Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The Secretary General of the Agencia de Promoción Turística de Centroamérica (CATA), Boris Iraheta, said in an interview with EFE that sustainable tourism and thinking strategically “can change and turn around the social and economic situations of a country.”

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Luiz Ignácio Lula da Silva and Gustavo Petro met and discussed extremist governments, the upcoming elections in Venezuela, and regional integration with the Amazon.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: One of President Gustavo Petro’s goal is to reduce poverty and create a more equal society. Some of these programs include providing housing, food, education, healthcare, or subsidies to poor homes.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: April 23 marked the United Nations’ Spanish Language Day.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: On Monday, April 22, the Nicaraguan government made a deal allowing a Chinese company, Xinxin Linze Minería Group, to explore and exploit the minerals of the Caribbean coast for the next 25 years.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: During his recent visit to Pedro Juan Caballero, the U.S. Ambassador to Paraguay, Marc Ostfield, stressed that “freedom of the press is fundamental to any democracy.”

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The Caribbean Cultural Fund (CCF) recently announced its inaugural call for proposals, which will offer substantial funding to art and culture projects across the Caribbean.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Adriano Pedrosa, curator of this year’s Venice Biennale, is the first Latin American to hold this coveted position.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: With the expected continuity of policies for the next administration, a pragmatic secretary of Finance, an economy leveraged to the U.S. growth cycle, and structural limitations hindering nearshoring, there is cautious optimism about Mexico, according to French asset manager Natixis Investment Managers (IM).

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: Rupert Schlegelmilch, the EU’s chief negotiator for a free-trade deal with the Mercosur bloc, says he is hoping to close this deal “as soon as possible,” pinpointing “June or July” as a possible date.