Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Vidalina Morales describes herself as a “farmer, mother, and wife,” but she is also a social activist who works to defend women’s rights and break stereotypes in the midst of El Salvador’s “critical” political and social situations.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: The national Institution of Human Rights and Ombudsman (INDDHH) issued a statement to express its “deep concern” for the “expressions of hatred and anti-Semitism” that took place during the march to commemorate International Women’s Day.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: The mind is an extension of the stomach, a lesson familiar to the Brazilian poor in the second half of the 20th century, whose childhood experiences of chronic hunger left marks visible on both body and soul.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: On the eve of International Women’s Day on March 8, the women of Panama call for a state that represents them.

Issue Feb 28-Mar 05 2024: President Gustavo Petro of Colombia recently instructed his officials to commence implementing the preventive framework of his healthcare reform, urging them to demonstrate its benefits and address concerns about highlighted inequities.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: The Maká Indigenous community will march on February 28 at 7:00 am in Asunción, Paraguay, to protest the construction of the Héroes del Chaco Bridge into their territory.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: Último Primer Día (UPD), or the Last First Day of school, is a celebration that takes place the night before the last year of high school starts, and it is a night in which students consume alcohol.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: Uruguayan Minister of Social Development (MIDES) Martín Lema once again denied responsibility for the homelessness crisis plaguing Montevideo, instead placing the blame on the capital’s Intendent, Carolina Cosse.

Issue Feb 21-27 2024: On the heels of the recently celebrated World Day of Environmental Education, a large percentage of Chilean children are losing opportunities to learn in nature.

Issue Feb 14-20 2024: The samba school Unidos da Viradouro won first place for the third time at Carnaval in Rio de Janeiro 2024, a year which marks the Marquês de Sapucaí Sambadrome’s 40th anniversary.