Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Following the July 28 elections in Venezuela, state actors used social networks to persecute and reveal the personal information of opponents of Nicolás Maduro’s government.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: A group of residents in the San Vicente neighborhood of Asunción, Paraguay, gathered on October 28, 2024, to hold a vigil for more than 100 trees that will be cut down to build a supermarket.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The city of Bogotá is making significant progress on its first metro line, with the project now 40.67% complete as of September 2024.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Congresswoman Susel Paredes, of Peru’s Bloque Democrático Popular, proposed a bill that seeks to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape perpetrated by direct relatives of the victim.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Panama’s Social Security is in the midst of a serious crisis with a deficit of US$673 million in one of the two pension subsystems (the defined benefit system), which could run out of funds soon.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: In Argentina, people are living longer, and the majority of them are women. Life expectancy is increasing by four months each year worldwide, while birth rates have dropped by 40 percent.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: In Mexico, the prevalence of gender-based violence and structural inequalities against women can no longer be ignored, making the reforms proposed by President Claudia Sheinbaum all the more important.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: The Uruguayan Ministry of the Interior is working on methods to enhance policing, as well as advancements in technology and a new C4 center. The Ministry of the Interior is making big efforts to improve the National Police, focusing on technology to help with crime coverage and prevention.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: Once synonymous with forced labor, secret burials, and rampant deforestation, the Cabaceiras farm in Marabá, in the Brazilian state of Pará, has transformed into a symbol of sustainable farming through agrarian reform.

Issue Oct 09-15 2024: On Chimborazo Street in Quito’s historic center, the Empresa Pública Metropolitana de Movilidad y Obras Públicas (Epmmop) removed the street’s paving of heritage stones.