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Will Noboa’s win bring Bukele-style authoritarianism to Ecuador?

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In the run-up to Ecuador’s presidential elections on 13 April 2025, the two leading candidates, Daniel Noboa of the Acción Democrática Nacional (AND), and...

Ecuador’s presidential elections 2025

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What do deep divisions within Pachakutik, Correísmo’s troubled history with the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and of Nature, and the ongoing demonization of Fernando...

Victims of Peru’s worst ever oil spill have been left to...

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A local fishing community does not feel adequately compensated and Repsol must do more to repair the damage, write researchers. This piece by Rocío...

El Salvador: human rights defender arrested

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The Bukele government in El Salvador, as well as locking up thousands of alleged gang members is now extending its attacks to communities and those who seek to defend their human rights and their land.

Pinochet’s 1998 arrest in London

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The arrest in London of General Pinochet, with a view to his extradition to Spain on charges of crimes against humanity had an extraordinary impact in Chile, among the Chilean diaspora and around the world. Beatrice Twentyman looks at this impact.

Justice denied: obstetric violence in Argentina

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The extreme backlash against feminism and subsequent attack on women's rights by the government in Argentina has impacted women in different ways. One victim...

Equality under attack in Argentina

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‘People are feeling impotent; marching raises our hopes’, says Claudia Hasanbegovic, the femicide lawyer WRV's Marilyn Thomson spoke to for this alarming piece on...

Women of MST increase pressure on Brazilian government to advance land...

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The mobilization on March 13 was part of the Landless Women’s Day of Struggle, a preparation for the MST’s 'Red April'. This piece has...

Disappearances: Mexico’s bleeding sore

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The discovery of a pile of shoes and a ditch containing human remains at a farm in Jalisco state suggests that this was an extermination camp operated by the drug cartel Jalisco Nueva Generación. The government of Claudi Sheinbaum is trying to evade responsibility, blaming the authorities in Jalisco and trumpeting its progress in reducing the murder rate. Meanwhile, disappearances have escalated.

Understanding what is at stake in the Amazon

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'It is difficult to come across a book as enlightening, far-reaching and appropriate as the Amazon in Times of War in accessing the complexity...

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