Latin America

Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)

Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.) Will the Trump Administration Face Headwinds as It Tightens the Noose Around Cuba? (Yes.)

Now it’s aiming at Cuba’s international medical missions.

Jul 9, 2025 / Marc Frank

Demonstrators in São Paulo protest against Bill 1904/2024, which would equate abortions performed after 22 weeks of pregnancy with the crime of murder, June 23, 2024.

Democracy Gave Us This. There Has to Be a Better Way. Democracy Gave Us This. There Has to Be a Better Way.

Brazilians held a lot of hope for democracy after the military dictatorship. But the past 40 years have proved that democracy comes at a great cost to those most marginalized.

Jul 3, 2025 / Nicole Froio

The author, Regina Mahone, left.

Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills Why We Must Keep Talking About Abortion Pills

As part of a delegation to Brazil, I saw how our countries’ respective struggles to maintain and expand reproductive justice are really part of the same fight.

Jun 16, 2025 / Regina Mahone

How to Save the Amazon

How to Save the Amazon How to Save the Amazon

Listen to the people who live there, the slain journalist Dom Phillips advised.

Jun 12, 2025 / Jonathan Watts

The sun sets behind a border fence separating Del Rio, Texas, and Ciudad Acuna, Mexico, Thursday, September 23, 2021.

We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns We’re Trying to Fight the Human Nightmare of Climate Change With Guns

For the United States the only answer to the climate crisis and its mass displacement of people is yet more border enforcement.

Jun 10, 2025 / Todd Miller

Boys watch smoke billowing during Israeli strikes east of Rafah in the southern Gaza Strip, on May 13, 2024.

From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends From the Americas to Gaza, the Conquest Never Ends

Cortés has given way to Netanyahu, Putin, and Trump. A new age of conquest is upon us.

May 28, 2025 / Greg Grandin

Soldier walks through Abu Ghraib

This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Kidnapped People This Isn’t the First Time the United States Has Kidnapped People

The current administration is not simply an aberration but reflects past practices from periods in our history with which Americans were once comfortable.

May 27, 2025 / Andrea Mazzarino

A horse-drawn carriage passes a photovoltaic park in Yaguaramas, Cienfuegos Province, Cuba, where hundreds of workers are hastily installing 44,000 solar panels.

Cuba Finally Embraces Solar Cuba Finally Embraces Solar

China to the rescue—as the US imposes more sanctions.

May 21, 2025 / Marc Frank

A row of police stands across a street. A car in front of them is on fire.

The Post-Future Has Arrived in Argentina—and It Looks Remarkably Like the Past The Post-Future Has Arrived in Argentina—and It Looks Remarkably Like the Past

Javier Milei’s right-wing government is racking up new debt with the IMF. It’s part of a vicious cycle the country seems unable to break.

May 9, 2025 / Jacob Sugarman

The crew of “Missing” arriving for the screening at the 35th Cannes Film Festival on May 19, 1982.

Chile in Our Hearts Chile in Our Hearts

John Dinges’s revisionist account of Missing.

Apr 29, 2025 / Steven Volk

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