Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Despite regulations that state that those under age 17 cannot enter the armed forces, the Brazilian Pre-Military Force (FOPE) has been reportedly allowing boys who have just recently started primary school to begin indoctrination activities.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Following the announcement of the agreement with the International Monetary Fund (IMF), opposition economists and analysts reported that the news would bring short-term relief, but the economic situation would still be considered critical without access to additional funding and claims to adjust spending.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Ecuador, which is currently considered the second most crime-ridden country in South America, suffered a “bloody week” that began with the shooting of the Manta mayor Agustín Intriago at a sporting event on July 23, 2023.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: It is important for many to celebrate the restitution of grandson #133 in Argentina’s continued search to find the children who were born during the captivity of victims of the Dirty War.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Israel Martínez got his start in the rock scene, but the Mexican musician gradually began to expand the scope of his art according to his interests, becoming one of the most important artists in the country.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Brazil’s timber trade skirts the line between legality and illegality, with large amounts of illegally harvested lumber being exported as apparently legal shipments.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Lula’s visit to Cape Verde was important but insufficient, focusing on Brazil’s historical debt to Africa and the possibility of Brazilian cooperation on the continent, primarily in regard to agriculture.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Mexico, the United States, and Canada will create a working group to strengthen regulations concerning cargo labeling and chemical shipping and to identify legal laboratories that act as a party to fentanyl trafficking.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: The Comisión Ejecutiva Portuaria Autónoma (CEPA) has assured that the boat that will connect La Unión port with the Caldera port in Costa Rica has already been purchased and is on its way to El Salvador.

Issue Jul 01-31 2023: Education can help individuals obtain social mobility.