The Eco-Disastrous Salmon The Eco-Disastrous Salmon
Farmed salmon is Chile’s second-biggest export. Twice, it’s proved an environmental hazard.
Sep 28, 2018 / Cédric Gouverneur
Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly Soccer and Domestic Violence: When the Beautiful Game Turns Ugly
In Colombia, cases of intimate-partner violence against women rose by 33 percent during the past two World Cups.
Sep 26, 2018 / Miguel Salazar
The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed The Brazilian Elite’s Plan to Destroy the Workers’ Party Has Failed
The party’s Fernando Haddad is rising in the polls, but the neofascist—and front-runner—Jair Bolsonaro is gaining elite support.
Sep 21, 2018 / Andy Robinson
Tropical Forests Are Flipping From Storing Carbon to Releasing It Tropical Forests Are Flipping From Storing Carbon to Releasing It
Illegal logging and land seizures are driving this ominous yet overlooked scientific trend.
Getting a Taste of Cuba Getting a Taste of Cuba
An enticing new cookbook captures the island’s people, places, and recipes.
Aug 29, 2018 / Peter Kornbluh
What Does the Mexican Left Think of Mexico’s ‘Leftist’ President-Elect? What Does the Mexican Left Think of Mexico’s ‘Leftist’ President-Elect?
Indigenous movements and longtime organizers are wary as they wait to see how much action will follow AMLO’s campaign promises.
Aug 23, 2018 / Madeleine Wattenbarger
‘An Eternal Night of Persecution and Death’: Activists Speak Out About Nicaragua’s Crackdown ‘An Eternal Night of Persecution and Death’: Activists Speak Out About Nicaragua’s Crackdown
Despite mass killings and newly authoritarian laws, a diverse opposition says the movement to oust Ortega is far from over.
Aug 17, 2018 / Maia Hibbett
The World of Eduardo Galeano The World of Eduardo Galeano
The writer's radical commitments made him an intimate witness to many of the major turning points in Latin American politics over the last 75 years.
Aug 16, 2018 / Books & the Arts / Mark Engler
How Evo Morales Stays in Power How Evo Morales Stays in Power
Given the return of a neoliberal right across the region, Morales sees himself as Bolivia’s best defense against the counterrevolutionary trend in Latin America.
Aug 3, 2018 / Hervé Do Alto
Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue Letters From the August 27-September 3, 2018, Issue
In-justice… America’s war habit… Editors’ note… Nicaragua: where the truth lies (web only)…
Aug 2, 2018 / Our Readers and John Perry