Mexico’s top court decriminalizes recreational use of marijuana

Mexico's Supreme Court ruled to decriminalize the recreational use of marijuana on Monday, paving the way for...

June 29, 2021

Millions in Latin America are opening bank accounts for the first time

Latin America has notoriously lagged behind when it comes to the usage of bank accounts. But one silver...

June 26, 2021

Foreign investment into Latin America gets cut by nearly half during pandemic

Foreign direct investment into Latin America fell by 45 percent last year, according to a report released...

June 22, 2021

The pandemic has softened the ability to combat corruption in Latin America

Latin America has become weaker against corruption as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, according to a...

June 18, 2021

Deforestation in Brazil is rising dramatically from last year

Deforestation in Brazil continues to be on the rise, despite President Jair Bolsonaro's promise earlier this...

June 14, 2021

Nicaragua keeps arresting opposition candidates ahead of November’s elections

The number of presidential candidates and opposition leaders being detained by Nicaragua's national police...

June 9, 2021

Region’s leadership has failed to contain rising cases, says LatAm health agency

Latin America continues to struggle to contain the spread of coronavirus due to failures in leadership across...

June 3, 2021

94% of deforestation in Brazilian Amazon is illegal as government remains absent

Ninety-four percent of Brazil's deforestation of the Amazon rainforest is considered illegal, per a report...

May 18, 2021

Latin America home to majority of children that lost an entire school year

Across the world, about 60 percent of the children who lost an entire school year due to the pandemic reside...

May 8, 2021

Latin American COVID-19 cases rise with vaccines still scarce

Around Latin America, a number of countries are experiencing an increase in COVID-19 cases as another wave of...

April 27, 2021

Puerto Rican startup accelerator is leading a wave of innovation on the island

Puerto Rico may not be the first place that comes to mind when thinking of tech hubs in Latin America. But...

April 20, 2021

Brazil daily COVID deaths reach 4,000 for first time as variant takes hold

For the first time since the pandemic began, Brazil has registered more than 4,000 deaths in a 24-hour span....

April 7, 2021

Indigenous groups are the most vital protectors of Latin American forests, per UN report

Indigenous peoples may be the best protectors of the Amazon and other Latin American forests, according to a...

March 29, 2021

Q&A with Costa Rican entrepreneur Cynthia Castro: “The best strategy to avoid economic exclusion in the world is to give economic power to women”

Cynthia Castro is on a mission to empower women in Latin American workplaces, ridding offices of unequal pay...

March 19, 2021

Chile among the world’s best in vaccination efforts

After high death and infection tolls from COVID-19 last summer, Chile has responded with one of the world's...

March 15, 2021