Latin America

“Ni una mujer menos, ni una muerte más.”              — Susana Chávez Castillo, Mexican poet and activist In 2011, Mexican poet and…

In 2010, a drug trafficking group moved into the heart of Honduras’ Río Plátano Biosphere Reserve. At gunpoint, the gang terrorized indigenous Pech and Miskitu residents into giving up their…

Venezuela is undergoing a Complex Humanitarian Emergency, a type of humanitarian crisis which is protracted throughout time, that often has a political origin, and results in forced displacement. Food…

The Paris Climate Agreement strongly recognized the crucial role of forests for climate change mitigation, as global mitigation goals will require negative carbon emissions. Forest options for climate mitigation…

By the end of 2020, 6.5 million Venezuelans are expected to have fled their home country, a displacement of people that rivals only Syria in its global impact. The…

The recent House resolution that introduced the rules for the impeachment inquiry of President Donald Trump formalized the fourth U.S. Congress attempt to remove a sitting president. The House of…

Venezuela continues to buckle under the autocratic rule of Nicolás Maduro. Street protests and social pressure, however, have not succeeded in dislodging the president or bringing about the democratic change…

The domestic roots of Venezuela’s political crises precede Chavez, and foreign interventions exacerbate them. In January 2019, the United States, France, and Britain recognized the head of Venezuela’s National Assembly,…

Brazil’s income inequality is among the world’s worst. The country’s unemployment rate is currently 13 percent, compared to 4.6 percent in 2012, and the number of Brazilians in…

Despite having a smaller indigenous population than many other Iberian-American countries, Brazil’s constitutional acknowledgment of the rights of Brazilian Indians dates back many decades. Indeed, the Constitutions of 1934, 1937,…