–Researched and Written by Ash Delmore—Issue Mar 13-19 2024: President of Argentina Javier Milei issued a Decreto de Necesidad y Urgencia (DNU), containing over 300 laws to deregulate the economy including laws affecting the job market, health, repealing the Rental Law, and privatizing public businesses. Both the Senate and Chamber of Deputies are needed to

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: Shantytowns have appeared at both ends of the new Puente Héroes del Chaco, which connects the cities of Asunción and Villa Hayes in Paraguay.

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: Following weekend protests in various Cuban cities, at least eleven individuals remain detained.

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: President Gustavo Petro reaffirmed that he is not interested in maintaining power nor changing the Constitution.

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: Carlos Martínez was only a child of 13 years when his father took him to attend celebration of the historic peace accords between the FMLN and the Salvadoran government.

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: Three speakers at the second forum for debating Mexico’s 2024 electoral platforms agreed that the social programs implemented by the government of Andrés Manuel López Obrador have benefited Mexicans and must be maintained.

Issue Mar 13-19 2024: Yanina Welp, co-founder of the Network of Female Political Scientists and senior researcher at the Albert Hirschman Center on Democracy in Geneva, Switzerland, shared insights on populism in Latin America.