Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Paraguay is experiencing a serious financial and political crisis as the country’s Central Bank took control of Ueno Bank, a move that caused the latter to suspend operations and freeze the funds of thousands of customers, many of whom took to the streets to demand that their savings be returned.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: A new business class in Venezuela has emerged: the so-called Rodrichicos. Unlike the Bolichicos, made up of young entrepreneurs who sealed multi-million dollar contracts during the Hugo Chávez era, the Rodrichicos are not defined by their age or social status.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Following weeks of demonstrations across various European cities, sparked by the high cost of living, the winds of discontent have reached Colombia.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: Almost four in ten people of voting age in Argentina will be 35 or younger in 2027, raising questions about how politicians will compete for the support of an electorate that remains largely beyond their reach.

Issue Oct 28-Nov 03 2026: The success of public policies must be determined by how they meet the needs of the public.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Despite Argentinian President Javier Milei’s positive image rating hovering at an unimpressive 35%, he remains the most likely candidate to serve out the country’s next executive mandate. This begs a question: where and how will he gain the 50% of votes needed to be reelected? There are at least two answers

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: The President of Peru highlighted the role of Comando Unificado and affirmed that her presidency is hitting organized crime hard.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Democracy cannot flourish unless politicians, civil servants, and members of the Judiciary are held in high regard. In some countries at least, this was once the case, but in most it no longer is.

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Venezuelan opposition leader and Nobel Peace Prize laureate María Corina Machado returned to Venezuela on Sunday after nearly ten months abroad and at least seven failed attempts to go back. “I am here. With you,” she wrote on X, shortly before reappearing at a Mass at the Divina Pastora sanctuary in

Issue Oct 21-27 2026: Cuauhtémoc Cárdenas Solórzano, one of the primary forerunners of the democratic struggle in the country, died in Mexico City on October 28, 2026. People close to the family reported that he passed away due to a cancer he had been battling for some time.