Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Amid social media discourse and memes about Brazilian Finance Minister Fernando Haddad’s tax policies, it is important to remember that the rich pay very little in taxes and a vast majority of Brazilians want them to pay more.

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: Around 200 Indigenous members of the Kogui community of Sierra Nevada in Santa Marta, Colombia, have gathered since the 26th of July in the city’s Plaza de Bolívar, with the goal of demanding that the Ministry of the Interior return to them their legally recognized status, which they require to access

Issue Jul 01-31 2024: The Multidimensional Poverty Index (MPI) in Colombia revealed deep regional inequalities and highlighted the urgency of effective policies to address poverty in multiple dimensions, such as education and employment.

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.