Issue Oct 18-24 2023: On October 22, 2023, Argentina held its general election. Sergio Massa, the current minister of economy and presidential candidate of the ruling Peronista Unión por la Patria coalition, came in first with more than 36% of the vote, over the far-right economist and member of Congress, Javier Milei of the La

Issue Oct 11-17 2023: On October 15, 2023, Daniel Noboa Azín, the son of banana tycoon Álvaro Noboa, was elected to become Ecuador’s youngest-ever president at age 35 after defeating lawyer Luisa González in the runoff election to replace incumbent President Guillermo Lasso. In May 2023, Lasso initiated the so-called “muerte cruzada” through which he

Issue Oct 04-10 2023: On October 10, 2023, Guatemala marked more than a week of blockades and national strike. Protesters demanded the resignation of the attorney general and head of the Ministerio Público, Consuelo Porras, whom they accuse of trying to reverse the results of the general elections held this year. Indeed, President-elect Bernardo Arévalo

Issue Sep 27-Oct 03 2023: On September 28, 2023, thousands of women (and many men as well) took to the streets across Latin America to mark International Safe Abortion Day. Wearing, carrying, and waving green scarves, flags, and banners, they marched in cities throughout Brazil, Argentina, Colombia, Mexico, Peru, Chile, Venezuela, and Ecuador, among other

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: On September 26, 2023, Mexicans marked the ninth anniversary of the abduction (and probable murder) of the 43 “normalistas,” and the confirmed murder of 3 more, from the Escuela Normal Rural Raúl Isidro Burgos in Ayotzinapa, Guerrero. In the months after the disappearances, then President Enrique Peña Nieto’s attorney general, Jesús

Issue Sep 13-19 2023: On September 15, 2023, Colombian painter and sculptor Fernando Botero died at age 91. Called the “Picasso of Latin America,” he was a prolific artist who produced more than 3,000 paintings and over 300 sculptures that have been displayed in countries around the world. His signature style depicted surreal and deadpan

Issue Sep 06-12 2023: On September 11, 2023, Latin Americans marked the half century since the military coup in Chile against President Salvador Allende, the region’s first elected socialist leader. Allende rose to power at the head of Unidad Popular, a coalition of Chile’s main leftist parties which included the Socialists, Communists, and Social Democrats,

Issue Aug 30-Sep 05 2023: Beginning around 2010, the Darién jungle between Colombia and Panama (which still has no road linking South and Central America) emerged as a new migratory route for migrants headed for the United States. Generally characterized as “impassable,” the difficult and dangerous trek through the gap that millions of people from

Issue Aug 23-29 2023: Despite (or perhaps because of) the victory of Movimiento Semilla’s Bernardo Arévalo in Guatemala’s presidential runoff election on August 20, 2023, the political party has come under increasing attacks by Guatemala’s traditional political establishment. Though the Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) confirmed that Arévalo won the election, the same body suspended Semilla’s

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: On August 20, 2023, Ecuador and Guatemala held much anticipated and momentous elections. In Ecuador, Luisa González, a lawyer with close ties to former socialist President Rafael Correa, emerged as the frontrunner with 33% of the first-round vote. She will face off with the surprise second-place candidate, Daniel Noboa, the son