Issue Jun 19-30 2024: Bruna Benevides, a prominent trans activist in Brazil, has faced significant challenges throughout her life, starting with abuse from her family and extending to attempts by the Brazilian Navy to expel her due to her gender identity.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: In Cali, Colombia, Sister Marleny Giraldo has worked to serve the city’s most vulnerable for more than 20 years.

Issue Jun 19-30 2024: On June 26th, a group of military veterans in Guatemala began a series of road blockades to demand that Bernardo Arévalo’s government follow through on the overdue three-month payments that were promised to them by the Temporary Law of Comprehensive Development under Alejandro Giammattei’s administration.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: A survey conducted by the Public Defender of São Paulo indicated that state military police (PMs) do not turn on their body cameras in half of all encounters.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: In response to the global rise of a “neofascist ultra-right,” over ten organizations from Latin America and Europe, including groups from Brazil, Argentina, Uruguay, Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Chile, and Italy, have formed an International Platform for Human Rights.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: The results of the June 2, 2024, election will go down in history for the election of Mexico’s first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum Pardo, and for reaching a total of 13 female governors nationwide.

Issue Jun 12-18 2024: The fiscal conditions in Colombia are shaped by Regal Fiscal (RF) and the Sistema General de Participaciones (SGP) as well as the efforts of the Misión de Descentralización.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Fortunata Palomino, the president of the Red de Ollas Comunes, said that families in Lima are eating less due to a lack of money.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: Guatemalan President Bernardo Arévalo has announced new measures to help families living in poverty in vulnerable urban and rural areas that are being affected by the high cost of living.

Issue Jun 05-11 2024: The Honduran government has announced a national emergency plan to combat dengue.