The post of Secretary General of the UN, perhaps the most symbolically important leadership position in the international community, is...

Brazil’s Bolsa Família has dutifully served as the flagship of Brazilian social welfare since its christening in 2003. The conditional...

The events playing out across Brazilian public high schools could very well have been penned by William Golding, but they are far from...

Panama City is an intersection. It lies between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans; between jungles and man-made waterways; between colorful...

On Sunday, October 2, the Colombian people rejected a peace treaty signed by the Colombian government and the Revolutionary Armed Forces...

Brazil has become a nation defined by political backlash. Since early 2014, a regional Brazilian judge named Sérgio Moro has risen to...

Last week, President Obama made modern history by becoming the first sitting president since Calvin Coolidge to set foot on Cuban soil....

On March 4, a cohort of armed men stood waiting on the road to Tumeremo, a small town in the Venezuelan state of Bolívar. Since early...

April is a hopeful month for policymakers, activists, and citizens around the globe aspiring to address the multiple problems surrounding...

“TPP es muerte”, read the sign of a man protesting in front of La Moneda, Chile’s presidential palace, on the afternoon of February 4....

On the morning of March 4, at the São Bernardo do Campo residence of former president Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, Brazilians witnessed a...

Since first being elected in 2005, Evo Morales, Bolivia’s famously football-loving president, has been scoring goal after goal. Morales’...

In a historic ruling this past February, Guatemalan courts convicted a former paramilitary and a retired army officer of committing rape...

What happens when a country without legal abortion tells women not to get pregnant? This was the question many asked when government...

On the night of February 11, the Topo Chico prison turned into a living inferno. An extremely violent riot broke out in the penal...

“With a goat’s horn and bazooka at our necks. Sending heads flying if anyone gets in the way. We’re bloodthirsty, crazies deep in the...

When Venezuelans lined up to fill their tanks the morning of February 19th, they encountered an unpleasant surprise: gasoline was over a...

The World Health Organization (WHO) has stated that the Zika virus is “spreading explosively,” estimating that there are approximately 4...

In no other state is the price of truth as high as it is in Veracruz. With a record number of 16 journalists murdered since 2010, the...

On October 26, Jimmy Morales, an ex-comedian with no political background, was elected as Guatemala’s new president. Morales’ victory...