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A former law enforcement chief under disgraced ex-President Ricardo Martinelli, Panama’s president-elect has a dubious human rights and criminal justice record.
Sheinbaum’s triumph marks a profound reconfiguration of the political system that has shaped Mexican public life since the 1990s, and a powerful bulwark against the rise of the far right.
Don't miss the web exclusive content of our Summer 2024 issue, ¿Dónde están?, on disappearance across the Americas.
For the Mothers of Soacha, murals, performances, and tattoos create a living monument of grief and defiance in their search for the truth about the thousands of “false positives” killed and disappeared in Colombia.
Para las Madres de Soacha, sus murales, performances y cuerpos tatuados crean un monumento vivo a través del que elaboran sus duelos y activan estrategias para revelar la historia de los “falsos positivos”.
Exhumation of a mass grave in Santiago finally promised answers, but botched DNA testing left the families of victims reeling. Five decades later, the search for truth continues.
¿A dónde están? Where are they? In Paraguay, the answer to the question of those seeking justice for the disappeared is blunt: they are in the backyard of the elite police headquarters 15 minutes from downtown Asunción.
For transnational adoptees wrenched from El Salvador and Guatemala in the throes of civil war, storytelling and art are powerful tools for navigating identity, dislocation, haunting, and healing.
Los candidatos a las elecciones generales en México prometían solucionar la escasez de agua, pero el problema corre más profundo que las urnas.
Disappearance cuts through the Americas. The pain, grief, and resilience of the region's struggles for justice is the focus of our Summer 2024 NACLA Report, "¿Dónde están?"