Colombian Defense Minister Carlos Holmes Trujillo permits a U.S. Army unit to resume its advisory mission in the country after the Colombian Senate found that it did not constitute a deployment of foreign troops. A court had suspended the mission in early July after the opposition argued it did count as foreign troop movement, and thus needed Senate authorization. 2020-08-27
Brazil's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirms the closure of five of its embassies, the ones in Antigua and Barbuda, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, Grenada, St. Kitts and Nevis and Dominica. Former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva had opened more than 65 embassies in countries throughout the Global South in a bid to enhance political and economic ties with Brazil. 2019-06-4
The United States pledges US$9 million in aid to Colombia to help support Venezuelan migrants in the country. 2018-08-8
Brazil re-opens its northern border with Venezuela which was briefly closed in response to refugees from Venezuela. 2018-08-7
Brazil closes its international border with Venezuela, following a similar move enacted but then rescinded by Colombia earlier in 2018, as a response to an increase in Venezuelans fleeing their country to neighbouring states. 2018-08-6
Departing Colombian President Juan Manuel Santos grants 2-year citizenship rights to over 440,000 displaced Venezuelans living in Colombia, giving them certainty in access to medical and financial aid. 2018-08-2
Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro announces the creation of the petro cryptocurrency in a bid to ease the country's ongoing socioeconomic crisis. 2017-12-3