Issue Mar 15-21 2023: Investigation shows that unequal spending priorities during the COVID-19 pandemic were found in 60 Latin American districts’ public accounts: in countries including Peru, Chile, Colombia, and Mexico, poorer municipalities provided economic aid and food baskets, while richer ones allocated funds for maintaining green areas, waste management, and sports.

Issue Mar 15-21 2023:  While El Salvador’s government focuses on capturing “terrorists” and engaging in Twitter political debates, those trying to make a living on the streets of the nation’s capital continue to suffer.

Issue Mar 15-21 2023: President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (popularly known as AMLO) has assured that the government’s strategy of containing violence through “hugs, not bullets” is sufficient and “providing results,” emphasizing that there have been fewer registered homicides since he assumed the presidency.

Issue Mar 15-21 2023: “[There is a lack] of water and sewage systems [in Mexico City].”

Issue Mar 08-14 2023: Paraguay’s health system is in crisis, but Vicente Bataglia clings to his position as President of the Board of Directors of the Social Welfare Institute (IPS).

Issue Mar 08-14 2023: Every year on March 8, we are “bombarded” with posts on social media, celebrating International Women’s Day.

Issue Mar 08-14 2023: Peru’s “new mining investment” plan created by the Ministry of Energy and Mining (Minem) would improve Peru’s mining infrastructure.

Issue Mar 08-14 2023: According to Mayor Ernesto Ramírez, the municipality of Panzós, in Alta Verapaz, is currently on orange alert after 58 cases of children under five years of age with acute malnutrition have been reported.

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: Each year, about 20% of students awarded a scholarship by the Ministry of Higher Education, Science and Technology (Mescyt) remain outside of the Dominican Republic, with many performing tasks that are far from their profession.

Issue Mar 01-07 2023: With the aim of recognizing the achievements of Panamanian women who stand out for their contribution to society, the Editorial Group El Siglo and La Estrella de Panamá highlighted 25 women (and made 140 honorable mentions).