Latin America

On Sunday, Kirstjen Nielsen announced her departure from the Department of Homeland Security (DHS).

History suggests that threats of border closure may be politically useful but are never a real answer to human tragedy.

The education minister’s comments come days after far-right President Jair Bolsonaro commanded the military to honor the 55th anniversary of the coup.

Even in a country where crisis has become the norm, the past month has been eventful.

Foreign gunmakers have looked forward to the opening of the Brazilian gun market with the favorable presidency of Jair Bolsonaro.

The bogeyman of Venezuelan “socialism” has had repercussions throughout the Americas.

The confrontation set a tense environment for talks which finally took place in the afternoon.

In Mexico, life expectancy increased for more than six decades, but as we found in our new research, this rate slowed down between 2005 and 2015, and in some states even reversed.

The oil-rich country has suffered continuous energy shortages affecting the entire country after a massive blackout on March 7.

The countries would lose over $500 million in foreign assistance for fiscal year 2018 and the remaining of 2017.

Women and girls are also posting images online to show their black pride.

Zero tolerance policies/Combined with white supremacy

A new Latin America News Dispatch podcast episode.

U.S. State Department spokesperson Robert Palladino called the ban “ridiculous.”

There are now approximately 600 registered femicides in Ecuador since January 1, 2014.

Protests intensified after three community leaders were arrested last week for allegedly extorting MMG, a Chinese state-owned mining company.

Bolsonaro has long supported Brazil’s military history, denying the military coup of 1964 and appointing several ex-generals to government positions.

Much like the roots of antiblackness in the country itself, the people in power seem to stop at no cost to maintain white supremacy.

AMLO also announced his intention of establishing 2021 as the year of reconciliation for the two countries.

My recently published research examines how this aspirational advertising demonstrates racial and social inequalities in Mexico, and reinforces colonial thinking in the country.

Enmeshed in a system that encourages them to specialize in baseball at an early age, Dominican players are left with little to fall back on when baseball doesn’t pan out.