Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Cuba may once again have to navigate “turbulent waters,” according to José Ramón Cabañas, former ambassador to the United States and director of the Center for International Politics Research (CIPI).

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Since March 2024, Mexico’s National Institute of Migration (INM) has classified 43,554 minors as being in a state of irregular migration.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The United Nations Development Programme released on August 14th its 12th Report on Human Development in Chile, entitled “Why do we find change so difficult?”

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Colombian Center for Economic and Social Research, Fedesarrollo, presented the results of its Business Opinion Survey for July 2024, revealing that the Consumer Confidence Index (ICCO) had increased to 17.0%, an 8.4% increase compared to the previous month.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Responding to a decision by the Dulce Nombre de María Court of First Instance in Chalatenango, El Salvador, to bring to trial three high-ranking military officials accused of plotting the murders of four Dutch journalists in 1982, the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) “welcomed the

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: A right-wing fratricidal turf war has broken out between the Bolsonaro family and Brazilian coach and social-media influencer Pablo Marçal, who – up until his sudden rise in the polls for the 2024 Sao Paulo mayoral race, leaving him tied with frontrunners Boulos (PSol) and Bolsonaro’s handpicked candidate, Ricardo Nunes (MDB) 

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Judge Karla María Macías Lovera, head of the ninth district court in Irapuato, Guanajuato, ruled that the Mexican government engaged in state terrorism through its repressive actions against guerrilla groups, especially in Guerrero, during the administrations of Luis Echeverría Álvarez and José López Portillo.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The Dominican Republic’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources has condemned the landfill on the banks of the Marcos A. Cabral River in Nizao as an “ecological affront.”

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The National Liberation Army (ELN) is recognized as an organized armed group under international humanitarian law, allowing it to engage in peace negotiations with the Colombian government.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Santa Teresa, a vibrant cultural and artistic neighborhood in Rio de Janeiro, recently hosted the FAUST – Festival de Arte Urbana de Santa Teresa, held from August 15th to 18th.