Rural and indigenous populations in countries like Guatemala and Honduras are increasingly on the move – either migrating internally or to neighboring countries. But the focus on these populations has been limited, leaving them forgotten and marginalized as they continue to be disproportionately affected by climate change.
Jair Bolsonaro may be in power, but the Sateré indigenous people are not taking his hostility sitting down.
The Cuban people, and the rights of Americans, should not be held hostage to brazen partisan politics. And they certainly should not be held hostage to the imperial hubris of madman John Bolton.
Mexico is the biggest beer exporter globally, but it barely has enough water for its residents and farmers. Experiencing long-lasting droughts, the country, which is half desert, has become a cheap place for transnationals to consume its remaining water, then send the products and profits to wealthier regions.
An excerpt from a new book on how indigenous activists in Bolivia took history out of the dry textbooks, the condescending political speeches, the ivory tower, and put it to use in the street, where it was made to be something alive and popular, for political uses, for indigenous liberation.
Reproductive rights advocates in the Southeast are working nonstop to help low-income women.
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