Latin America

Richard Falk UN

A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2 A Conversation With Richard Falk, Part 2

On Israel, Palestine, and his work as a UN special rapporteur.

Jan 31, 2018 / Patrick Lawrence

Residente

Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés Residente dice que Estados Unidos le debe a Puerto Rico, no al revés

El rapero puertorriqueño habla con The Nation sobre el colonialismo, Bernie Sanders, y el camino a la recuperación despues que el huracán Maria.

Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

Residente

Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around Residente Says the United States Owes Puerto Rico, Not the Other Way Around

The Puerto Rican rapper talks to The Nation about colonialism, Bernie Sanders, and the path to recovery after Hurricane Maria.

Jan 29, 2018 / Miguel Salazar

Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador

A Progressive Reformist Is Leading Mexico’s Presidential Polls—and Washington Is Freaking Out A Progressive Reformist Is Leading Mexico’s Presidential Polls—and Washington Is Freaking Out

The rise of Andrés Manuel López Obrador has sparked hysterical fears of anti-US populism and claims of Russian “interference.”

Jan 25, 2018 / John M. Ackerman

Trump ends TPS

Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead Trump to 200,000 Salvadoran Immigrants: Drop Dead

The end of Temporary Protected Status will be catastrophic for people who have made their homes here for nearly two decades.

Jan 8, 2018 / Sasha Abramsky

Papito at Artecorte

Hairdressers of the World Unite! (You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Locks… and a Community to Win) Hairdressers of the World Unite! (You Have Nothing to Lose but Your Locks… and a Community to Win)

In one Havana neighborhood, they’re doing exactly that.

Dec 28, 2017 / Sujatha Fernandes

Tourists in Havana taxi

How Trump Is Sabotaging Cuba’s New Private Sector How Trump Is Sabotaging Cuba’s New Private Sector

His policy is hurting Cuban entrepreneurs—the very private-sector small businesses that US officials claim to support.

Dec 21, 2017 / Benito Albisa Novo

US-Mexico border

The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out The United States Is Polluting the World and Locking Refugees Out

Border walls are being erected left and right as natural disasters become more frequent, leaving victims with nowhere to go.

Dec 7, 2017 / Todd Miller

Honduras-Curfew-Protest-AP

The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election The Honduran Government Is Trying to Steal an Election

It’s increasingly clear that a majority of voters have had enough of US-backed President Juan Orlando Hernández.

Dec 6, 2017 / Miguel Salazar

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

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