A Narrow Frente Amplio Victory in Uruguay
A former teacher and provincial mayor won a close runoff vote in Uruguay, signaling a return to the social welfare politics of the center-left Frente Amplio coalition.
Freedom Corner: Inside a Buenos Aires Prison Cooperative
In the face of Javier Milei’s dramatic cuts to public funding, a prison cooperative fights to keep supporting free education for incarcerated people.
Transgressive Notes from Ecuador’s Prisons
President Guillermo Lasso's Commission for Penitentiary Dialogue and Pacification was a failure. Now, a new Prison Observatory seeks to generate broad-based solutions to Ecuador's prison crisis.
Class-Action Lawsuit Secures New Procedural Protections for Children in Federal Immigration Detentio...
A preliminary injunction represents one of the most significant achievements for the rights of unaccompanied children in immigration detention in the last 25 years.
Israel, Cybersurveillance, and the Case of the Ayotzinapa 43
Tomás Zerón de Lucio, a key figure in the forced disappearance and subsequent government cover-up of the Ayotzinapa case, is hiding out in Tel Aviv thanks to his close ties to the Israeli cybersurveillance industry.
No One is Safe in Bukele’s Gang War
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.
Portraits of Black Politics and Resistance in Brazil
Read the editor's introduction to the latest issue of the NACLA Report, "Whose Brazil? Black Politics and Resistance in an Imperiled Democracy."
Territories of Extreme Violence in Ecuador’s War on Drugs
Official narratives explaining deadly riots in Ecuador's prisons fail to recognize the state's role in fomenting the violence.
For Cuban Artists, Censure is the Norm
Viewpoint: The Cuban government systematically accuses artists and journalists of conspiring against the state, creating a climate of persecution and fear.
Guatemala Cracks Down on Q’eqchi’ Resistance in El Estor
In the latest episode of a lengthy saga of repression and resistance, Maya communities demanding to be consulted about a foreign-owned nickel mine in their territories now live under a state of siege.
Remembering Joane Florvil, Victim of Global Anti-Blackness
Four years after her death in Chile, a Haitian migrant's story offers an urgent reminder of the deadly proportions of anti-Black state violence.
Colombia Protests Spur Local Community Organizing
Over the last few months, protesting Colombians have formed popular assemblies to demand change in their communities and beyond.
