Issue Mar 06-12 2024: In 2023, Peru received almost U.S. $4.5 billion in workers’ remittances (earnings sent by migrants to support their relatives back home), which marks nearly a 20% increase from the year before.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: President Biden did not mention Mexico once in the State of the Union Address, while Trump only talked about Mexico negatively.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: President Daniel Ortega in Nicaragua gave the Ministry of the Interior (MINT) control of the production and organization of public activities and artistic performances.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: Peruvian Congresswoman Lady Camones Soriano presented a legislative initiative aimed at amending the General Fisheries Law, drawing criticism for potentially weakening protections for hydrobiological species and artisanal fishing.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: The European Union (EU) will contribute to regenerating Lake Yojoa, Honduras’ largest freshwater reserve, which is suffering negative impacts from climate change and pollution.

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: Contrary to reports from the Bolivarian media that the recent eighth summit of the Community of Latin American and Caribbean States (CELAC) was successful, the meeting’s actual outcomes are not encouraging when compared with the past two summits.

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 Mar 06-12 2024: The first 100 days of Ecuador’s president, Daniel Noboa, came to an end in the middle of a serious security crisis that couldn’t be stopped with the declaration of a state of emergency and internal armed conflict at the national level.

Issue Mar 06-12 2024: In a vote marked by irregularities, the right-wing majority Peruvian Congress removed and disqualified two magistrates from the National Board of Justice (JNJ) for ten years.