Opinion

You keep silent about the atrocities committed by Juan Orlando Hernández against my people.

Sociologist Ociel Lopez reviews Chavismo’s recent spate of electoral wins, but argues that they could be insufficient to beat the opposition in presidential elections next year.

I fear that no matter who is ultimately declared winner, this tumult can only end in more bloodshed.

The conflict in Argentina between the indigenous Mapuche community and the national government has claimed another victim: Rafael Nahuel

When words lose their history, they lose their meaning, and when words lose their meaning, they lose their power.

Fear is a helluva drug.

Several specific countries are playing leading roles and standing out for their work among other developing nations around the world.

As someone who was not able to vote for most of my adult life, I consider the voter suppression tactics seen in Florida a national embarrassment.

What steps can communities take?

There are days when we wake up like warriors and days when we wake up with fear.

As a political economist who has studied Puerto Rican political and economic change, I believe Hurricane Maria could be another watershed moment that redefines U.S. treatment of Puerto Rico.

It got “interesting.”

Mexicans were judged on their ability to labor, and therefore be deemed “worthy” for participation in the U.S.

As a high school Spanish teacher, many of my students approach me, feeling bad about themselves for not being more fluent.

Dear friends, contrary to what the President would have you believe, Puerto Rican workers are neither lazy, nor do they want everything done for them.

Reports from the ground already bear witness to an appalling moral failing in the U.S. government’s Puerto Rico disaster response.

To transition to a more sustainable electric grid, one of the main obstacles to overcome in Puerto Rico is the enormous influence the fossil fuel industry has.

The Puerto Rican government, from the bottom up, has got to get its act together.

My husband Roland wakes me up to the tune of “no water today.”

While some have been surprised by Trump’s paternalism, the United States has treated the island in this way for at least 120 years.

It will be remembered as the oddest presidential visit to Puerto Rico ever.