt, and the elimination of subsidies on combustibles.

United Kingdom Export Finance has issued a loan to the British government to invest in energy in Argentina.

A delegation of 50 Peruvian companies will participate in the Expo Peru Dubai, with the objective of generating $22 million USD in commercial opportunities in the Middle East, said the Commission for the Promotion of Peru for Export and Tourism (Promperú).

The Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (SAIDC) will contribute 142 euros to various areas of Paraguay throughout the next five years.

By adopting a legal framework that will allow the imposition of selective sanctions, the EU’s Foreign Ministers sent a warning to Nicaragua if the socio-political crisis continues, which as of April 2018 has left hundreds of people dead.

Amid the new repressive measures against independent journalists, artists, and those opposing the Cuban regime, the European Union invited representatives of Cuba to speak in Brussels.