- Jul 22, 2020
- 6 min
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 15, 2020
- 5 min
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 4, 2020
- 5 min
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...
- Jun 16, 2020
- 3 min
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, 2020
- 4 min
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 9, 2020
- 3 min
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 8, 2020
- 4 min
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...
