Issue Mar 11-17 2026: Support for reducing the workweek grows compared to 2024, and a majority believes the change would improve quality of life.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Mexico’s Senate is considering a reform to the General Law of Sustainable Fisheries and Aquaculture that would seek to prohibit the breeding of octopuses and other cephalopods throughout the country. The measure would follow the legislative precedent set by Chile in 2025, which placed a preventative ban on the industry before

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Paraguay’s National Intersectoral Council (CNI), a coalition representing various organizations in the country, are demanding a response from the state to their demand for protections on family farms. Despite commitments made by authorities in previous negotiations over the issue, there has thus far been no official response to their petitions, according

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Panama Canal administrator Ricaurte Vázquez has predicted increased transit levels through the interoceanic route due to blockades in the Strait of Hormuz caused by the Iran war.

Issue Mar 04-10 2026: Experts note that even large companies have been resorting to this mechanism, which hit a record high in Brazil last year.

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Panama is on track to experience 5.5% increase in its GDP in 2026, thanks to the revitalization of large-scale projects in the country, the dynamism of its canal, reforms to its financial system, and the sustained recovery of national employment levels, according to a report presented by the firm Mens

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Bolivia is turning to tourism to boost its economy, reactivate national development, and promote community activity.

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Global asset management giant Franklin Templeton sees in Mexico’s US $500 billion pension fund system a potential partner with which to build infrastructure in the country. Pension investment companies, known as Afores, have grown thanks to reforms to the country’s mandatory savings system, which increased the number of workers who

Issue Feb 25-Mar 03 2026: Peru’s optimistic economic projections for 2026 may face significant risks due to the expected development of a Coastal El Niño event and continued political instability.

Issue Feb 18-24 2026: The newly-elected president of Honduras, Nasry Asfura, concluded a meeting with a delegation from the International Monetary Fund in which he discussed ways to strengthen his country’s macro-economy, with optimistic news regarding Honduras’ future financial outlook.