Issue Aug 16-22 2023: La Soledad Parish in La Merced has become a refuge for migrants while passing through Mexico.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: In an initiative marking the 50th anniversary of the Chilean coup d’etat, 100 trees have been planted in the parks surrounding the Centro Interactivo de los Conocimientos.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: More than 12,000 accused gang members have been imprisoned in Salvadoran president Nayib Bukele’s mega-prison, as the Centro de Confinamiento del Terrorismo (CECOT) – Latin America’s largest penitentiary – celebrates its sixth month anniversary.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The Panama Canal Authority released a communique explaining how water-saving measures would impact wait times for water lock crossings.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The illegal invasion of a private domicile by Bahia police – for no other motive than that its resident went inside as they approached – put on full display the racism which defines Brazil’s deadliest police force.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The secretary general of Venezuela’s Acción Democrática, Henry Ramos Allup, reiterated his party’s commitment to a democratic transition of power.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate Fernando Villavicencio is reminiscent of the murder of Colombian presidential candidate Luis Carlos Galán, 34 years earlier in 1989.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The Museum of Colonial History and Art opened at the Central Bank of Paraguay on August 9, 2023.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: Venezuelan Maricer Fernández overcame what seemed like an insurmountable obstacle after crossing seven countries to reach asylum in the United States: finding a place to live in Chicago for him and his family.

Issue Aug 16-22 2023: The story of Xóchitl Gálvez and her rise in power, including her intent to become an inevitable candidate, exceeded even her own expectations.