Issue Sep 23-29 2026: According to new data from Costa Rica’s Ministry of Public Education School Census, 26 of the country’s public schools reported having substandard toilet systems located in outhouses. Of these schools, twelve belong to the Regional Directorate of Sulá, which services centers in the Indigenous territories of Talamanca and Limón, while six

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: A new form of employment is taking hold on the streets of Havana: the “autonomous” garbage collector. Identifiable by the blue wheelbarrows they push, such collectors, who work neither for the state or for SMEs, are increasingly becoming an essential part of the urban environment, where they help ameliorate the city’s

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: The political struggle over Indigenous autonomy continues. Early in the Abelardo de la Espriella administration, there was an offensive against the nine Indigenous territories, eight in the Amazon and one in La Guajira, that had been formalized under the Petro administration.

Issue Sep 23-29 2026: A year ago, the murder of a student in the College of Sciences and Humanities South Campus, caused by another student, shook the Autonomous University of Mexico (UNAM). It opened up a conversation about security, but brought attention to a broader theme: mental health, prevention, and means for identifying risk.