Issue Aug 01-07 2024: After Maduro’s fraudulent election in Venezuela, Nicaraguan opposition to the current government knows that its priority must be to organize civil resistance in Nicaragua.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Javier Milei’s government has expressed a nostalgic sentiment in favor of returning to the 19th century agro-export economic model that drove Argentina’s “golden era.”

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: An analysis by the Institute on Taxation and Economic Policy (ITEP) revealed that legalizing undocumented migrants in the United States would economically benefit the country as their tax contributions would increase.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: In Quito, several forest fires have been reported so far in 2024, most of which are human caused.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Amidst escalating violence and criminal activities, the Honduran government has launched a significant military operation.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: The Panama Canal announced that the maximum authorized draft (depth) allowed for vessels transiting the Canal will be 49 feet, based on the current and projected level of Gatun Lake for the next few weeks.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: An estimated 7.7 million people have emigrated from Venezuela since 1999, making it one of the largest refugee crises in the world. Colombia has received the largest numbers of Venezuelan migrants, and following the recent election, migration is predicted to increase.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: On August 8, the Red Chilena contra la Violencia hacia las Mujeres plans to launch the 18th iteration of its campaign “¡Cuidado! El Machismo Mata.”

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Brazilian Indigenous groups and allied organizations recently reported another violent attack on Guarani Kaiowá camps in Douradina, Mato Grosso do Sul.

Issue Aug 01-07 2024: Seven powerful, private healthcare companies in Brazil, dubbed the “Seven Sisters of Health,” have significant control over the national economy, according to research by Eduardo Magalhães Rodrigues, a postdoctoral scholar in political economy.