Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Ney Matogrosso, giant of Brazilian music, retains at the age of 82 a commanding vitality and joviality on stage, captivating crows with his distinctive contralto timbre and carnal choreography.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Paraguayan President Santiago Peña issued an ultimatum that if EU-Mercosur negotiations had not concluded by December 6th, when Brazil passes over the bloc’s rotating presidency to Paraguay, then he would end them.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Amnesty International criticized Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile for failing to comply with their international obligations regarding the protection of migrants.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Argentina’s economic crisis has impacted the small and medium sized enterprise (SME) market, with the sector seeing three consecutive months of losses and a year-over-year 5% decline in August.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Data from Costa Rica’s 2022 National Agricultural Survey (ENA), conducted by the National Institute of Statistics and Censuses (INEC), revealed that basic grains account for a substantial 78.3% of the total cultivated area for annual crops.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: According to a recent survey conducted by Comunicaliza, Ecuador’s upcoming second-round presidential election on October 15, 2023, has garnered the interest of 67.8% of citizens, while 13.1% remain undecided about their vote.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Elsa Irma Aguirre Juárez, the iconic Mexican actress, recently marked her ninety-third birthday on September 25th. In La Hora of Guatemala City, Dennis Orlando Escobar Galicia reported on the star, her work, and the public perception of her.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: In the heart of Colombia’s Cauca region, a tapestry of issues continues to unfold: a struggle for peace amidst persistent cycles of violence, the promise of a better future clashing with entrenched inequality, historical and contemporary complexities of a land with multiple communities and identities, the consequences of failed peace agreements,

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: Argentina boasts a peculiar record among the world’s top 40 economies: it has the highest nominal annual interest rate at 118%, but this rate becomes the lowest when adjusted for inflation.

Issue Sep 20-26 2023: The president of the Lower House, Ricardo Cifuentes (DC), has expressed strong reservations about the approved reduction of deputies from 155 to 138 by the Constitutional Council, labeling Germán Becker’s (RN) argument, who asserted that 138 is an “average” number, as “a disgrace.”