Issue Dec 01-31 2025: The flower of the cocotero, a species of palm tree declared Paraguay’s national plant in 2024, is a distinctive symbol of Christmas in the South American country and an integral part of the legacies of both the Indigenous Guaraní people as well as the Paraguayan Catholic church, which commemorates the nativity

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Residents of Matanzas, Cuba, managed to hold their yearly festival of La Colla on December 14 despite a complete lack of governmental support. The festival, which is of Catalan origin, consist of a pilgrimage from the La Libertad park to the Monserrate Hermitage.

Issue Dec 01-31 2025: Religious weddings celebrated in Umbanda and Candomblé centers have become officially recognized in Rio de Janeiro. The measure is in Law 11.058/25, authored by state deputy Átila Nunes (PSDB), approved by the Rio de Janeiro Legislative Assembly (Alerj) and sanctioned by the state government.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: Ecuador has a gender-based violence problem and Guayas is one of the worst places to be.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: An investigation details the effects of Peru’s new Law 32330, which allows adolescents aged sixteen and seventeen to be processed within the adult penal system.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: Faced with repeated episodes of murders and other types of violence, the Mulheres Vivas movement is marching through many streets of Brazil.

Issue Nov 19-Dec 07 2025: The evangelical Iglesia Fundamento Bíblico (IFB) held a conference-workshop called “Implications of the Infiltration of Islam in the Dominican Republic” as part of its training program directed at pastoral leadership in the eastern part of the capital, Santo Domingo.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: Although they read less and in different ways, Mexicans remain avid consumers of the written word.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: On December 7, Guatemala will be celebrating one its most emblematic traditions, the Quema del Diablo, or burning of the devil, in preparation for the Feast of the Immaculate Conception on December 8.

Issue Nov 12-18 2025: There has been a recent series of attacks and murders of women in Cúcuta which has highlighted a truth that, while it should be the State’s responsibility to protect women, oftentimes gender violence goes completely ignored in official records.