Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Chilean urban music artists Pablo Chill-E and Flor de Rap defended the genre from criticism and societal stigmas during a forum at the University of Santiago de Chile (USACH).

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: Máximo Kirchner’s recent meeting with leaders of the Movimiento Evita, Emilio Pérsico and Mariel Fernández, has intensified internal tensions within the political organization.

Issue Aug 21-27 2024: The recent actions by the Peruvian Congress, which alter the Criminal Procedure Code to shift investigative authority from the Public Prosecutor’s Office to the National Police, are a direct attack on the Constitution.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Venezuela, and Latin America in general, remained in crisis a month after Venezuela’s contested July 2024 presidential election. Though the Tribunal Supremo de Justicia de Venezuela (TSJ) ratified the results proclaimed by the Maduro regime, major players around the region, the hemisphere, and the world rejected the unsupported claim of victory,

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Authoritarian regimes are characterized by a concentration of power and unchecked control.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: On May 16, 2023, the family of Luis Armando Rodríguez, 52, imprisoned in the Quezaltepeque prison by the Salvadoran government, received a document in which a judge ordered his immediate release.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: The matamata turtle (Chelus fimbriata) faces significant threats due to illegal trafficking in South America.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Honduran shrimp exporters are cautious about the Early Harvest Agreement with China, which will enable the tariff-free export of shrimp and other seafood starting September 1, 2024, even as the Free Trade Agreement (FTA) between the two nations is still under negotiation.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: In light of the recently leaked messages involving Supreme Court Minister Alexandre de Moraes and his advisors, debate has arisen surrounding the issue of the centralization of judicial power and its implications for impartiality and due process within Brazils legal system.

Issue Aug 14-20 2024: Despite progress achieved by democratization in Latin America over the past four decades, frequent political alternation, hyper-presidentialism, and democratic fatigue now risk undermining democracy by prioritizing electoralism and the pursuit of power over genuine democratic engagement and representation.