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Names to Understand Latin America as 2023 Turns to 2024

The year 2023 left a series of proper names. These are some of them, in a useful exercise to also envision the themes and scenarios of 2024

Peter Chartrand from the United States took our photo of the day: “On the Border” in Nogales, Mexico/USA. He used a Nikon Fm2 camera.

Franklin Virguez from Venezuela took our photo of the day: “Figures” in Caracas, Venezuela.

The uprising began on January 1, 1994, on the same day that NAFTA, the North American Free Trade Agreement, took effect.

Today’s featured band is Rawayana from Venezuela with the song “Disculpeme Usted” from the album “Cuando Los Acéfalos Predominan” (2021).

His son Basilio, whom he abandoned when he was 15 months old, told Infobae that his life, more than the plot of a spy novel, is a soap opera.

If governments normalize the practice of yielding to the demands of organized crime, they’ll be legitimized as a political force.

“They threatened to kill me, not once but three times. I was scared, so I decided to come to Mexico, hoping I’ll be allowed to go to the US.”

Indi Rivero de Venezuela took our photo of the day: “Army of Light”, in Caracas, Venezuela.

Fake news has ranged from saying that the president-elect is a Uruguayan citizen to accusing him of being a “Castro-Chavista”