South America

An open wound in Chile’s –de facto– fragile democracy The recent acquittal of former Carabineros officer Claudio Crespo, responsible for the shot that left Gustavo Gatica blind on November 8, 2019 during the social uprising, is not an isolated event.…

The year 2026 begins with a hangover: US imperialism reminds the world of its ugly past. A head of state is kidnapped, whisked away to the kidnapping country, put on display, subjected to a sham trial, and his country declared…

“I’m used to dealing with and confronting criminals, delinquents. And they don’t scare me,” says Delia Espinoza Valenzuela, the Attorney General who was disbarred by those she was investigating, and an emblematic figure in the fight against corruption in Peru.…

The recent Special Report on the Situation of Freedom of Expression in Chile, published by the Special Rapporteurship for Freedom of Expression (RELE) of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (CIDH) in October 2025, is not just an institutional diagnosis:…

The intervention of the United States in Venezuela marks a political turning point that goes far beyond the Venezuelan case itself. It is not merely a concrete operation, but an operational precedent: the decision to act de facto outside the…

I listened to the January 3 press conference with a knot in my stomach. As a Venezuelan American with family, memories, and a living connection to the country being spoken about as if it were a possession, what I heard…

The early hours of January 3, 2026, are marking a dangerous turning point in the International Order. Explosions in Caracas and other regions of Venezuela, accompanied by aircraft overflights and attacks against military and strategic installations, have been denounced by…

2025 saw progressive governments in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) delegitimized and displaced. Right-wing forces have seized on drug-related crises to attack the so-called Pink Tide governments, driving a reactionary backwash and putting new, neoliberal administrations in power. The…

For decades, Chile looked at itself in the mirror with complacency. We told ourselves we weren’t a corrupt country. The highest authorities of the State didn’t enrich themselves while in office, and there was no widespread corruption in the administrative…

On the eve of the 2026 General Elections, a hashtag has taken over social media and moved from the digital realm to the streets: #NotForThesePeople. By Melissa Rubio The slogan originated as a wake-up call from commentators and digital collectives:…