Issue Aug 28-Sep 03 2024: On August 30, 2024, the freight transport union announced that, in response to the National Government’s decision to increase the price of diesel fuel, the majority of drivers in the country would go on strike and carry out blockades on the main roads in the country in protest of the

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Honduran President Xiomara Castro spoke up about the fight for gender equality and the eradication of violence against women during the second national assembly of female mayors in Honduras earlier this month.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The United Nations Development Programme released on August 14th its 12th Report on Human Development in Chile, entitled “Why do we find change so difficult?”

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: On August 25, the Paraguayan city Puerto Casado celebrated its 135th anniversary with a vibrant and colorful student parade, despite the ongoing struggle of its inhabitants for the legalization of their lands.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: In large cities in Argentina there are few regulations for the use of electric scooters, leading to an increase in accidents and conflicts.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The Nicaraguan government has rescinded the legal status of 1,500 non-profit and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and taken a hold of their assets.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: There exists in Cuba, amongst its labyrinth of filthy streets, a particularly lugubrious and deficiently named calle Salud (Health Street).

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Late in the evening on August 19, a video was posted on X that shows an Afro-Colombian man letting a Cali police officer know of a robbery that was taking place right in front of him and other police officers, while they simply looked at their phones and did nothing.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: In 2026, the city of São Miguel Arcanjo in the state of São Paulo will inaugurate a 70-meter-high statue of the angel that gives the city its name.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The circulation of explicit images depicting violence against women has repeatedly sparked debate over the link between sexism and the media in Argentina.