Issue Oct 08-14 2025: On Bolivian Women’s Day and in the context of an electoral campaign, the Observatorio de Género of the Coordinadora de la Mujer warned that, without a real commitment to dismantling patriarchy, “gender-parity democracy will be just a mirage.”

Issue Oct 08-14 2025: A report published by the Instituto de Ciencia Política Hernán Echavarría Olózaga (ICP), the ProBogotá Región, and the Fundación para el Estado de Derecho indicates that Protection Areas for Food Production, along with other legal instruments created by the national government, represent a serious threat to territorial autonomy, legal security, and

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: Guatemala’s Supreme Court has annulled the conviction of well-known journalist José Rubén Zamora Marroquín for money laundering, a conviction that was subsequently upheld in appeals court. Although he has been exonerated of the charge, Zamora Marroquín will remain in prison pending the outcome of two further trials.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The Colombian city of Tunja reported four confirmed cases of suicide in the month of May alone—this in a city of 187,000, leading analysts to speculate about the reasons for what is unquestionably a glaring statistical anomaly.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The Association announced the closure of its operations due to a context of “worsening criminalization and persecution of human rights defenders,” including the arrest of José Ángel Pérez, president of the Cooperativa El Bosque, and Alejandro Henríquez, lawyer and member of the Foro del Agua.

Issue Oct 01-07 2025: The number of households with people experiencing some degree of food insecurity fell to 18.9 million, a decrease of 2.2 million households living with hunger between 2023 and 2024.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Therapeutic abortion, a medical procedure that is permitted when the health or life of a pregnant woman is at risk, has been legal in Peru for over a century. However, statistics show that undue criminalization of abortion has doubled in Peru in the past six years.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Bolivia enacted a law expressly prohibiting marriage and civil unions of minors under the age of 18 in Bolivia.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: In a world marked by geopolitical tensions, armed conflict, and social crises that challenge traditional power structures, the voices of rising generations have begun to take on greater weight and influence at the international level. In this context, the figure of Daniel del Valle stands out as particularly noteworthy.

Issue Sep 24-30 2025: Two people in San Miguel Xoxtla, Mexico, are facing trial after protesting the extraction of water by private companies in the area. A federal judge associated with the trial acknowledged that it would be impossible to try the over 100 people who took part in the protests.