Issue Sep 17-23 2025: Countries such as China and Japan boast cultural influences derived from three key sources:  Buddhism, Taoism, and the thought of Confucius. The Chinese philosopher has placed his stamp on the way their economies are managed, their politics managed, and their education systems run, since certain principles of his thought ended up

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: Rio de Janeiro was the scene for one of Brazil’s largest protests in ages as thousands took to the streets to voice their disapproval for a proposed amnesty bill exonerating conspirators in the attempted 2022 coup d’état to prevent current President Ignacio Lula da Silva from assuming power after he was

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: On September 15, the world celebrated International Democracy Day—a propitious occasion to evaluate the state of democracy both around the world and in Latin America.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: One of the world’s most prestigious demographers, Nicholas Eberstadt, predicts a future in which the global population will decline. In an essay published in Foreign Affairs entitled “The Age of Depopulation,” he stated the following: “Humans are about to enter a new historical era. For the first time since the Black

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: Next year Peruvians will gather at the polls to elect a new president, given that the mandate of Pedro Castillo, who was put in jail and replaced by his vice-president Dina Boluarte, is swiftly coming to a close. Against all expectations, Boluarte has managed to remain in office until now, but

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: September in Chile is a month filled with national symbolism, but it is often unclear what binds its peoples together—indeed, it is appropriate to ask what it means to be Chilean in the first place.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: The economic crisis in Venezuela is about more than just rampant inflation and exchange rates. Indeed, it is a crisis that is structural in nature, one that has imploded the country’s productive capacity as well as its social and institutional foundations.

Issue Sep 10-16 2025: Colombian journalism is experiencing a crisis that threatens pluralism and the right to information.

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: In 1971, when Richard Nixon announced the beginning of the so-called “war on drugs,” a commission was formed to advise his administration on the most efficient and humane ways by which it might reach its goals. The original idea proposed by the commission was that the path forward should include reducing

Issue Sep 03-09 2025: Chile is entering the final stages of its presidential election beginning September 19th. In the lead up to the election, candidates and citizens alike are increasingly focusing on social peace in their campaigns as opposed to other social issues.