Many US states and cities have renamed Columbus Day as Indigenous Peoples Day. But wrestling over the explorer’s legacy has a longer – and even more fraught – history in Latin America.
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The Kenyan-led policing mission to Haiti has been extended for another year as struggle to contain gang violence continues.
The Requerimiento, a 16th-century document, sheds light on the deeper ideas and laws that the Spanish used to take over the New World.
Recent wildfires in Belize shows how we must work together to revitalize Indigenous knowledge systems and plant the seeds of collaborative climate action.
Adherents to the ‘new right’ ideology in Latin America are leveraging the tools of democracy to erode the democratic system from within and prolong their grip on power
As one of the last large, influential organizations outside the government, the church is being targeted in Daniel Ortega’s ongoing crackdown.
Mexico’s president Andrés Manuel López Obrador is days from retirement, yet his social media following continues to grow.
Years after being ousted during his third term in office, the former Peruvian strongman was sentenced to 25 years in prison for crimes he committed as president. He was later pardoned – twice.
Brazil’s attempt to strike a balance between free speech and regulation of online platforms has become politicized – complicating future legislation.
Jennifer, now 41 years old, was the first female gang leader in Honduras, a country devastated by gang wars. Fifteen years after going straight, she tells her story.
The fallout from Venezuela’s election will throw the country deeper into crisis.
President Nicolás Maduro claimed victory, but regional leaders and outside observers have cried foul.
Maduro declared winner in Venezuelan election, and world leaders have made clear their suspicion.
As the dust settles on the attempted coup in Bolivia, people are pointing the finger at the country’s president.
Backed by an overwhelming majority, Claudia Sheinbaum has a unique opportunity to advance gender equality in Mexico.
Electoral violence has marred the run-up to the June 2 vote. But despite fears over personal safety, support for democracy endures.
Mexico will elect its first woman president on Sunday.
Many young Mexican men that are working in precarious conditions are drawn into the fold of drug cartels.
Mexican elections have been marred by political violence for years, and this year will be no different.
Governments across Latin America are resorting to draconian measures in an attempt to rein in surging gang violence.
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Senior Lecturer in Human Rights, Constitutional Law and Legal Theory, University of Wollongong
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
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Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
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Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
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Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Bath
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Lecturer, Pontifícia Universidade Católica do Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio)
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Liverpool
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Research fellow at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Postgraduate Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University
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Associate Professor of Sociology, Fort Lewis College
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Associate Professor, Universidad Central de Venezuela
