Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Paraguay’s capital city of Asunción is undergoing gradual changes to its physiognomy, especially in areas where commerce is projecting it upward in the form of office buildings.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Carlos Aparicio left his native Venezuela ten years ago for Ecuador, where he now works as a puppeteer on Guayaquil’s Malecón 2000, the famed open-air street market that runs along the coast at the city’s western edge.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Tempers are on the rise in Chile. According to a recent survey conducted by Diego Portales University, 71% of respondents said that social coexistence in Chile has worsened, while 94% view the way people treat each other in the country negatively.

Issue Aug 01-11 2026: Twenty years after the Maria da Penha Law was created, Brazil continues to face record levels of violence against women. Rising femicide rates have renewed concerns about whether the state is adequately preventing violence before it becomes fatal.