The Ortega-Murillo regime has spent eight years tightening its grip in Nicaragua, shutting down thousands of civil society ...

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The fight to stop the border wall in Big Bend is not over—but a federal judge's ruling has given activists a hard-won victory At a Friday hearing in El Paso, a U.S. District Judge ordered all ...

Nicaragua ha atravesado uno de los casos más graves de retroceso democrático en las Américas, con un aumento de la represión y severas restricciones al espacio cívico tras las protestas de 2018. El go ...

Ana María Méndez Dardón is the Director for Central America at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). At WOLA,... Nicaragua has undergone one of the most severe cases of democratic backsliding ...

Gimena Sanchez is a human rights and anti-racism advocate at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). This independent organization... “We’ve been hit by two earthquakes: the one God sent us and ...

Gimena Sanchez is a human rights and anti-racism advocate at the Washington Office on Latin America (WOLA). This independent organization... On Sunday, October 4, Brazil will elect its next President, ...

Twelve years after the enforced disappearance of 43 students in the Ayotzinapa case, and across three different federal governments, the families have overcome repeated attempts to block their access ...

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A 12 años de la desaparición forzada de 43 normalistas en el caso Ayotzinapa, y a lo largo de tres gobiernos federales distintos, las familias han superado diversos intentos de impedir su acceso a la ...