Issue Aug 16-22 2023: Long-term issues in countries have historically required public policies that transcend the government’s jurisdiction.

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.