Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The free trade zone system in Costa Rica has proven to be crucial for the creation of formal, inclusive, and quality jobs, both directly and indirectly, the transfer of knowledge, and the diversification of the exportable supply.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Nayib Bukele was inaugurated for a second term on Saturday, June 3, 2024, despite constitutional law prohibiting presidential re-election in El Salvador.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Claudia Sheinbaum’s government will face a significant challenge in navigating Mexico’s relationship with the United States, particularly as the far right in the United States becomes increasingly violent and xenophobic.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The opinion research company Datavoz published a report entitled “GPS Ciudadano” regarding discourses of hate on social media in periods of political polarization such as elections.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Sandra Pettovello, the Minister of Human Capital, has complained about more than one hundred government contracts for political parties, resulting in an “internal shock” for the government of Javier Milei.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The largest wine festival in Região Serrana is taking place between May 29 and July 16 in the city of Petrópolis, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where the 14th Serra Wine Week will be held.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The Colombian writer Piedad Bonnett expressed her gratitude after having been awarded the 23rd Reina Sofia Prize for Ibero-American Poetry, the most prestigious prize for Spanish and Portuguese poetry.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Fernando Trujillo has made a life for himself amongst the Amazon’s pink river dolphins, with which he has swum for more than 30 years, studying them in their native habitat.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: The UN has urged the Cuban government to comment on the presumed human rights violations linked to state repression of the July 11th 2021 protests, the largest the island has seen to date.

Issue May 29-Jun 04 2024: Joe Biden has signed an executive order dramatically reducing the number of asylum claims that can be made on the U.S.-Mexican border – U.S. authorities will be permitted to deport anyone who does not meet strict asylum standards if arrests for unauthorized border crossings reach 2,500 per day.