Category: Dispatches
April 22, 2020 > rafael vilela
Guaraní Mbya Win Reprieve From Deforestation
SÃO PAULO—“They just started cutting. We woke up with the sound of the weeping trees,” says Wera Mirim, a Guarani Mbya leader. On January 31st, one of the biggest construction […] Read More >
April 20, 2020 > Ignacio Conese
The Long Shadow of Argentina’s Shale Boom
NEUQUÉN, Argentina— The Vaca Muerta region of Argentina is the promised land of unconventional oil and gas production. But as the shale industry struggles amidst the market crash, the social […] Read More >
April 17, 2020 > Isabella Reimi
Attacks on Venezuelan Press Continue During Lockdown
CARACAS— Authorities are clamping down on journalists informing the public about the coronavirus pandemic. Press freedom in Venezuela was already threatened, and as the public health crisis progresses, the government […] Read More >
April 14, 2020 > Juan Jose Relmucao
Argentinian Scientists Promote Cooperation and Conservation in Antarctica
BUENOS AIRES— Every morning in Antarctica, Argentinian paleontologist María Eugenia Raffi and her team ate breakfast by the Weddell Sea, while the temperature was far below zero. The small team […] Read More >
April 10, 2020 > Genevieve Glatsky
Coronavirus Lockdown is the Latest Challenge for Venezuelan Migrants
BOGOTÁ— Anni Rojas Jiménez first heard about the coronavirus when she was traveling with her husband and brother-in-law from Lima, Peru to Bogotá, Colombia. Rojas Jiménez, who was four months […] Read More >
April 9, 2020 > Paola Nagovitch
Gender-Based Quarantines in Panama and Peru Endanger Trans Communities
As global coronavirus cases climb above 1.5 million and deaths pass 94,000, heads of state are desperate to curb the disease’s reach. Latin American governments have taken a variety of […] Read More >
April 6, 2020 > Paulo Rosas
The Murder of a Peruvian Immigrant in Argentina Goes Unpunished
ROSARIO, Argentina—It all happened in a matter of seconds. There was a power outage and the street was dark. A man leapt out of a car and lunged at a […] Read More >
April 3, 2020 > Wilfredo Miranda
Nicaraguans Await the Pandemic that Their Government Ignores
Photographs by Carlos Herrera MANAGUA— Across Latin America, Holy Week is a time for vacations, church celebrations and family gatherings. That tradition will be broken this year, as most countries […] Read More >
April 1, 2020 > Mayara Paixao
Attacks on Brazilian Press Increase Under Bolsonaro
SÃO PAULO— The coronavirus outbreak in Brazil has already claimed 201 lives. But as the pandemic intensifies in Latin America’s most populous country, President Jair Bolsonaro discredits the journalists working […] Read More >
March 30, 2020 > Nicolas Bedoya
Paramilitary Offensives Persist in Antioquia, Colombia
ITUANGO, Colombia– “When I was in the FARC-EP, I would see displaced people,” Wilmer said, drinking coffee in a cafeteria near an improvised refugee shelter. “I would have to go […] Read More >