Issue May 31-Jun 06 2023: On May 17, 2023, the president of Ecuador, Guillermo Lasso, announced the controversial “muerte cruzada” or “mutual death.”

Issue May 31-Jun 06 2023: Far from being a historically democratic country with a strong commitment to rule of law, Chile has only ever enjoyed true, uncompromised constitutional democracy for a brief period between 1958 to 1973.

Issue May 24-30 2023: Good governance cannot rely on the better angels of human nature; it is instead fostered through a free citizenry and structural limitations such as presidential term limits.

Issue May 24-30 2023: Part of the criticisms made of the Nueva Escuela Mexicana (NEM) concern two main lines of principles, ideological and pedagogical, both of which the Secretaría de Educación Pública (SEP) has had difficulty explaining.

Issue May 24-30 2023: The dispute between Argentina and the United Kingdom regarding the current state of the Falkland Islands (Malvinas) continues.

Issue May 24-30 2023: Under a chance of fate, the paths of Salvatore Mancuso and Álvaro Uribe crossed once again.

Issue May 17-23 2023: A dynamic international scene is making evident the inadequacies of traditional institutions such as the United Nations, just as it elevates oft-overlooked actors in the Global South who are taking it upon themselves to carry the banner of diplomacy.

Issue May 17-23 2023: Concerns arise as the Colombian president’s alleged attack on the media unfolds.

Issue May 17-23 2023: In 2014, The United Nations (UN) established May 17 as the Day Against Homophobia, Biphobia, and Transphobia, on the basis that the World Health Organization (WHO) removed homosexuality as a mental disorder from its International Classification of Diseases on May 17, 1990.

Issue May 17-23 2023: Guatemala’s loss of an effective means of communication has been directly linked to the country’s death of democracy.