Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: On January 8, 2024, President of Ecuador Daniel Noboa declared a national state of emergency.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: The most important part of the 2019 education reform in Mexico was the creation of the Sistema Nacional de Mejora Continua de la Educación and its commission (Mejoredu) to replace the Instituto Nacional para la Evaluación de la Educación (INEE).

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: Former President Juan Manual Santos and current President Gustavo Petro have clashed over their opinions on rural reform in Colombia.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: General Laura Richardson of the United States Southern Command arrived in Argentina to enhance bilateral ties and bolster regional security.

Issue Mar 27-Apr 02 2024: The Full Constitutional Court of Chile has resolved to reject the unconstitutionality claim filed by a group of opposition deputies regarding “non-sexist education,” integrated into Article 12 of the Comprehensive Law against violence against women.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: In mid-March 2024, hundreds of Cubans took to the streets to protest blackouts and shortages. The demonstrations took place in Santiago, the country’s second city, as well as other towns, at the end of a weekend with power outages that lasted more than 12 hours. The government pushed back, blaming “enemies

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: Law 2292 of 2023 allows female prisoners who are the head of a family to work on public projects rather than go to prison.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: Law No. 21.368, implemented in August 2021, represents Chile’s proactive stance against environmental degradation by regulating the use of single-use plastics and plastic bottles.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: In a collaborative effort aimed at addressing chronic child malnutrition and enhancing living conditions among Ecuador’s Indigenous communities, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints donated over $500,000 to UNICEF Ecuador.

Issue Mar 20-26 2024: Inhabitants of Alausí are determined to increase tourism by reopening railway access to the Naríz del Diablo. The local train, dubbed the “most difficult train in the world,” is central to commerce in the area.