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Two Allende Supporters, Two Nights in Jail and a Gun
Apr 21, 2023 In 1973, Marc Cooper was detained for carrying a weapon in the streets of Santiago. It could have gone much worse.
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The Deadly Battle Over Land and Water in Honduras
Feb 17, 2023 In rural Honduras, the Guapinol water defenders movement struggles against devastating industrial construction and increasingly heavily armed private security and paramilitary groups.2024 Southern California Journalism Award: Second Place, Hard News Feature, General News
Americas
What’s Next for Bolivia After Camacho’s Arrest?
Jan 17, 2023 Luis Fernando Camacho was detained in Santa Cruz on December 28. / Wikimedia Commons
Americas
Peru Stares Into the Abyss
Jan 12, 2023 Political violence batters the Andean country more than a month after the fall of its president.
World
Peru’s Escalating Crisis
Dec 20, 2022 What led President Castillo to dissolve Congress and install an emergency government—a clumsy, unconstitutional, antidemocratic decision?
World
Prisoners of Conscience in Nicaragua
Dec 14, 2022 The internationally-renowned sociologist Oscar René Vargas is Nicaragua’s latest prisoner of conscience jailed by the Ortega regime.
Time for Both Major Parties to Own the Immigration Crisis
Feb 24, 2020 The relative lack of talk on the campaign trail about immigration points to a bigger problem shared by Democrats and Republicans.
Pope Avoids Question of Married Priests in the Amazon
Feb 12, 2020 The papal dodge disappoints progressives and liberal Catholic women's groups while reassuring conservatives.
Does Capitalism Invariably Breed Fascism?
Feb 6, 2020 Sociologist William I. Robinson explains how a crisis of legitimacy that began in the 1970s has helped give rise to today's far right.
Richard Wolff: Global Capitalism Is Theft
Jan 31, 2020 The economist and University of Massachusetts professor explains how government debt is manipulated to rob the lower classes.