Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Brazil’s new Integrated National Policy for Early Childhood – scheduled to be implemented in less than 100 days – has the potential to massively boost the country’s Human Development Index (HDI).

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: In Argentina, hunger has become part of public policy despite the fact that it should be a pressing and indisputable issue.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Amazon region in Colombia still has a significant percentage of its forest in good condition, located in the central and southeastern territories of the country.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Judge Karla María Macías Lovera, head of the ninth district court in Irapuato, Guanajuato, ruled that the Mexican government engaged in state terrorism through its repressive actions against guerrilla groups, especially in Guerrero, during the administrations of Luis Echeverría Álvarez and José López Portillo.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The recent actions by the Peruvian Congress, which alter the Criminal Procedure Code to shift investigative authority from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the National Police, are a direct attack on the Constitution.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Authoritarian regimes are characterized by a concentration of power and unchecked control.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Despite progress achieved by democratization in Latin America over the past four decades, frequent political alternation, hyper-presidentialism, and democratic fatigue now risk undermining democracy by prioritizing electoralism and the pursuit of power over genuine democratic engagement and representation.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Culture is one of the great human necessities, and the Brazilian city of Porto Alegre takes this truth to heart with its expansive collection of bookstores, cafes, restaurants, and markets.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Trust is essential for economic development, but Argentina’s political instability and divisive leadership have eroded this foundation.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The future of Latin America is uncertain. In the past forty years, the region has experienced a variety of different political periods.