Issue Oct 25-31 2023: Chilean Foreign Minister Alberto van Klaveren described the recent cancellation of the presidential primaries in Venezuela as “a disappointment.”

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The working class of the Dominican Republic has been forced to look for additional means of income or remain in a state of excessive limitation regarding spending to avoid negative bank accounts.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The Brazilian cruise season for 2023/2024 kicks off on October 25th with the arrival of the MSC Preziosa in Salvador.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: Brazilian musician Supla released a new music video, “Goth Girl From East LA,” in which he visits the famous Hollywood Forever Cemetery – home to such figures as Alfred Hitchcock and Johnny Ramone.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The reconstruction of the BR-319 – a 885 kilometer highway that links Manaus to Porto Velho that serves as the only means of accessing the capital of Amazonas with the rest of the country – has generated controversy in Brazil, as the project threads through protected forest and Indigenous lands.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: Hugo Siles has been named the new Bolivian ambassador to China.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The Colombian principal deputy subsecretary to the Oficina de Población, Refugiados y Migración, Marta Youth, gave updates on the state of the ‘Safe Mobility’ initiative, a program promoted by the United States in various Latin American countries to incentivize legal immigration by implementing official mechanisms and pathways to immigration that can

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The Cámara de Industrias de Costa Rica (CICR) celebrated the resumption of normal relations between Costa Rica and Honduras after the two countries agreed to suspend their recently imposed mutual visa requirements.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: Seeking to ameliorate the security crisis in the Rio de Janeiro area, Brazilian military personnel will be sent to reinforce customs at ports, airports, and borders.

Issue Oct 25-31 2023: The Unión de Partidos Latinoamericanos (UPLA) will hold its ordinary assembly in Paraguay, along with an international forum at the Asociación Nacional Republicana (ANR).