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The Narco Erasure of Indigenous Mexican Life

Tamara Pearson / Truthdig Jun 4, 2026 Criminal organizations like Los Ardillos are terrorizing local communities in an effort to expand control over valuable mineral deposits. Dig deeper ( 1 Min. Read )

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After Resisting Narco Groups, Mexican Indigenous Towns Are Being Erased

Tamara Pearson / Truthdig Jun 4, 2026 Indigenous communities are being drone-bombed, torched and dispossessed to clear the way for mining companies and criminal groups. Dig deeper

Secretary of State Marco Rubio shakes hands with Honduras' President-elect Nasry Asfura

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Trump’s Drug Policy Is Creating a New Narco State

James North / Truthdig May 19, 2026 U.S. interference in Honduras will increase cocaine traffic. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

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Sin alivio económico en Venezuela tras el secuestro del petróleo por parte de EE.UU.

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig May 18, 2026 Trump dice que los venezolanos salen ganando con el robo del crudo, pero los trabajadores tienen otra versión Dig deeper ( 11 Min. Read )

Union worker at a May Day rally in Caracas, Venezuela

Global Voices

In Venezuela, the US-Led Economic Boom Is Nowhere to Be Found

Jessica Dos Santos Jardim / Truthdig May 18, 2026 Trump states that Venezuelans are benefiting from the U.S. oil grab, but workers tell a different story. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Cuban men play dominoes by cellphone flashlight as a fire rages

Americas

Cuba Announces That Its Fuel Reserves Have Been Depleted

Pablo Meriguet / Peoples Dispatch May 18, 2026 The situation created by the U.S. blockade has been classified by the United Nations as a “humanitarian crisis” that affects the most vulnerable groups the hardest. Dig deeper ( 3 Min. Read )

Bullet holes riddle a house in the Solino neighborhood of Port-au-Prince, Haiti

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Gangs, Drones and US Warships Besiege Haiti

Magdala Louis and Lucnise Duquereste / Truthdig May 13, 2026 A U.S. company is involved in drone strikes that are killing Haitian civilians. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )

Laborers carry harvested bananas over the dry Solimoes riverbed in the Pesqueiro community of northern Brazil's Amazonas state

Environment

The World Is Getting Too Hot to Feed Itself

Ayurella Horn-Muller / Grist Apr 28, 2026 A new U.N. report maps how extreme heat is tearing through every layer of the global food system — and mostly overlooks the people at the heart of it. Dig deeper ( 5 Min. Read )

Miguel tiene 83 años. Lleva apenas una semana en un albergue en México

Global Voices

Personas mayores deportadas de Estados Unidos quedan atrapadas en México sin recursos ni identidad

Marissa Revilla / Truthdig Apr 7, 2026 Pasan décadas viviendo en Estados Unidos. Al final, los deportan ya mayores y enfermos, y terminan durmiendo en la banqueta o muriendo en un país que no conocen. Dig deeper ( 12 Min. Read )

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The US Is Dumping Elderly Migrants in Mexico Without ID, Money or Phones

Marissa Revilla / Truthdig Apr 7, 2026 After living in the U.S. for decades, vulnerable, sick deportees are sleeping on sidewalks and dying in a country they don’t know. Dig deeper ( 10 Min. Read )

The Russian-flagged oil tanker Anatoly Kolodkin

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Russian Oil Tanker Reaches Cuba

Lee Schlenker / Responsible Statecraft Mar 31, 2026 The move comes amid fears of a deepening humanitarian crisis on the island and possibility of renewed diplomatic engagement. Dig deeper ( 4 Min. Read )

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Environment

‘Financial Strangulation’: How Ecuador Is Silencing Environmental Defenders

Katie Surma / Inside Climate News Mar 11, 2026 As the country moves to intensify mining and oil operations, environmental and Indigenous leaders’ bank accounts are being frozen or closed. Dig deeper ( 9 Min. Read )