Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Increased levels of illicit commerce and other activities linked to organized crime caused Costa Rica to rank worse on the World Index of Organized Crime, a report compiled by the Global Initiative Against Transnational Organized Crime. Specifically, the Central American nation rose from number 72 in 2023 to number 58 among

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Brazil wants to become a world power in sustainable fuels, but the promise of sustainability may, instead of benefiting the planet, favor and expand the power of agribusiness.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Mexico’s minimum wage reaches 111 years as a labor right, tracing its origins back to the revolutionary period and its uneven path toward economic stability.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Argentinians are increasingly pessimistic about the future, and what job opportunities await them, as debt rises. The citizens blame the Milei government.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: The so-called “misery index,” calculated by the data analysis company 4Intelligence, reached 9.98%, the lowest reading since the beginning of the series in July 2000.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: In a year marked by major salary adjustments to counteract inflation and a decline of buying power, Uruguay has retained its privileged regional ranking in terms of its minimum wage, placing the small nation among the top three Latin American countries in this regard, only behind Costa Rica and contending

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: The Latin American Energy Organization (OLADE) has reported that Latin America and the Caribbean generated 161 Terawatt-hours, or TWh, of electricity in July, 2025, which represents an inter-annual increase of 4.5%.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: The agreement reached at the recent meeting of the Conference of Parties (COP) to the UN Framework convention of Climate Change, the so-called COP30, in Belem, Brazil, represents a major victory for such oil-producing countries as Saudi Arabia and Russia, given that it includes numerous warnings about the cost of

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Uruguay has enjoyed more than two decades of macroeconomic stability, but rising crime rates are creating deep cracks in society (“la grieta”), threatening the long-term viability of this hard-won stability.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: According to Fernando Romero, analyst and ex-president of the Tarija School of Economists, the recent change to Bolivia’s 20-year-old government and economic model is already paying dividends.