Category: Dispatches
April 25, 2021 > Alejandro Trenchi
Latin America’s unequal vaccine campaign
Governments across Latin America are racing against time, making every effort to inoculate their populations against COVID-19. However, rising case numbers driven by new variants of the virus and short […] Read More >
April 8, 2021 > Gabriela Barzallo
Movement Against Mining Gains Ground in Ecuador
In February elections, a referendum to protect water passed and left-wing candidates received strong support. Mining will be a key issue for the next president. This story is republished from NACLA. […] Read More >
April 5, 2021 > Thomas Power
What will happen to Cesar, Colombia when the mines leave?
Coal mines have caused environmental devastation to the Cesar department of Colombia. But now that the Swiss mining company Glencore announced that they will withdraw from the department, where they […] Read More >
March 19, 2021 > Bruna Lima
Lula cleared to run again: what that means for Brazil’s future
On March 8, former Brazilian presidential candidate Fernando Haddad was at home, working on research, when he received a call from an aide of former president Luiz Inácio “Lula” Da […] Read More >
March 15, 2021 > Tom Mullett
Venezuelan refugees in Colombia organize to streamline international aid
As a line of over 50 families waits alongside the multicolored fence of San Mateo park in the Soacha neighborhood of Bogotá, Maryluis Ruiz is undisturbed by the growing buzz […] Read More >
March 12, 2021 > Linda Farthing
Mixed Results for the MAS in Bolivia Regional Elections
This article is co-published with NACLA. Bolivians went to the polls on March 7, in regional elections postponed a year because of Covid-19. The governing MAS party, under the leadership […] Read More >
March 8, 2021 > Thomas Power
IDB-funded dam project in Colombia raises human rights concerns
Activists say the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) is not following its own sustainability guidelines and performance standards in the case of Hidroituango, the largest hydroelectric dam in Colombia, in a […] Read More >
January 20, 2021 > Andrea Acosta
Bidding Trump farewell, Venezuelans in Florida reflect on a divisive four years
WESTON, Fla.—Back in October, Adelys Ferro remembers attending a rally held by then-candidate Joe Biden at Florida International University holding a sign that read “Obamacare Saved My Son.” A picture […] Read More >
December 2, 2020 > Susanne Schweitzer
Lockdown in Colombia Emboldened Violent Armed Groups
When Colombia imposed its national coronavirus lockdown in late March, some experts had predicted that the shutdown would limit crime and homicide in a country riddled by drug trafficking, large-scale […] Read More >
November 22, 2020 > Paulo Rosas Chávez
Fuego en Argentina: incendios en el delta del Paraná son amenaza para la vida
Read the story in English here. El domingo, 23 de agosto, alrededor de las 3 p.m., el fuego llegó a la casa de Fabián Ros, 53. Hasta ese día, él […] Read More >