Overview
- Argentina’s Javier Milei is working to convene a hemispheric center‑right summit, seeking support from Paraguay, Ecuador, Honduras and Chile, with possible buy‑in from Costa Rica, Colombia and Peru.
- The U.S. Department of Justice removed the ‘Cártel de los Soles’ allegation from charges against Maduro in New York, altering the legal framing of the Venezuela operation.
- Buenos Aires is pressing for the release of Argentine nationals held in Venezuela, with high expectations for gendarme Nahuel Gallo’s liberation and renewed calls at the UN and OAS.
- Mexico’s President Claudia Sheinbaum said Trump offered U.S. ‘forces’ against cartels during a call, which she rejected while underscoring coordination without subordination and signaling no immediate U.S. military action.
- Peru’s President José Jerí set biweekly working sessions with transport unions, pledged to publish the regulation of Law No. 32490, and backed police measures including C4‑integrated video surveillance and AI facial recognition as drivers plan a January 15 strike.