Issue Aug 09-15 2023: An Amazon-centered Summit took place in the first weeks of August in the Brazilian city of Belém.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio marks the country’s accelerating transition to a failed state.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: As a cognitive system, Chile has yet to come to terms with the grief—and in other ways personal loss—that came from the rupture of democracy of September 11, 1973.

Issue Aug 09-15 2023: In recent years, Venezuela has been governed by violence and rationalization, creating disorder and maintaining “socialism” within the country.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: 2023 has been a year of meteorological challenges for the whole world.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: In recent weeks, national and international news organizations have taken it upon themselves to explain Nayib Bukele’s meteoric stardom, such that his has become a model of governance fit for export.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Venezuela has continued to face several challenges: a humanitarian crisis, an economic crisis, mass migration, crime and violence, and corruption in the PDVSA (state-owned oil and natural gas).

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Colombia has been ordered a six-month ceasefire by the United Nations after having shifted from a state of “revolutionary ideal to unholy war.”

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Democracy in Latin American countries has been falling out of favor in the last few years.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: A growing number of citizens have come out to protest the government and justice system in Guatemala after recent attempts to derail upcoming presidential elections expected to take place on August 20, 2023.