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Coronavirus Hasn’t Slowed Ecological Women Farmers in Peru’s Highlands

It’s eight in the morning and Pascuala Ninantay is carrying two large containers of water in her wheelbarrow to prepare 200 liters of organic fertilizer.

How Coronavirus Makes Us Rethink Youth Protests

Large scale street protests are on hold, however, there is an opportunity to rethink how we can protest, expanding online forms of collective activism.

The Pandemic of Authoritarianism in Latin America

Amid the Covid-19 emergency, some governments take the opportunity to impose decisions contrary to the urgent needs of their peoples.

Argentina Responds Boldly to Coronavirus Crisis

Like much of the West, Argentina did not take many early precautionary actions after the Covid-19 epidemic was confirmed in January, however…

Nicaraguan MDs and Nurses Urge Ortega to Take Covid-19 Seriously

They sign a public pronouncement in which they demand the government adopt sanitary, economic and social measures to face covid-19.

The Ghost Children of Latin America’s Prisons

While women are often “invisible” in Latin America’s penitentiary systems and statistics, the children who are born and live with them are ghosts.

Pursuing Poppies (Photo Feature)

Just past dawn, we three intrepid Ladyranchers climbed into my RAV named Luna. The morning was cool and overcast but expected to clear. (21 photos)