Category: Dispatches
September 18, 2020 > Angely Montilla
Examining Dominican Anti-Blackness During a Summer of Protest
This July, Dominicans elected opposition presidential candidate Luis Abinader, bidding farewell to 16 years of unbroken rule by the Caribbean nation’s center-left. Voters at home and abroad braved a worsening […] Read More >
August 20, 2020 > Juan José Relmucao
Argentina Human Rights Emblem Seeks Entry to UNESCO World Heritage List
BUENOS AIRES—Flights arriving to Buenos Aires from the north careen over the gray immensity of De La Plata River. Just before reaching the skyscrapers of the Argentinian capital, they are […] Read More >
August 18, 2020 > Marina Guimaraes
In Rio de Janeiro, Civil Society Fights COVID-19
RIO DE JANEIRO—The coronavirus pandemic has already affected the lives of millions of people around the world. Brazil is no exception. In Rio de Janeiro, the coronavirus pandemic worsened social […] Read More >
August 6, 2020 > Vincent Ricci
Families in Guayaquil Seek Answers After Covid-19 Deaths
This story is republished from NACLA. Since the height of the pandemic in Ecuador’s largest coastal city, families have stood outside public hospitals with signs asking for the whereabouts of […] Read More >
July 23, 2020 > Camille Garcia
Pandemic Intensifies Hardships for Brazilian Indigenous Communities
The coronavirus has affected Indigenous communities in every part of Brazil, according to a recent report by the Indigenous advocacy group Articulation of Indigenous Peoples of Brazil (APIB). As of […] Read More >
July 13, 2020 > Rebekah Ward
Families Struggle to Send Lost Loved Ones Home to Mexico Amid Coronavirus Crisis
This story was originally published on July 9 by THE CITY. Sign up here to get the latest stories from THE CITY delivered to you each morning This story is […] Read More >
July 7, 2020 > Agustín del Castillo
Mexican Communities Save Fir Forests
This article was originally published on Mongabay in English and Mongabay Latam in Spanish. For 20 years, the Colima fir tree (Abies colimensis) has been at the heart of many […] Read More >
June 30, 2020 > Staff
Coronavirus Cases Rise in Brazil’s Overcrowded Prisons
By Bruna Lima and Isabelle Xavier RIO DE JANEIRO— Efforts to prevent the novel coronavirus from entering the Brazilian prison system failed. Now, health workers are struggling to prevent mass […] Read More >
June 25, 2020 > Rafael Forsetto
Kayapó Leader Dies of COVID-19 in Brazil
This article was co-published with NACLA. CURITIBA—After a 10-day battle with COVID-19, Kayapó leader Paulinho Paiakan died on Wednesday, June 17 at Araguaia Regional Hospital in Pará, Brazil. Bep’kororoti Payakan, […] Read More >
June 24, 2020 > Victoria Mortimer
Community Kitchens Sustain Argentina’s Working-Class Neighborhoods
BUENOS AIRES—When Mirta Otero answers the phone, her tone is reserved, less cheerful than usual. She says that she has contracted the coronavirus and is now one of the many […] Read More >