Issue Jan 10-16 2024: On January 9, 2023, eighteen people were killed and five hundred were wounded in Juliaca, Peru, due to police repression.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In Mexico, policy evaluation is helping create an improved democratic quality in state governments.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: In the face of true horror, art and dreams are a means of cultivating hope.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: The Spanish government granted citizenship to the Nicaraguan writer and poet Gioconda Belli, as well as twelve other Nicaraguans exiled by the Daniel Ortega regime.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: The first seven days of 2024 saw a wave of violence sweep Mexico, with armed attacks in Guerrero, Guanajuato, and Sinaloa, continuing the trend of the previous year.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: To remember the 60th anniversary of the coup which led to Brazil’s 1964-1985 military dictatorship, the Lula administration is pursuing initiatives to remember the details of the atrocities committed during that 21-year period.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Space exploration programs are not merely an indulgent extravagance afforded only to those rich enough to ignore earthly concerns; rather they are daring exercises in innovation and creative problem solving with a broad array of applications.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: Argentina’s Minister of Economy, Luis Caputo, is participating alongside President Javier Milei in the World Economic Forum, held in Davos, Switzerland.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: On Jan. 14, Chilean President Gabriel Boric traveled to Guatemala to attend the inauguration of president-elect Bernardo Arévalo and show his support for the new administration.

Issue Jan 10-16 2024: China’s weekly demand for soy has fallen by 9.4% to 1.63 million tons.