The journal Buenaval was founded in 2005 by the Universidad Iberoamericana Laguna in Torreon, Coahuila, Mexico.

Buenaval follows the mission of the University to offer a humanistic-oriented cosmovision to build a more just Mexico in harmony with its environment. Its function is to stimulate the production of knowledge and research, offering the journal as a means to disseminate the results. The journal aims to establish itself as a meeting point, debate and discussion to provide theoretical and methodological positions on various social issues and regional and local dynamics. The name of the journal, Buenaval symbolizes both the history and geography of the Comarca Lagunera (Shire of the lakes) and the mission and goal of the journal.

Buenaval journal is produced twice a year through the Center for Reflection and Social Action of the Universidad Iberoamericana Torreón. It publishes new papers which are peer reviewed. The editorial board is composed of distinguished scholars.

It is offered in a print edition with a circulation of 600 copies and an electronic version included in LatAm-Studies Full Text.