Political Violence

Artist Germa Machuca uses her body as an altar and guiding light to illuminate the connections across anti-trans and anti-Indigenous violence in Peru.

The critically acclaimed film tells the story of the kidnapping and murder of former congressman Rubens Paiva during Brazil’s military dictatorship and his wife Eunice’s struggle to find the truth behind his forced disappearance.

In the face of Javier Milei’s deepening attack on civil rights, massive mobilizations in Argentina honor the victims of state terrorism on the Day of Remembrance for Truth and Justice.

Bolivia enters a multi-sided and violent crisis as the former president, facing sexual abuse charges and gunfire, presses to appear on the ballot again.

The internationally-renowned intellectual was arrested in late November, joining an ever-growing list of political prisoners detained by the Ortega regime.

Francesca Lessa's book follows the trials of perpetrators of The Condor Plan, the transnational network of state agents that used torture and violence against the Latin American left during the 1970s.

From upper-class Catholic upbringing to opposing the U.S.-backed military regime, a Salvadoran political prisoner tells her extraordinary story of a life in the revolutionary struggle.

Political polarization, demonstrations of power by armed groups, security threats, and false alarms as campaigns close a week before polls.

In Nicaragua, the story of a government fighting against the U.S. capitalist empire exposes deep contradictions.

Analysis the day after the Haitian president's assassination focused on liberal constitutionalism and elections. This narrow view overlooks the longstanding demands from organized popular sectors.

Human rights activists and social movements have rallied behind the Cáceres family as David Castillo stands trial in Tegucigalpa.

The case that the Netflix series La Casa de Papel is inspired by the Colombian M-19 guerrilla movement.