–Researched and Written by Juan Carlos Garcia Martínez— Issue Jul 01-31 2025: The abrupt removal of a monument depicting Fidel Castro and Ernesto ‘Che’ Guevara in the Tabacalera neighborhood in Cuauhtémoc, a Mexico City borough, stoked tensions in the local government.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: El Salvador governing party, Nuevas Ideas, headed by controversial President Nayib Bukele, has approved a constitutional amendment aimed at facilitating the Central American nation’s withdrawal from Parlacen, the inter-state parliament whose membership consists of six countries in the region, by removing all acknowledgment of Salvadoran Parlacen deputies from the official registry.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: Luis Arce, the president of Bolivia, released a statement expressing solidarity with Brazil and its president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva following threats of retaliatory tariffs against the latter country from the United States.

Issue Jul 01-31 2025: Argentina’s industrial development was shaped by its access to petroleum, unlike neighbors Chile and Uruguay.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: Xenophobia against Venezuelans has been increasing at an alarming rate in several countries in Latin America, and its expressions run the gamut from insults, harassment, and exclusion from the labor market, to hyper sexualization, physical violence, and even murder.

Issue Jun 25-Jul 01 2025: President Yamandú Orsi declined to take a position on the conviction of former Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner, despite pressure from factions within his own political alliance, Frente Amplio.

Arturo Lemmen, a Mexican influencer, visited Costa Rica in order to try a variety of Costa Rican foods.

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: Increasing numbers of migrants are deciding to settle in Guatemala, a country that is usually just a stop on a longer migration course.

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves has continued to remain silent on the murder of former Nicaraguan Army Major Roberto Samcam. Major Samcam was murdered on Thursday, June 19, 2025, by a hitman in the safety of his home. In response to the president’s silence, deputies from the opposition have demanded a

Issue Jun 18-24 2025: An argument over loud music ended in tragedy on June 15 in the Chilean capital city of Santiago.