Mexico: Sheinbaum’s 100 days
Mexico's first female president, Claudia Sheinbaum, presented an account of her first hundred days in office at a huge rally in Mexico City on 12 January 2025. She promised to continue AMLO's 'Fourth Transformation' and placed social reforms at the top of her agenda. The imminent inauguration of Donald Trump cast a shadow, but Sheinbaum promised cooperation, but never subordination.
US helping Brazilian police kill
Brazil’s highly militarized policing disproportionately impacts poor and racialized communities. By providing funding and training, the United States has helped exacerbate the crisis.
What Donald Trump’s possible re-election could mean for the Amazon and...
As the world watches the United States gear up for another presidential election, the potential re-election of Donald Trump raises questions not only about the future of American democracy but also about the fate of global environmental policies.
Migration: Where Can We Live in Peace
New film by Judy Jackson tells the story of the ABBA House migrant shelter in Celaya, Mexico.
Brazil: coup attempt provokes backlash
The Bolsonarist insurrection which invaded the Congress, Supreme Court and Presidential palace in Brazilia, has provoked outrage in Brazil and internationally. While it poses extremely serious problems for President Lula and the new government, the rebels succeeded in presenting themselves as vandals and terrorists.
Immigration and the US criminal justice system
Through retelling the life of a young Mexican immigrant serving life in prison for murder, Rodrigo Reyes’ striking docu-drama ‘Sansón and Me’ seeks to restore the humanity of young men of colour who are swallowed up by the United States criminal justice system.
Massacre at Trelew: 50 years on
50 years on from the Trelew massacre where Argentine naval officers killed captured guerrilla prisoners in cold blood, one of the officers is found guilty by a US civil court
Chevron’s vendetta against justice continues
Chevron, found liable to pay $9.5billion for pollution in the Ecuadorean Amazon, has never paid a cent. Instead it pursues a relentless vendetta against lawyers who represented its victims in Ecuador.
Abortion rights at the Texas/Mexico border
Shot in McAllen, Texas, the home of Whole Woman’s Health, the last open abortion clinic in the region, Leah Galant and Maya Cueva’s insightful and humane documentary chronicles the lives of three individuals existing at the heart of the tensions that surround abortion rights towards the end of the Trump administration
Where We Mine: Resource Politics in Latin America
As the drive to expand renewable energy capacity speeds up, there is a rush for lithium and other materials around the world. What will the expansion of rare earth mining in Latin America mean for the indigenous communities and workers who have historically borne the harms of extractivism?