Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Official data from the Mexican Secretariat of Economy (SE) shows low levels of Chinese direct foreign investment (FDI) into the North American country.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Between the months of January and February 2024, United States and Mexican authorities expelled more than 18,000 Guatemalans who were informally residing within those countries, with the majority being from the departments of Huehuetenango and Alta Verapaz.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: The United States is working with the Panamanian government to provide humanitarian assistance to migrants entering the country through the Darien jungle.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: A UN report found that 51% of the 15,000 foreign migrants surveyed in Mexico had left their home country due to violence, insecurity, and threats.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: During a tour of the Maule Region, Chilean President Gabriel Boric and Minister of Education Nicolás Cataldo visited the Colegio Gerónimo Lagos Lisboa de San Javier, where the finishing touches have been put on emergency restorations following a fire in 2022 which destroyed 30% of the university’s buildings.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: In Brazil, the Zion Church, the religious association Dunamis Movement, the Akachi Institute, and the evangelical pastors Lucas Hayashi and Teo Hatashi are threatening to sue all individuals and media outlets that criticized or raised doubts about their interest in the recent denunciation of the sexual exploitation of children in the

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Minister of Economy Luis Caputo indicated that the Argentinian government is maintaining conversation with the IMF; “they have always said that they were open to a new program, and that’s part of what we’re talking about.”

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: According to a recently conducted study, six in ten Brazilian youth who never completed their schooling have children; among women, this number is eight in ten.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: While there is no evidence directly linking former Colombian President Álvaro Uribe to ex-paramilitary leader Salvatore Mancuso, their careers are widely understood as existing on parallel tracks.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Colombian President Gustavo Petro has dismissed out of hand the possibility of abandoning his plan for health care reform, despite the fact that it shows no signs of being able to make it through Congress.