Issue Oct 01-07 2025: Guatemala’s Supreme Court has annulled the conviction of well-known journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín for money laundering, a conviction that was subsequently upheld in appeals court. Although he has been exonerated of the charge, Zamora Marroquín will remain in prison pending the outcome of two further trials.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The Colombian city of Tunja reported four confirmed cases of suicide in the month of May alone—this in a city of 187,000, leading analysts to speculate about the reasons for what is unquestionably a glaring statistical anomaly.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The Association announced the closure of its operations due to a context of “worsening criminalization and persecution of human rights defenders,” including the arrest of José Ángel Pérez, president of the Cooperativa El Bosque, and Alejandro Henríquez, lawyer and member of the Foro del Agua.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The number of households with people experiencing some degree of food insecurity fell to 18.9 million, a decrease of 2.2 million households living with hunger between 2023 and 2024.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Therapeutic abortion, a medical procedure that is permitted when the health or life of a pregnant woman is at risk, has been legal in Peru for over a century. However, statistics show that undue criminalization of abortion has doubled in Peru in the past six years.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Bolivia enacted a law expressly prohibiting marriage and civil unions of minors under the age of 18 in Bolivia.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: In a world marked by geopolitical tensions, armed conflict, and social crises that challenge traditional power structures, the voices of rising generations have begun to take on greater weight and influence at the international level. In this context, the figure of Daniel del Valle stands out as particularly noteworthy.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Two people in San Miguel Xoxtla, Mexico, are facing trial after protesting the extraction of water by private companies in the area. A federal judge associated with the trial acknowledged that it would be impossible to try the over 100 people who took part in the protests.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: Hundreds of people have taken to the streets in Lima to protest a reform to the rules governing pension funds in the country. Protesters claim that the reform—which was published on September 5— favors Pension Funds Administrators (AFP) over their members.

Issue Sep 17-23 2025: The National University of Colombia (UNAL) has long symbolized upward social mobility for thousands of Colombians, providing access to higher education based on merit rather than inherited wealth and privilege. Currently, however, the institution is facing a crisis in governance that pits the institution’s autonomy against politics, threatening its very essence.