Uptick in Posting in Spanish
Overall right now, the number of Hive posts is pretty stagnant. Given the depth of the crypto bear market, there's an argument that we can't expect much better than that. However in 2023 we do seem to be seeing growth in our largest demographic - South American Hispanics.
In February and March so far, Hive has been more Hispanic than it has been in a year, getting close to the all time high again.
Venezuelans?
In past analyses, I would have assumed that this represented exclusively Venezuelans, however looking at the small subset of users put location in their profile, it seems like the growth of new Venezuelan users is too few to explain it.
However there is an increase in depositors to 
A Newer Group of Hispanic Hivers
Instead, another tag is seeing recent growth that may show what's going on.
The 'cuba' tag reached an all time high in January. While the number of posts is low, most people don't add their country as a tag to every post. Let's look at active users with 'Cuba', 'Havana' or 'Habana' in their profiles. This will only be a small subset of the full Cuban Hive userbase.
Conclusion
The increasing number of Cuban users along with modest growth among Venezuelan users may explain the increasing number of Spanish posts in an otherwise quiet time for Hive.