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.