Issue Jan 10-16 2024: A new marine farming project, led entirely by women, is unfolding along the Gulf of Nicoya and the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, providing opportunities for women from more remote areas to relocate to communities with improved socioeconomic conditions.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: El Salvador’s President Nayib Bukele is headed for a landslide victory, leading with 71% voter intention, according to a survey conducted by the private University Francisco Gavidia (UFG).

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Blockades have been slowing down economic recovery in Bolivia.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: On January 13th, the Honduran justice system began procedures to formally extradite a Honduran citizen accused by a United States court of distributing fentanyl in the North American country.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: The Brazilian Supreme Federal Court has ordered police intervention in a territorial dispute which has broken out in Indigenous lands in the region of Guaíra, in the state of Paraná.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In seeming contrast to the authoritarian backsliding occurring in the rest of Latin America, the Dominican Republic is enjoying a period of robust democracy and political dynamism.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Octubre 94’, a self-published novel written by Argentinian author and graphic designer Nicolás Francis, was temporarily taken down from Amazon after a complaint about the book surfaced on the virtual reader platform Goodreads.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Minera Panamá has ceased to operate but closing the mines could take up to eight years. The only activities in the mines are to ensure stability during the process for closure.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: The parks of the Amazon Deforestation Arc include protected areas with the greatest deforestation in the country.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Uruguay presented its second Nationally Determined Contribution (NDC) at the end of 2022, establishing goals relating to emission levels, innovation strategies, development, and financing to combat climate change.