Stories about Latin America from June, 2020
Mexican feminists and workers’ rights defenders faced wave of arrests in June
Various threats, arrests, and detentions happened in under 15 days.
In Brazil, COVID-19 death rate for black community is higher than for other populations
A study by Agência Pública shows that deaths and hospitalizations among black people with COVID-19 rose at a faster rate than among white people in Brazil.
In the wake of Black Lives Matter's protests, death of black 5-year-old becomes symbol of Brazil's racism and inequality
Miguel plunged from the ninth floor of a building while under the care of his mother’s white employer
How Trump's ‘game-changer’ drug is boosting nationalism in Brazil and India
The claim that there’s a cure for COVID-19, but that powerful actors prevent access to it, allows these leaders to cast themselves as saviors.
Post-crisis hackathon: Ecuadorian NGOs crowdsource for a world after COVID-19
More than 550 people registered for a hackathon to find solutions for Ecuador's post-COVID-19 future.
For black and indigenous people in Central America, Black Lives Matter
"It's a racist, predatory and murderous system that they have been selling all over the planet as the best place on earth to live."
In Nicaragua, people apparently die of ‘pneumonia’, not COVID-19
The current Nicaraguan administration has neglected the healthcare system and been letting people die since 2018.
‘A possible violation’: Mexico's biggest telecommunications operator is blocking Tor network
The Tor network is a free and open-source software used throughout the world by those who wish to exercise their freedom of expression and information while maintaining their privacy and anonymity.
Art as a true act of resistance: A conversation with theatre actor Juan Pablo Mazorra
"I believe that theatre will change the world, or at least one world, that of the individual."
How this Brazilian police chief transformed her state's handling of femicides
She dropped a career in architecture to join the force -- and entered the police academy while pregnant.
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