Issue Aug 23-29 2023: The patriotism and courage displayed by citizens of Ecuador was apparent internationally as the country’s voters showed up in mass numbers for recent elections despite the terrible state of insecurity the country has faced.

Issue Aug 23-29 2023: The passing of Article 3 for the Constitution after the Mexican Revolution, concerning education, was a historic win for the secular State, but would not conclude the contest with the Catholic Church.

Issue Aug 23-29 2023: Femicides in Paraguay are not decreasing, and therefore must be recognized as an “ignored pandemic,” as described by the United Nations.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is reminiscent of the murder of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, 34 years earlier in 1989.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: In Argentina, the interest surrounding dollarization aligns with the interest in using the State’s own development policy as a means to bury its power by depoliticizing and eliminating any political and social forces that may want autonomous development projects in the country.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: Authorities in Peru are concerned about the increase in crime that the country is suffering.

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.