The recent arrests of two Maya leaders is emblematic of increasing criminalization of Indigenous peoples by the Guatemalan ...

Labor unions and social movements across Peru, Panama, Chile, Argentina and Mexico have taken to the streets in mass combative struggle against decades of neoliberal policies that seek to convert ...

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Enrique C. Ochoa details the transformation of Mexico’s food economy from a traditional, locally controlled system to one driven by ...

While protests in Haiti today stem from decades of economic and political crisis, the current wave represents something unprecedented: a ...

Enrique C. Ochoa details the transformation of Mexico’s food economy from a traditional, locally controlled system to one ...

Haiti’s current form of “checkpoint governance” represents a structural transformation in how politics works in the country.

U.S. National Guard soldiers form a line against protesters in Los Angeles on June 12, 2025. The pillar in front of them reads “Fuck ICE” and “Nazis were only following orders too.” (United States ...

Giovanni Batz’s carefully researched text examines how the Ixil and K’iche’ Mayas have resisted attacks on their land, state violence ...

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One year ago, Gahela Cari became the first trans woman to run for public office in Peru. Despite receiving high approval with 24,562 votes, she did not win a seat in the parliament because her ...

It looked like a timeless scene, as rural families from Ecuador’s highlands and lowlands lined up to engage in a money-less exchange of staple foods against the backdrop of the Andes mountains. Apart, ...