Issue Jun 19-30 2024: A new legislative proposal that would brand abortion as a homicidal crime was recently approved for urgent processing in the Brazilian Chamber of Deputies.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Two “parliamentary struggles” that occurred in June in Colombia and Argentina represent the dichotomy of Latin America’s global polarization.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Today’s world, just as today’s Brazil, is marked by polarization between the extreme right and democratic center; strong leftist parties and movements seem to be a thing of the past, something voters have lost their taste for.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Liberal ideology calls for the privatization of state functions while nationalist ideology supports a strengthening of the state.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: Nicaragua, the second poorest country in the western hemisphere after the failed state Haiti, is often said to be in need of democracy.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: Due to the Ley de Aguas Nacionales (LAN), the Comisión Nacional de Agua (Conagua) has failed to address water scarcity and has instead promoted the waste, exploitation, and privatization of water.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: The former head of the Dirección Nacional de Aeronáutica Civil (Dinac), Edgar Melgarejo Ginard, along with four other defendants, were dismissed by the Third Criminal Court of Appeals due to the annulment of their indictment for lack of prior investigation.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: On behalf of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC), Honduras’ President Xiomara Castro congratulated Putin on his unopposed presidential win in March.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: During the first Lula administration (Lula 1), the then president successfully calmed business worries and navigated the country into a position of fiscal surplus.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: In 2000, the International Organization for Migration (IOM) published its first yearly report observing that “there are more migrants than ever in the world.”