Latin America

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking 4 Years After the Forced Disappearance of 43 Students, a Father Is Still Looking

The disappearance of the 43 students from Ayotzinapa is not over for Jorge Antonio Tizapa Legideño.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / John Washington

Bolsonaro University Protest

Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil Education Is in the Crosshairs in Bolsonaro’s Brazil

The president-elect seeks to ban from the classroom political opinions, debates, and any issues that could be construed as leftist.

Nov 12, 2018 / StudentNation / Michael Fox

Migrant Caravan

Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It Why the Refugee Caravan Is So Big—and What We Need to Do About It

“Central America just couldn’t take it anymore.”

Nov 2, 2018 / Laura Carlsen

Bolsonaro Crowd

Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics Brazil’s Bolsonaro Has Supercharged Right-Wing Cultural Politics

The new president-elect is an agent of the world’s most reactionary tendencies, many of them exported from the United States.

Oct 29, 2018 / Greg Grandin

Women Against Bolsonaro

A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte A Letter to Brazil, From a Friend Living Under Duterte

Brazil is on the verge of electing a Duterte-style fascist. What can the left do?

Oct 26, 2018 / Walden Bello

Temer protest

Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance Brazil’s Northeastern Resistance

Brazil’s northeast overwhelmingly rejected Bolsonaro’s far-right agenda; now leftists worry that they aren’t welcome in their own country.

Oct 26, 2018 / Kaspar Loftin

Bolsonaro Press Thumbs Up

A Genuine Fascist Is on the Verge of Power in Brazil A Genuine Fascist Is on the Verge of Power in Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro, now far ahead in the polls, approves military dictatorship and has called for violent destruction of the left—and investors seem to approve.

Oct 24, 2018 / Andy Robinson

Mexico Pharmacy

Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem Mexico’s Discount-Health-Care Problem

Affordable clinic–pharmacies have vastly expanded health-care access for Mexicans. They’ve also bred a dangerous attitude towards prescription drugs.

Oct 19, 2018 / Julie Morse

Free Lula

How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects How Lula’s Legacy Hurts His Party’s Prospects

The grand ambitions of the former Brazilian president planted the seeds for the Workers’ Party current woes.

Oct 3, 2018 / Omar G. Encarnación

Diaz-Canel UN

The Mystery Deepens on Those ‘Immaculate Concussion’ Illnesses in Cuba The Mystery Deepens on Those ‘Immaculate Concussion’ Illnesses in Cuba

One thing is certain—the downsized US embassy has made it harder for diplomats to cover new developments there.

Sep 28, 2018 / Peter Kornbluh

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