By Sonja Rijnen- In late 2022, MEP Clare Daly and her team invited senior members of CODECA to visit the European Parliament in Brussels....

By Jacob Lubbers Estrada- Latin America is often referred to as the “backyard” of the United States. Since the installation of the Monroe...

By Liam Sousa Casey- On July 20 2022, fighter jets and helicopters filled the sky over Bogotá, Colombia. Heavily armed commandos marched...

By Mary Lawlor (UN Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders)- There was a time when being kind to people was seen as a good thing....

By Jim Loughran- When the disappearance and murder of British journalist, Dom Phillips and Brazilian indigenous rights defender, Bruno...

By Jacob Lubbers Estrada- In 2024, Mexico will face crucial elections that will concern both the Executive and Legislative branches of...

By Tadeo Arturo Cejudo Mejorada (edited by Sonja Rijnen)- Since the end of WWII, global institutions and regional blocs have undertaken...

By Sarah Kueter (edited by Isabel Leask)- A note from the writer: I’m writing from my experiences, thoughts and understanding as someone...

By Miguel Carrillo (Edited by Isabel Leask)- This article is dedicated to Lourdes Maldonado, a Mexican journalist assassinated in front...

By Lara Kovandova (edited by Isabel Leask)- Last year marked the five-year anniversary of the landmark peace agreement in Colombia that...

By Marco Roberto Porras (edited by Sonja Rijnen)- Latin America is a region of many wonders, with beautiful and charming landscapes,...

By Antonija Diković (edited by Isabel Leask and Sonja Rijnen)- Recently, there has been a lot of news about El Salvador, a small country...

By Ryan Arenas (edited by Sonja Rijnen)- Later on this year, in May 2022, Colombians will be voting in their next general elections....

By María del Pilar Ruiz (edited by Isabel Leask)- The War on Drugs has been devastating for Mexico; it has led the country down a path of...

By Luke Orban- On November 7th 2021, elections were held in Nicaragua and the result came as a surprise to no one. Daniel Ortega won with...

By Sonja Rijnen- Trigger warning- Please note that this article contains references to violent crimes and sexual abuse. In December 2005,...

By Jacob Lubbers Estrada- Latin America is known for the large number of coups d’états its people have had to endure, both in the past...

By Tom Kissock-Mamede- On Saturday the 3rd of July 2021, Brazilians took to the streets to demand impeachment proceedings be brought...

By Gabriela Rivero- As of July 11th, 2021, Cubans have been taking to the streets in cities across the country in response to food and...

By Giovany Orozco Leal- The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed how fragile our globalised society still is to shocks from the natural...

By Jacob Lubbers Estrada- On June 6th 2021, Mexico faced one of the largest elections in the country’s young democratic history: the...

By Roberto Porras- After more than a decade, the Ecuadorian people are finally closing the chapter of “Socialism of the 21st century”....

By Ambar Aguilar Estrada- Over the past few decades, public diplomacy has been used to foster communication among states in order to set...

By Tomás Pizarro-Escuti- The Mapuche-Chilean state conflict can be defined as an indigenous self-determination conflict with demands...

By Natasha Tinsley- In February 2021, Argentine President Alberto Fernández took part in a three-day official visit to Mexico. Throughout...

By Fernanda Alvarez- The word ‘coup’ is often associated with violent images of military tanks rolling into the core of political powers,...

By Alfonso Garza- After the victory of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the presidential election of the United States, the North...

By Sonja Rijnen- When most people think about the role of women in Latin America, issues such as machismo and gender-based violence often...

By Antonija Diković- Throughout the last decade, the country of Venezuela and its woes have been reported on internationally and made...

Written by: Belén Mateo, MD. Photos by: Maria Cristina Mateo - My name is Belen Mateo, I am a physician from Ecuador and since June 2020,...

By Paola De Anda Mota- By the end of 2020, Latin America had reported over 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19. As around the rest of the...

By Bryan Ch. Campbell Romero- Over the past few months, Cuba has seen a new surge in international demand for its help as a result of the...

By Ferggy Nathaly Salvador Cruz - There is much historical evidence of heavy US interventionism that aims to eradicate drug production...

By Paola De Anda Mota- On October 19th despite the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Bolivians went out to choose their next president and...

By Valeria Fernandez-Soriano- While the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election may have been the first sigh of relief in four years...

By Sofia Gutiérrez and Lenka Fuentes Rubio, translated by Isabel Leask and Sonja Rijnen- A year after the social outburst that shook...

By Isabel Leask- On the 26th of September 2014, the disappearance and suspected murder of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, Mexico,...

By Roberto Tacca- In November 2019, President Morales of Bolivia had to flee the country and formally resign in a desperately late...

By Paola De Anda Mota- In 1984, Daniel Ortega won the elections in Nicaragua, ending the Somoza family dictatorship of over four decades...

By Carla Munoz Antolin- In Chile, the 18th of September is a national holiday; everyone takes a few days off to celebrate the creation of...

By Iulia Cristiana Vatau- It has been seven years since Uruguay, the second-smallest nation in South America, shocked the world and...

By Allie Nawrat- Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic – around the Easter weekend in early April – there were many stories in the mainstream...

By Juliet Richards- On the 14th October 2019, secondary school students across the city of Santiago began a coordinated fare-dodging...

Photos and text by Sofia Gutiérrez (translated from Spanish by Sonja Rijnen)- On the 8th of March 2020, women in Chile made history when...

By Isabel Leask - On the 20th of June 2020, World Refugee Day will honour the bravery and determination of thousands of individuals who...

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...

By Isabel Leask - On June 1st 2020, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador (AMLO) inaugurated the construction of one of his most...