Issue Aug 01-08 2023: A delegation of U.S. members of congress will visit Brazil, Colombia, and Chile from the 14th to the 21st of August to strengthen ties and promote mutual cooperation on three key issues: the environment, defense of democracy, and peace processes.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: In a bilateral meeting, Peruvian head of state Dina Boluarte Zegarra and Brazil’s Lula da Silva discussed a variety of topics such as the Amazon, climate change, environmentalism, and Indigenous communities.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Economists have denounced plans to increase the “bankification,” or “bank usage,” of the Cuban economy by restricting cash transactions and ATM usage, calling them “suicide.”

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: At 10:00 am, Humberto del Valle Zúñiga, husband of Zulma Carvajal Salgo – cousin of Governor Evelyn Salgado Pineda and niece of senator Félix Salgado Macedonio – was shot to death in Guerrero.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Gustavo Petro has been called many things by the opposition: an ideologue, egocentric, an autocrat, and an unpopular president without backing.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: In recent weeks, national and international news organizations have taken it upon themselves to explain Nayib Bukele’s meteoric stardom, such that his has become a model of governance fit for export.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: A new thermal park called Termas de Tapalqué opened in the province of Buenos Aires and is the third thermal park destination in Argentina.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Faces described both as screaming and gasping have appeared over recent years on the walls and façades of Havana.

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: Colombian President Gustavo Petro declared that the elimination of the use of fossil fuels and deforestation is crucial for guaranteeing the longevity of the Amazon (along with the world’s other tropical rainforests).

Issue Aug 01-08 2023: A recently published market case criticized Bolivia’s authorities and argued they did not have the capacity to develop an efficient and effective fight against drug trafficking.