In the untamed wilderness of Australia's Blue Mountains, a young woman named Una embarks on a perilous journey to uncover the secrets of her past. Haunted by fragmented memories and a longing for connection, she ventures into the ancient forests, where danger lurks at every turn. As Una delves deeper into the untamed landscape, she encounters enigmatic spirits, ancient legends, and a forbidden love that threatens to consume her. With each step, she uncovers a hidden world where the boundar...

This paper estimates the fiscal costs of population aging in Latin America and provides policy recommendations on reforms needed to make these costs manageable. Although Latin American societies are still younger than most advanced economies, like other emerging markets the region is already in a process of population aging that is expected to accelerate in the remainder of the century. This will directly affect fiscal sustainabil-ity by putting pressure on public pension and health care s...

In wondrous, singing translation by Mike Soto, these spare, striking poems by Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez explore the infinite solitude of the universe.The poems of Ignacio Ruiz-Pérez reflect a world precariously dependent on the word, but also transfixed by the word. They express a metaphysical shift where the laws of heaven and earth are suspended, transformed into a terrain of the journey inward, reflecting a cosmos of the self. The simplicity of these poems never fail t...