Gran Colombia is a term used by historians to refer to the Republic of Colombia established between 1819 and 1831. It is used to avoid confusion with the current Republic of Colombia. Gran Colombia was formed by Colombia, Venezuela, Guyana, Ecuador and Panama.

There are many stereotypes about Latinos, like the one that says that “Latinos are lazy.” In the United States, faced with the mass arrests and deportations of undocumented migrants (mainly Latin Americans) carried out by the ICE several protests were held in Los Angeles to denounce, on the one hand, the unjustified deportations of working immigrants, on the other hand, the far-right rhetoric that too often compares Latin American migrants to drug traffickers or criminals.

The pink tide (or the Left Turn) in Latin America, refers to the wave of victories of left-wing candidates in the presidential elections of several Latin American countries at the beginning of the 21st century. We usually consider that it started in 1998, with the victory of Hugo Chávez in Venezuela. When he was elected, the left was only in power in Cuba in the region.

On May 12, 2025, in an interview with Bloomberg, Colombian President Gustavo Petro announced that Colombia would join China's Belt and Road Initiative (BRI), becoming the twenty-first Latin American country to integrate the project. Is the Belt Road Initiative a driver of industrial development for Latin America?

Since 2024, several protests against Haitian migrants have taken place in the Dominican Republic. The protesters are demanding, among other things, a stricter immigration policy and the expulsion of immigrants who entered the territory illegally. To what extent does the situation in Haiti impact the Dominican Republic?

Costa Rica is the first country in the world to abolish its army and is now one of the 21 countries in the world that don’t have a military. The country decided to abolish it after the civil war which broke out in 1948 (“Revolution of 48”). The decision was announced on December 1, 1948 by former president José Figueres Ferres and took effect in 1949.