Issue Nov 06-14 2024: A 2023 Inter-American Development Bank study on time use estimates that 15.4 million people work in unpaid domestic and care labor in Venezuelan households.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Over the past 17 years and under the administrations of three Dominican presidents—Leonel Fernández, Danilo Medina, and Luis Abinader—initiatives have been launched to conduct drug and alcohol testing for public transport and cargo drivers to curb traffic accidents.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: Argentine civil society organizations presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) on Thursday, November 14, to report on the severe setbacks in public policies, including access to legal abortion and contraceptives under the Javier Milei government, and to address and eradicate gender-based violence.

Issue Nov 06-14 2024: The Instituto Nacional de Carnes (INAC) reported that Uruguayan meat consumption has increased in 2024 compared to last year, which was a time when exponential growth occurred.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Since early September, gel guns—Chinese-made toy guns shooting soft, water-based gel balls—have become a popular pastime for youth in Brazil’s urban outskirts, largely among Black and low-income communities.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: With increasing government repression, there are fewer and fewer journalists in Nicaragua, and the few that remain work underground.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: In the midst of Cuba’s ongoing economic and migration crisis, a makeshift weekend market has emerged in Havana’s Nuevo Vedado neighborhood, where residents are able to sell belongings left behind by family members who have emigrated.

Issue Oct 30-Nov 05 2024: Experts say that the rise in motorcycle accidents is a public health issue that can affect the economy.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Nearly 2,000 people marched through the streets of San Salvador on Saturday, October 19, to protest against budget cuts that Nayib Bukele’s government has planned for the Health and Education sectors in 2025.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Brazil’s suburban working class has shifted politically from the left to the right in the past few decades, driven by evolving aspirations for middle-class lifestyles, religious influence, and changing social dynamics.