The president of Panama, Juan Carlos Varela, called a meeting of the United Nations in Vienna to ask for international cooperation to face the exponential increase in the production of cocaine and other drugs in Latin America as well as the growing violence related to drug trafficking.

The organization Caritas has expressed its concern over the food situation in Venezuela. According to Caritas, after five years of Nicolás Maduro’s government, Venezuelans have been “resigned to a scarce, deficient, and expensive diet.”

With women recently gaining the right to drive in Saudi Arabia, other rules preventing women and girls from having the access to gyms and physical education have been loosened as well.

Wang Gang, a Chinese ambassador, spoke highly of the relationship between China and Uruguay at an event commemorating the 69th Anniversary of the Founding of the Chinese Republic.

Taiwan hosted a training for immigration officers through the National Immigration Agency (NIA) of Taiwan.

The United Nations is sounding the alarm regarding Brazil’s treatment of its Amerindian populations.

Cuban President Miguel Díaz-Canel mirrored the political ideas of Fidel Castro in front of the General Assembly of the United Nations.

Venezuela’s internal crisis continues to worsen as it attracts more attention internationally.

An initiative between Japan and Chile that began in 2013 has contributed to the exchange of ideas between the two countries in regards to environmental disasters, astronomic research, and conservation of natural resources.

Nicaragua’s current sociopolitical crisis caught the attention of the UN’s general assembly.