Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: Uruguay achieves a milestone in environmental sustainability by developing Plan Vale, a deposit-refunding system for disposable containers and packages.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: The Brazilian city of Miguel Pereira will soon have a new establishment joining its hotel network – during the second half of 2024 an additional branch of Colline de France will open in Rio de Janeiro.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: General manager of the Sociedad Agrícola Samaca, Alberto Benavides Ganoza, received a concession to oversee the protection of the lomas and tillandsias of Amara and Ullujaya, located in Ocucaje and Santiago districts in Ica, Peru.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: Chinese Minister of Foreign Affairs Wang Yi and Bolivian Minister of Foreign Affairs Celinda Sosa met during a conference to strengthen bilateral relations between the two countries.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: The Office of Public Affairs of the U.S. Department of Justice accused 16 individuals, including 11 Dominicans, of being linked to a “Grandparent Scam,” which defrauded millions of dollars from various US citizens.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: International remittances increased by over 650% between 2000 and 2022, according to a report by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: President Lula commented on the month-long strike led by federal teachers and employees, stating that the government does not have sufficient resources to meet all of their demands.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: In addition to their enormous humanitarian cost – with dozens dead, hundreds injured, and more than 200,000 displaced – the intense rainfalls afflicting the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil also bring with them economic shockwaves, the full repercussions of which have yet to be fully understood.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: The start of Dilian F. Toro’s second term as governor of Valle del Cauca, Colombia, has been marred by a wave of April killings which have shaken even the violence-accustomed region.

Issue Apr 24-May 07 2024: ‘Moderate Bolsonarist’ is a contradiction of terms; those who naively believe that Bolsonarism can coexist with democracy would do well to observe its dalliances with extreme-right parties around the world, such as Eduardo Bolsonaro’s meeting with the leadership of Germany’s ‘neo-Nazi in everything but name’ party, Alternative for Germany (AfD).