Unforgetting: Confronting El Salvador’s—and My Family’s—Past Unforgetting: Confronting El Salvador’s—and My Family’s—Past
Doing so helped me to understand not just the violent history of El Salvador, but also that of my country of birth, the United States.
Nov 24, 2020 / Feature / Roberto Lovato
‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution ‘You Have to Listen to the Streets’: Rebel Diaz on Hip Hop and the Chilean Constitution
Brothers Rodrigo “RodStarz” and Gonzalo “G1” Venegas, who make up Rebel Diaz, discuss the role of art and music in Chilean activism.
Nov 5, 2020 / Q&A / Jack Delaney
Could Colombian Politicians Help Trump Win Florida? Could Colombian Politicians Help Trump Win Florida?
The Trump campaign is using disinformation and red-baiting tactics exported from Colombia to sway Florida’s Latinx vote.
Oct 30, 2020 / Miguel Salazar
A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile A New Constitution: What the United States Can Learn From Chile
Do the problems that beset us, so similar to those that plague our Chilean brothers and sisters, not cry out for a radical reimagining of who we are?
Oct 26, 2020 / Ariel Dorfman
Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy Bolivians Reclaim Their Democracy
The overwhelming MAS election victory is a repudiation of the racist coup regime as well as of the Trump administration and the OAS, which helped install it.
Oct 21, 2020 / Mark Weisbrot
Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs? Will 2020 Be Trump’s Bay of Pigs?
To advance his political fortunes in Florida, Trump assaults the right to travel to Cuba.
Oct 6, 2020 / Peter Kornbluh
Colombians Take On Their Militarized Police Colombians Take On Their Militarized Police
The police killing of an unarmed civilian in Bogotá has brought a new scrutiny to police violence in the country.
Sep 28, 2020 / Christina Noriega
Justice, Finally, for a War Crime in El Salvador Justice, Finally, for a War Crime in El Salvador
A Spanish court has convicted one perpetrator of the 1989 murder of Jesuit priests—but El Salvador itself is a long way from mounting a credible prosecution.
Sep 24, 2020 / Kate Doyle
Mexico’s Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence Mexico’s Women Demand Justice on Gender Violence
Enraged at institutional failure to address the mounting crisis, they have occupied the National Human Rights Commission.
Sep 16, 2020 / Meaghan Beatley
A New Justice Movement Emerges to Defend Steven Donziger A New Justice Movement Emerges to Defend Steven Donziger
The lawyer who helped win a historic Amazon cleanup deal faces six months in prison, but will still not have a jury trial.
Sep 10, 2020 / James North