Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail Ecuador’s Crackdown on Abortion Is Putting Women in Jail
For decades, abortion was considered a private matter. Now, a Nation investigation shows, women who terminate—or lose—pregnancies are facing prosecution and prison time.
May 7, 2019 / Feature / Zoë Carpenter
Once Again, Mainstream Media Get It Wrong on Venezuela Once Again, Mainstream Media Get It Wrong on Venezuela
Foreign outlets, dutifully supporting Trump administration calls for regime change, reported that a widespread uprising was underway, even though Juan Guaidó’s coup attempt had lit...
May 2, 2019 / Michael Fox
The Trump Administration Is Launching a New Round of Aggression Against Cuba The Trump Administration Is Launching a New Round of Aggression Against Cuba
And this time, they’re celebrating the Bay of Pigs invasion as they do it.
Apr 24, 2019 / Peter Kornbluh
The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy The Making and Unmaking of Brazilian Democracy
A new one-volume history of Brazil reminds us, despite its Whiggish orientation, that democratic institutions in the country have existed only in troubled spurts.
Apr 16, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Alex Cuadros
Paco Taibo’s Republic of Readers Paco Taibo’s Republic of Readers
Mexico’s de facto culture minister wants to remake his society—starting with books.
Apr 15, 2019 / Feature / Marc Cooper
The Political Lives of Mario Vargas Llosa The Political Lives of Mario Vargas Llosa
How Peru’s greatest novelist went from socialist to neoliberal ideologue.
Apr 15, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Patrick Iber
She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway. She Helped Convict Her Rapist. ICE Deported Her Anyway.
Nancy applied for a visa designed for undocumented victims of crimes, but that couldn’t keep her in the US.
Apr 1, 2019 / Isabela Dias
Letters From the April 1, 2019, Issue Letters From the April 1, 2019, Issue
Channeling Allende As a person who has lived and worked in South and Central America for many years, I read with joy and sorrow the comment by Ariel Dorfman [“Advice for Maduro,” M…
Mar 14, 2019 / Our Readers
Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis Venezuela’s Deadly Blackout Highlights the Need for a Negotiated Resolution of the Crisis
Maduro is corrupt and increasingly repressive, but US sanctions and violence by the US-supported opposition have contributed to Venezuelans’ suffering.
Mar 13, 2019 / Gabriel Hetland
How AMLO Is Taking on Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Gasoline Thieves How AMLO Is Taking on Mexico’s Billion-Dollar Gasoline Thieves
For years, the country’s war on illicit activity has only encouraged more violence. Its new president has a plan to change that.
Mar 8, 2019 / Kurt Hackbarth and Colin Mooers