Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Between 1995 and 2022, over 60,000 people were rescued from work in slave-like conditions, according to the Co­missão Pas­toral da Terra e Centro de Do­cu­men­tação Dom Tomás Bal­duíno (CPT-Cedoc).

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Minister Javier Laynez of Mexico prepared a draft resolution regarding the Supreme Court ruling of “Plan B” as unconstitutional.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: The governability of President Gustavo Petro and the Pacto Histórico have been affected by multiple judicial and administrative decisions.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Corruption continues to be one of the main problems in Latin America, and institutions dedicated to the fight against it are the best tools that governments have.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: The current president of El Salvador, Nayib Bukele, registered as a presidential precandidate for the 2024-2029 period, but a Tribunal Supremo Electoral (TSE) magistrate criticizes this measure.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Officials under Bolivian president Luis Arce have recently announced a “preliminary bill for the creation of a risk system for the prevention of corruption” despite overwhelming allegations regarding corruption within the government’s ranks.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Even after the Partido de los Trabajadores (PT) of Brazil was elected for four terms, Lulism was in crisis, appearing as if it were born to live in crisis.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: A law that prohibited the use of botos-côr-de-rosa, or pink dolphins, as bait ends on July 2, which puts the animal in risk of extinction.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Mexico and Honduras have announced the second phase of “Sembrando Vida y Jóvenes Construyendo el Futuro” which will benefit around 20,000 farmers and young people.

Issue Jun 21-30 2023: Uruguay, Costa Rica, and Chile were the Latin American countries most effective at combating corruption in 2023, according to a report released by the Americas Society (AS) and Council of the Americas (COA) in conjunction with the consulting firm Control Risks.