Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Congresswoman Susel Paredes, of Peru’s Bloque Democrático Popular, proposed a bill that seeks to decriminalize abortion in cases of rape perpetrated by direct relatives of the victim.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Mexico’s government is in the process of discussing and approving laws by which to incorporate the constitutional reform that submits to popular election the positions of all federal and local judges, for which the first electoral process will take place in June 2025.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Though several cities in Brazil will be holding second-round elections, given that no one candidate received more than 50% of the votes in the first round, only one has national weight: São Paulo, the “richest, most populated, and most important of them all.”
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The Mexican government is considering offering tax credits to foreign firms to boost investment and production in the country.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: In a press conference in Mburuvicha Róga, Paraguayan government officials revealed that 46 military agents and 55 police officers were identified as participating in an international arms trafficking scheme.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Chile is a country of contrast regarding climate change and water use. Some regions, such as the central-southern zone, are experiencing respite from a decade-long drought as rainfall increased over the past two years.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: The Lençóis Maranhenses National Park, recently declared a UNESCO Natural Heritage site in July 2024, offers visitors a distinctive experience even during its less popular tourist season.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: A tragic incident in the small town of Frei Miguelinho, Brazil, has highlighted the dangerous intersection of political polarization and public safety.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: As the Convention on Biological Diversity’s Conference of the Parties (COP16) approaches, it marks the first major gathering since the adoption of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework at COP15 in 2022.
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Issue Oct 16-22 2024: Five years after Chile’s major social uprising, a comprehensive analysis reveals how urban revolts have become a defining feature of Latin American politics, and how Chile’s revolts were not an isolated phenomenon.
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