The International Conference for Democracy in Venezuela, organized by the Grupo de Lima, will be attended by a high-level delegation sent by Trump, but Maduro’s allies will be notably absent.

Soybean exports of 2018/2019 harvests total 1.6 million tons according to the Agricultural Services Department of the Ministry of Livestock.

–Researched and Written by Samantha Lee— During the six-day Pacific Alliance summit, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, and Peru made progress on many issues including combating protectionist policies, corruption, and global warming, while also moving forward with plans to the integrate Ecuador as a full member from its current status as an observer state.

Mauricio Funes’ newly acquired Nicaraguan citizenship taints the image of Nicaragua at home and abroad, and could accelerate international condemnation of the Ortega regime.

The Chinese Silk Road Fund signed an agreement to invest in YPF Luz, the Argentine, state-owned oil company, through the acquisition of shares held by US General Electric (GE). 

Latin America has been one of the hardest hit regions of the world when it comes to climate change.

On June 26, 2019, there were incidents in the Bus Terminal of Asunción where taxi drivers held hostage and assaulted the Uber drivers and their passengers for several hours.

After 20 years of negotiations, the European Union and the Southern Common Market (MERCOSUR) reached a trade agreement that will open European markets to the agricultural products of MERCOSUR.

–Written by Aaron Freeman— Michelle Bachelet, the former president of Chile and current UN High Commissioner for Human Rights, arrived in Caracas on the 16th of June to investigate the crises that continue to drive Venezuelans out of their home country.

The director of the UNESCO division of Ciencias Ecológicas y de la Tierra, Miguel Clüsener-Godt, sent a note to the Organización de las Naciones Unidas para la Educación, la Ciencia y la Cultura (UNESCO) for having mis-classified chipa as a product of Argentine origin in its social networks.