By Elizabeth Milos, Chilean activist living in the Bay Area who was in Chile in March Long before the worldwide pandemic arrived people in Chile had been living precariously in a relentless system of long work hours, mínimum wage, job insecurity, crippling debt and poor health outcomes due to privatized education and healthcare, and retirement … Read More

By Rosa Miriam Elizalde on May 14, 2020 A few hours before the attack on the Cuban Embassy in Washington, a woman wearing a red raincoat, dark glasses, mask and hood, was photographing the facade of the 16th Street mansion in the Adams-Morgan neighborhood. The security cameras recorded her in broad daylight and, despite her … Read More

By Yorlis Luna on May 13, 2020 I think when many of us look at the world today we feel like we’re watching a science fiction movie: 22 million officially unemployed in the U.S. while analysts say the true figure may be double that, predictions of the worst economic crisis since the Great Depression of … Read More

By Yisell Rodríguez Milán on May 13, 2020 The State Department notified the U.S. Congress yesterday that Iran, North Korea, Syria, Venezuela and Cuba were certified under Section 40A (a) of the Arms Export Control Act as “not fully cooperating” with U.S. counterterrorism efforts in 2019. The State Department’s official website contains the notification, which … Read More

By Karen Spring on May 9, 2020 On May 5, a group of Afro-indigenous Garifuna men stood guard at the entrance of La Travesía community in the department of Cortes in northern Honduras. The men were fumigating vehicles, documenting the traffic transiting through their community, and implementing other bio security measures as part of community-led … Read More