Criminalization & Repression

The assassination of Honduran water defender Juan López offers a chilling reminder of the threats local leaders face in the most dangerous region in the world for environmental activists.

Despite intense repression and transphobic division, a powerful feminist movement is shifting the terms of debate on gender violence.

With mass protests rocking the country and the legitimacy of state powers in ruins, space for dialogue is closing.

Veracruz is one of seven states that has decriminalized abortion in Mexico. With obstacles to access, many collectives accompany and defend the right to choose (or refuse) maternity.

Ten days into the strongest challenge yet to President Guillermo Lasso's government, the protests only appear to be growing.

With tens of thousands jailed and scores of reports of human rights abuses, Nayib Bukele's project slides ever closer to a permanent state of exception.

Following a new report, families of the 43 students criticized the government of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador for failing to follow through on promises to finally solve the case.

Decades of joint organizing between two independent labor unions—one in Mexico and one in the United States—show the power of fighting for workers' rights across borders.

The recent death of a Chilean protestor at the hands of the police is yet another example of the country's pattern of responding to civil unrest with force. 

Both before and after the Tlatelolco Massacre on October 2, 1968, the CIA organized intelligence operations on university campuses across Mexico.

Although violence by Sandinistas against LGBTQ people has increased in recent years, activists persevere in fighting for their rights.

Since April, Colombians have demanded change from their government and been met with violence.