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July 24, 2024
A strategic shipping corridor, Panama became home to Washington's most important asset in the region and the base of its military training apparatus.
July 23, 2024
In June, more than 12,000 people were forced out of their homes in the former Zapatista stronghold of Tila. As historic land disputes escalate, several armed groups fight for territorial control.
July 22, 2024
Las parteras tradicionales lograron el derecho a expedir certificados de nacimiento, un paso clave para subsanar las deficiencias de salud materna en comunidades indígenas. Pero su lucha por la protección y la autonomía continúa.
July 18, 2024
More than 5,000 migrants have died or disappeared attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border over the last decade. Families embroider the names of their missing loved ones as a way of telling their stories.
July 15, 2024
Caught between conflicting notions of “democracy,” leveled on one hand by a fearmongering right and on the other by a critical grassroots left, Mexico’s government must grapple with its undemocratic condition of global dependence.
July 10, 2024
Since the outbreak of the largest protests seen in nearly three decades, the Cuban government has tightened its grip on the economy, further reducing citizens’ freedoms.
July 9, 2024
The abolition of Costa Rica's military 75 years ago has been highly celebrated at home and abroad. Yet the story is more complicated than the myth lets on.
July 9, 2024
Traditional midwives have won the right to issue birth certificates, a key step toward addressing maternal health gaps in Indigenous communities. But their fight for protections and autonomy continues.
July 5, 2024
Machado is not the godsend for the opposition portrayed by the media and her close supporters. But opposition leaders have more cause for hope than in the past.
June 28, 2024
Mexico City’s former chief of police is believed to have participated in the forced disappearance of the 43 Ayotzinapa students in 2014. A decade later, president-elect Claudia Sheinbaum is poised to make him Mexico’s most powerful policeman.