Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The Chilean Congress has postponed the entrance into effect of Law N°21,368, which would limit the use of single-use and disposable plastics.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Despite having cut diplomatic ties with Taiwan in 2023 to gain access to Chinese economic support, Honduras has only received 280 million dollars from the Asiatic giant in the form of non-redeemable aid for school repairs, as well as the 100,000 dollar acquisition of medical supplies in Roatán, Islas de la

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Hundreds of Mexicans who fled into Guatemala to seek refuge from cartel recruitment drives have received temporary humanitarian stay status, according to the Guatemalan Migration Institute (IGM).

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The Nicaraguan government shutdown fifteen NGOs, including seven religious NGOs, according to the country’s official newspaper, La Gaceta.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The overcrowding rate in Dominican prisons increased to 67.5% in 2023, according to a recent government report.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: The Argentinian government is extending the concessions granted to four hydroelectric plants whose contracts expired in August, as it seeks to procure new bids for their operation.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Between July 2022 and June 2023, Latin America received 7.3% of all global cryptocurrency, according to a study by Chainalysis; among Latin American countries ranked by cryptocurrency holdings, Ecuador came in eighth at $7 billion.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Mexico has the third highest murder rate for environmental defenders in the world, a position which reflects the lack of government authority in many of its territories.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: A spat between Costa Rican President Rodrigo Chaves and lawmaker Sonia Rojas kicked off on the International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, after the head of state accused Rojas of appropriating her Indigenous identity.

Issue Aug 07-13 2024: Over the past year, Brazilian far-right politicians published 124 posts on Facebook and Instagram attacking trans children and adolescents, according to data collected from the Biblioteca de Anúncios da Meta.