Issue Feb 21-27 2024: Uruguayan Minister of Social Development (MIDES) Martín Lema once again denied responsibility for the homelessness crisis plaguing Montevideo, instead placing the blame on the capital’s Intendent, Carolina Cosse.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: On the heels of the recently celebrated World Day of Environmental Education, a large percentage of Chilean children are losing opportunities to learn in nature.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: The samba school Unidos da Viradouro won first place for the third time at Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro 2024, a year which marks the Marquês de Sapucaí Sambadrome’s 40th anniversary.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Claudia Barcia, who has been serving as a Buenos Aires district attorney specializing in gender violence, has just been named as the new Under Secretary of Protection Against Gender Violence.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: Farmers affiliated with the Federación Nacional Campesina in Paraguay are organizing protests to address the government’s abandonment of small-scale agricultural producers amid challenges caused by climate change.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: In Villa Silípica, Argentina, thousands of people gathered for the canonization of María Antonia de San José de Paz y Figueroa, hailed as the first Argentine saint.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: In a significant setback for Indigenous rights, on December 14th, 2023, the Brazilian congress overturned President Lula’s veto of several core elements of Bill 2,903/2023 which would have limited Indigenous land claims only to territories occupied during the adoption of the 1988 Constitution.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The Carnival of Tepoztlán has been called off for the second year in a row for a number of reasons, including the circulation of a video in which an armed man violently threatened a woman.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The Medellín Metro published a list of the items that passengers most frequently forgot. In 2023, 7,173 objects were left behind, only 10% of which were reclaimed by passengers.

Issue Jan 31-Feb 06 2024: President Xiomara Castro began the 2024 school year with the challenge of enrolling 2.5 million children in school, providing more than 100,000 scholarships, and serving 1.2 million children with a daily snack.