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July 10, 2014
In 2013, Uruguay was the first nation in the world to legalize marijuana—not through ballot initiatives, but through deliberations within the national legislature.
July 9, 2014
Hernández matches striking figures with striking stories in an insider’s look at immigrant detention.
July 8, 2014
The "No a la baja" campaign in Uruguay protests a new law coming to vote that would lower the age of criminal responsibility, unfairly pinpointing adolescents as the perpetrators of crime and insecurity.
Border Wars
July 8, 2014
The rise in unauthorized border crossings by Central American migrants demonstrates how U.S. immigration control and foreign policy in Latin America combine to produce violent results.
July 3, 2014
The Obama administration has expanded its financing of Mexican and Central American military forces—many of whom committed the mass killing and torture of political opponents and indigenous communities only two decades prior.
NACLA-CLACS Student Blog
July 2, 2014
Through alternative media, activists and artists demand justice for the victims of the Bagua Massacre.
June 30, 2014
Poor women across Latin America are triply discriminated against: within the drug trade, within the legal system, and within prison walls.
June 27, 2014
At the levels of governance and civil society, Latin America has emerged as a world leader in the drug reform movement—while Washington suffers from a credibility problem.
Border Wars
June 19, 2014
The Department of Homeland Security has deported thousands of U.S. military veterans in recent years, giving new meaning to the militarization of the country's borders.
June 19, 2014
Thousands of poor Brazilians were evicted from their homes to build multimillion-dollar World Cup stadiums that may never be used again. Now Brazilians are fighting back.