Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (OCDH) said that amid the poverty on the island, the Cuban government, “dedicates massive resources to increase the repression against intellectuals, unions, and independent journalists” in reference to the repressive acts committed by police.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: A study by Observatório da Branquitude found that Brazilian public schools with a majority Black student body have worse educational infrastructure than schools with a majority white student body.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: In Nueva Oceanía, a community in the Peruvian Amazon, sightings of the Mashco Piro, an Indigenous group in isolation, have increased due to nearby forestry concessions.

Issue Apr 17-23 2024: The Panamanian prosecutor’s office requested 12 years in prison, the maximum penalty for money laundering, for Jürgen Mossack and Ramón Fonesca, founders of the defunct law firm at the center of the international “Panama Papers” scandal.