Issue Jun 12-17 2025: Former President of Nicaragua, Violeta Barrios de Chamorro, died on June 14, 2025, at the age of 95. She was the first woman elected president in the Americas. She moved from Managua to San José, Costa Rica, in October 2023 to be near her four children, who live in exile because

Issue Jun 01-11 2025: On June 10, 2025, the many legal battles of former Argentine President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner came to a head when her corruption conviction was finalized by Argentina’s Supreme Court. CFK, as she is known, will spend the next six years in detention with a lifelong ban on public office after

Issue Apr 02-May 31 2025: José “Pepe” Mujica, the former president of Uruguay, passed away on May 13, 2025, at the age of 89. Commentators around the globe pointed to his legacy of social and economic transformation. During his administration, Uruguay experienced historic growth coupled with inclusive policies that promoted human rights while reducing poverty.

Issue Mar 26-Apr 01 2025: On March 26, 2025, the First Panel of Brazil’s Supremo Tribunal Federal (STF) voted unanimously in favor of moving on with the charges against former President Jair Bolsonaro and seven other defendants in connection with the riots of Jan. 8, 2023, which prosecutors argue constituted an attempted coup d’état following

Issue Mar 19-25 2025: On March 24, 2025, Argentines marked the 49th anniversary of the 1976 coup. The coup came during an already ramping-up death squad campaign that began during the government of Juan Perón’s widow and vice president, Isabel Perón, and helped jumpstart the so-called “Guerra Sucia,” which claimed over 30,000 lives. During the

Issue Mar 12-18 2025: In mid-March 2025, Cuba endured a new national blackout, the fourth in less than six months, pointing to the precarious state of its electrical system as well as the deep economic crisis that the country has been suffering in recent years. Analysts examined the root causes while commentators looked at the

Issue Mar 05-11 2025: On March 9, 2024, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum asserted her leadership with a massive rally in the midst of trade tensions with U.S. President Donald Trump who continues to flirt with imposing tariffs. She pointed to the pause in possible tariffs until early April and reaffirmed her stance in defense of

Issue Feb 26-Mar 04 2025: On March 1, 2025, Yamandú Orsi, a former mayor of Canelones as well as a history professor, took the stage at Plaza Independencia to receive the symbol of office from outgoing President Lacalle Pou. Orsi took over the presidency as the leader of the left-leaning Frente Amplio, heir to the

Issue Feb 19-25 2025: In late February 2025, the fallout from Argentine President Javier Milei’s crypto scandal was expanding, and came to implicate his sister and closest advisor, Karina Milei, aka, “the boss.” Allegations surfaced that she was directly approached by those behind the controversial Libra crypto currency, which surged in value and then crashed

Issue Feb 12-18 2025: Argentine President Javier Milei came under heavy attack for first praising the Libra cryptocurrency on his X (formerly Twitter) social media account on February 14, 2024, claiming that it could boost the country’s development through the private sector, only to quickly delete his post. But his immediate retreat did not come