Communities in Esmeraldas province in northern Ecuador have denounced the government鈥檚 failure to act following one of the country鈥檚 biggest oil spills in recent history, reports Ben Radford.
Latin America & the Caribbean
Women in Peru face high levels of gender-based violence and structural barriers to accessing abortion and contraception, reports Ben Radford.
More than 200 Venezuelan migrants deported from the United States to El Salvador are being held under harsh conditions in the country鈥檚 Terrorism Confinement Centre. Meanwhile,聽the US is threatening further economic sanctions against Venezuela, reports Chris Slee.
Unlike Donald Trump鈥檚 policies on immigration, trans rights and taxation, his Latin American policy is plagued by vacillations and uncertainties, a sign of his deepening reliance on a transactional approach to foreign policy, argues Steve Ellner.
More than 50,000 Cubans took to the streets in the southern city of Guant谩namo to reject United States President Donald Trump鈥檚 plan to use the Guant谩namo Bay Naval Base as a detention centre for deported migrants, reports Ben Radford.
Many thousands took to the streets across Latin America as part of International Women鈥檚 Day, amid a concerning rise in gender-based violence and government attacks on women鈥檚 rights, reports Ben Radford.
The shopping centre collapse in Trujillo highlights the extent of government inaction and corporate greed that has allowed shopping centres to operate without meeting minimum safety standards, reports Ben Radford.
Federico Fuentes sat down with聽Venezuelan sociologist Atenea Jim茅nez, co-founder of the Alliance for Sovereignty and Democracy,聽which is bringing together Venezuelan left-wing movements and activists.
Multimedia journalist and producer Michael Fox is back with a new podcast series, Stories of Resistance, which is packed with glimpses of inspiration in these dark times, reports Federico Fuentes.
Peruvian farmers are getting a raw deal thanks to unfair prices for their produce, water shortages and unregulated corporate profiteering, reports Ben Radford.
From preparing to send Latinx migrants to Guantanamo Bay, to labelling Latin American cartels 鈥渢errorist organisations鈥, United States President Donald Trump is criminalising the region in order to subjugate it, writes Tamara Pearson.
Nearly two million people took to the streets across Argentina against racism, fascism and for LGBTIQ rights, while activists held solidarity actions outside Argentine embassies across Europe and Latin America, reports Ben Radford.
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