Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The environmental emergency that is facing Panama with the prolonged drought in the area has pushed authorities to implement new restrictions in the Panama Canal that would affect mainly neopanamax vessels.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The chief economist of the Institute for International Finance (IIF) asserted that Brazil’s large current account surplus is indicative of a growing economy that is reliable and productive.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Cuban leader Miguel Díaz-Canel had a “frank conversation” with Pope Francis on June 20th, meeting the pontiff in his Vatican office to discuss “the positive state of bilateral relations” and “topics of interest concerning the national agenda,” according to a communiqué released by the Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Overwhelmed by internal crises that divert their attention, the leaders of Latin America’s left have failed to achieve the inter-region solidarity once hoped for, and indeed seem to be less unified than before.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Chaco’s Andean Amazonean New Year 5531 kicked off with rites to Mother Earth.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The traditional definition of a coup as an illegal takeover (irrespective of the use of violence) does not resemble Brazil’s modern experience.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: An intense snowfall in May raised positive expectations for a good winter ski season.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: Historian and art researcher Christian Padilla published his most recent book, “If the walls could speak. Bogotá mural art in fifty works (1930-1999).”

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: President Luis Lacalle Pou declared his dedication to the “Waste to Fuel” project, which promotes converting garbage from landfills in the city areas into fuel for ships, but acknowledged that progress has not been made as expected.

Issue Jun 14-20 2023: The president of Brazil, Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, will travel to France to discuss the Mercosur-European Union (EU) agreement with Emmanuel Macron after the strengthening of environmental conditions.