Uruguay: Reshaping the Latin American Drug War and the Road to Legalisation
By Iulia Cristiana Vatau- It has been seven years since Uruguay, the second-smallest nation in South America, shocked the world and...
Jul 22, 20206 min read
Beyond Brazil: Peru’s distinctive Covid-19 crisis
By Allie Nawrat- Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic – around the Easter weekend in early April – there were many stories in the mainstream...
Jul 15, 20205 min read
Protesting in a pandemic: how Chile’s estallido social continues
By Juliet Richards- On the 14th October 2019, secondary school students across the city of Santiago began a coordinated fare-dodging...
Jul 4, 20205 min read
In Pictures: 'Históricas'- Women making history in Santiago de Chile
Photos and text by Sofia Gutiérrez (translated from Spanish by Sonja Rijnen)- On the 8th of March 2020, women in Chile made history when...
Jun 16, 20203 min read
Why the U.S. is responsible for causing the Central American refugee crisis on its doorstep
By Isabel Leask - On the 20th of June 2020, World Refugee Day will honour the bravery and determination of thousands of individuals who...
Jun 16, 20204 min read
Brazil’s Executive: a threat to LGBTQ+ achievements and gains.
By Felipe Carlos de Carvalho - A ruling by Brazil’s Supreme Court in May 2020 has allowed gay/bi men and trans women to donate blood*– a...
Jun 9, 20203 min read
Surge in Indigenous opposition and COVID-19 cases fail to derail Maya Train mega-project in Mexico
By Isabel Leask - On June 1st 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated the construction of one of his most...
Jun 8, 20204 min read
