Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The city of Bogotá is making significant progress on its first metro line, with the project now 40.67% complete as of September 2024.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Congresswoman Susel Paredes, of Peru’s Bloque Democrático Popular, proposed a bill that seeks to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape perpetrated by direct relatives of the victim.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Panama’s Social Security is in the midst of a serious crisis with a deficit of US$673 million in one of the two pension subsystems (the defined benefit system), which could run out of funds soon.

Issue Oct 16-22 2024: In Argentina, people are living longer, and the majority of them are women. Life expectancy is increasing by four months each year worldwide, while birth rates have dropped by 40 percent.