Issue Jan 22-28 2025: A maximum security prison for members of gangs like Barrio 18 and MS-13 was built two years ago when Nayib Bukele took over the government.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: The Dominican Republic boasts 5,510 public schools that have extended school days, according to information provided by the Dominican Ministry of Education.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: Brazil faces a tragic milestone yet again, recording the highest number of murders of transgender people for the 16th consecutive year.

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: A water shortage in Sancti Spíritus has turned the main hospital into a “high-risk area for the sick.”

Issue Jan 15-21 2025: What is happiness? How is it measured? Why should it be measured? These questions and more are answered by Alejandro Cencerrado, a leading scholar of happiness and author of the 2022 study, “In Defense of Unhappiness.”

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: The “Mi Nueva Escuela” program, launched in 2022 by President Nayib Bukele with the goal of renovating 5,150 schools over five years, has made minimal progress, achieving just 8.23% of the target.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: Only 5% of the adolescents assisted by the Programa de Justicia Restaurativa de Bogotá reoffended, which signifies the program’s success.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: The most common contraceptive practice affecting women is the product of politics, demographics, and cultural mores.

Issue Jan 08-14 2025: Knowledge is the main driver of economic progress, but in the Dominican Republic knowledge creation is out of step with that country’s remarkable economic progress since its institutions of higher learning are lagging in this regard.

Issue Jan 01-07 2025: In a recently released report by International Christian Concern (ICC), Nicaragua was identified as one of twenty countries where Christians are in danger, sharing the space with the likes of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Egypt.