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.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Nearly 2,000 people marched through the streets of San Salvador on Saturday, October 19, to protest against budget cuts that Nayib Bukele’s government has planned for the Health and Education sectors in 2025.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Brazil’s suburban working class has shifted politically from the left to the right in the past few decades, driven by evolving aspirations for middle-class lifestyles, religious influence, and changing social dynamics.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: Following the July 28 elections in Venezuela, state actors used social networks to persecute and reveal the personal information of opponents of Nicolás Maduro’s government.

Issue Oct 23-29 2024: A group of residents in the San Vicente neighborhood of Asunción, Paraguay, gathered on October 28, 2024, to hold a vigil for more than 100 trees that will be cut down to build a supermarket.

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.