Latin America

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades Washington Trained Guatemala’s Killers for Decades

The US Border Patrol played a key role in propping up Latin American dictatorships.

Jan 25, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Yemen child crying

The Global War on Children The Global War on Children

From north to south, east to west, children around the world are suffering in ever-larger numbers.

Jan 22, 2019 / Karen J. Greenberg

US Mexico Border

The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition The Militarization of the Southern Border Is a Long-Standing American Tradition

Trump’s wall is just the latest incarnation of an old fixation.

Jan 14, 2019 / Greg Grandin

Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?

Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared? Will Mexico’s New President Seek Justice for the Disappeared?

Thousands are missing in the country’s drug war—many of them seized by government security forces.

Jan 10, 2019 / Feature / Dawn Paley

Catarina Alonzo, mother of Felipe Gomez Alonzo

Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role Washington Trained Guatemala’s Mass Murderers—and the Border Patrol Played a Role

Now two Guatemalan children have died under Border Patrol custody. But the agency’s role in Latin American oppression has a long history.

Jan 3, 2019 / Feature / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

Child at US border fence

After the Caravan After the Caravan

For these young immigrants, getting to the border was just the beginning.

Jan 3, 2019 / Annette Lin

Aldean Country Concert

Country Music Is Also Mexican Music Country Music Is Also Mexican Music

The Department of Homeland Security recruits agents at country festivals, but the musical genre knows no borders.

Jan 3, 2019 / Ludwig Hurtado

Anti-government protesters march

A Q&A With Nicaraguan Student Activists Jeancarlo López and Lesther Alemán A Q&A With Nicaraguan Student Activists Jeancarlo López and Lesther Alemán

After participating in the April 2018 protests against the Nicaraguan government, they have become internationally known political activists.

Jan 2, 2019 / Andrés S. Pertierra

AMLO inauguration in Mexico

What Does AMLO Mean for Migrants? What Does AMLO Mean for Migrants?

Mexico’s new president has signaled a more progressive, holistic approach to immigrants from Central America, but advocates want policies to follow the promises.

Dec 18, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger

Jakelin Caal Maquín Rally

Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border? Who Killed Jakelin Caal Maquín at the US Border?

She died of cardiac arrest, but the real killer was decades of US policy in support of Guatemalan regimes that have displaced and slaughtered the Maya population.

Dec 17, 2018 / Greg Grandin and Elizabeth Oglesby

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