Ecuador assesses toll of prison violence as 17 guards still held | Prison News
Authorities say they are still determining an official death toll after days of violence across Ecuador’s prisons. Authorities in Ecuador continue to assess the toll […]
Latin America
Fentanyl plagues communities along US-Mexico border | Drugs News
Tijuana, Mexico – For Hugo Arroyo, a fentanyl user who works with the Tijuana-based harm reduction group Prevencasa, the drug has reached deep into his community. “There […]
Spain into last 16 of Women’s World Cup as Zambia crash out | Women’s World Cup News
Spain condemn Zambia to second 5-0 loss, setting up a decider against Japan for first place in Group C. Spain underlined their credentials as pre-tournament […]
Mexican armed forces facilitated Ayotzinapa disappearances: Panel | Crime News
An independent investigatory panel says security forces obstructed their efforts to investigate human the rights scandal. An independent panel investigating the 2014 disappearance of 43 […]
The planet’s burning. Can the Global South save it? | Features
Climate change headlines are rarely positive, but even against that yardstick, the World Meteorological Organization’s (WMO) latest global warming predictions unveiled in mid-May marked a […]
Will Russia sanctions dethrone ‘King Dollar’? | Business and Economy
A rebellion is brewing. The United States dollar has ruled the financial world for nearly eight decades since the end of World War II. Now, […]
‘I was a prisoner of Mexico’s US-backed migrant detention regime’ | Migration
On July 11, 2021, I arrived by car at Tapachula International Airport in the Mexican state of Chiapas – a grandiose title for the diminutive […]
How US abortion organisers are learning from Honduran activists | Women
Listen to this story: New Orleans, United States – The half dozen women gathered in the backyard pause for a moment to listen to the […]
Inflation and recession: Can the world defeat both in 2023? | Business and Economy
When global leaders gathered at the annual World Economic Forum conclave in Davos last month, they were looking at a bleak economic scenario. Two-thirds of […]
Lobster bisque for the blues | Mental Health
On my first day at my new elementary school, I peed myself on the sidewalk waiting for my dad to pick me up. It wasn’t […]