Issue Apr 10-16 2024: The past political week emphasized the prominence of the ruling party, with notable occurrences such as the president’s enthusiastic meeting with Elon Musk and the reassertion of alignment with Israel.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: April 1 marked Gisela Gaytán’s first day of campaigning to become Celaya’s new mayor; it was also the day she became the 27th political candidate killed in Mexico’s 2023–2024 election season.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Nayib Bukele entered his second presidential term on February 4, despite the unconstitutionality of doing so. Since then, he has reneged 78.2% of the campaign promises he made in 2019, which included policies related to economics, public works, and security.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: The Ombudsman’s Office, with the support of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, issued a bulletin with the results of interviews carried out in Darién regarding the human rights situations of migrants in the area.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Former president of Colombia, Álvaro Uribe, is the first president in the nation’s history to be called to trial.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: The municipality of São Pedro, located at the foot of Serra do Itaqueri, is part of São Paulo’s tourist route and advertises itself as one Brazil’s most charming April destinations, due to its unique cloud formations and transitory environment.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Brazilian writer and historicist Roberto R. Martins released his latest novel, set in the Sul da Bahia region and featuring a mixture of jagunços, coronels, ex-slaves, and Indigenous peoples – an assembly capturing the historic memory of thousands of Brazilians.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: Every year 350 million tons of plastic are created, of which 8 or 9 million end up in the ocean, posing a threat to both marine and human health.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: With their leaders increasingly corralled by Brazil’s Federal Police, Bolsonarists have activated an online network of far-right social media users to promote the fantasy that Brazil is ruled by a dictatorship of the judiciary.

Issue Apr 10-16 2024: The United States Senate Committee on Foreign Relations approved a bill that would allow for the strengthening of sanctions against Nicaragua.