Latin America: The Dangerous Revision of Historical Memory
The possibility of pardons for criminals from Chile’s dictatorship is fueling a debate that could reopen wounds from the past.
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From Tips to Unemployment: Tourism Decline Hits Its Workers
Workers at the Hotel Velasco in Matanzas, Cuba lose their jobs amid the collapse in foreign visitors that is nationwide.
Doral, Florida Is Deserted: Venezuelans Face ICE Operations
Mothers organize support networks through neighborhood chats to get children and teenagers to and from school.
Cuba: 100 Days Without Eddy Ceballos, from Art to Prison
In his natural habitat, Eduardo Ceballos Perez is Eddy Jones. Wearing a hat and vest, he explores the destruction of Havana with a camera…
Nighttime Crime and Illegal Occupations Multiply in Cuba
Forced by this “change of times,” Nelson quit his job as a night watchman at the University of Camagüey a few days ago. Read why…
El Niño Puts Latin America’s Food Security to the Test
With floods, droughts, and wildfires, the El Niño phenomenon could affect Latin America this year as never before in history.
The Crisis Fuels Illegal Gold Mining in Cuba
Nearly ten years after the first time he entered a mine shaft, Jesus still believes that one day he, too, will hit “the big one.”
The Conversation Between Torrijos and Carter in Sept. 1977
Declassified documents reveal what Torrijos and Carter discussed on the eve of one of the most consequential agreements in Panama’s history.
An Endless Line To Get a Cuban Passport
Cuba’s energy crisis exacerbates delays in document preparation, and there are days when offices cannot serve a single applicant.
Banished Nicaraguans Stranded in Guatemala, Two Years After
Two years after their exile, a group of Nicaraguans has still been unable to resettle in a third country. Fabricated criminal charges are an obstacle to obtaining asylum.