Issue Feb 07-13 2024: While most flowers blossom in March, others in May or June, the Guatemalan flower sector blooms in mid-February.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: This past September, via unanimous decision, the Mexican Supreme Court of Justice (SCJN) declared the penalization of abortion as unconstitutional, setting a key precedent across the country.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: A recent groundbreaking study conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme World Conservation Monitoring Centre (UNEP-WCMC) and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, has unveiled the extensive diversity of plant species used by people worldwide with a focus in the tropical Andean-Amazonian regions of South America.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: In Villa Silípica, Argentina, thousands of people gathered for the canonization of María Antonia de San José de Paz y Figueroa, hailed as the first Argentine saint.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Nicolás Maduro’s hold on power appears increasingly shaky as his efforts to maintain control encounter growing opposition in Venezuela.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The 37th Cerapió/Piocerá Rally took place between the 24th and 27th of January, blazing a trail from Praia do Cumbuco to Teresina in Brazil’s most traditional off-road event.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Survivor of Flight 571 Antonio “Tin Tin” Vizintín issued a public statement criticizing that neither he nor any of the other survivors of the 1972 plane crash in the Andes mountains were invited to the recent Goya Awards, which took place on the 10th of February.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: The AMLO administration has presented to the Mexican congress proposed constitutional changes to ban genetically modified (GM) corn, open air mining, and fracking, in addition to creating water access guarantees.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Russian journalist Alexey Egorov published the second half of his two-part documentary on the Cuban military.

Issue Feb 07-13 2024: Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador received United States Homeland Security Advisor to the White House Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall in the National Palace, where he pledged his administration’s commitment to work with the United States on regional migration issues.