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Bukele goes after reporters who shared details on power-sharing pact with gangs
El Faro journalists fear arrest orders as Bukele blames "NGOs, elites, and Soros" for the new revelations
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Joshua Collins
Venezuelans in the U.S have seen the tactics ICE uses before
Migrants describe "an atmosphere of terror" comparing Trump policies to persecution they faced in their home-nation
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Joshua Collins
ELN consolidates control in the Venezuelan-Colombian borderlands
A regional offensive against other leftist rebel groups has displaced more than 60,000 people and left ELN as the hegemonic power in the region
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Joshua Collins
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Gentrification Spurs Cocaine Surge in Medellín
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On Machismo, Misogyny, and Murder in Mexico
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Ecuador goes to "War" against crime, but will it work?
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As ICE terrorizes the U.S, institutions are failing us. Citizenry must take the initiative
 • Joshua Collins
7 Years of Covering Colombia has taught me one thing— Peace is messy
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The U.S. just took a giant leap towards authoritarianism
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A brief history of EZLN: the Zapatistas in images
A photo essay and explainer, from inside the EZLN Autonomous Zone
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Daniela.
As ICE terrorizes the U.S, institutions are failing us. Citizenry must take the initiative
Tactics and strategies the U.S. helped develop as tools to fight terrorism abroad are being used again on the domestic population
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Joshua Collins
Ecuador’s indigenous peoples apparently haven’t forgiven left-wing violence against them
Right-wing candidate Noboa won presidential elections by double digits. Preliminary data seems to show he made gains in regions with large indigenous…
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Joshua Collins
Ecuadorian elections a choice between left or right-wing authoritarian drift
As fears of crime, violence, and migration take root, candidates offer voters "iron fist" policies, vague economic plans, and xenophobia
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Joshua Collins
Who needs evidence when you can create a moral panic?
The Trump administration is taking a page from an old playbook as part of their migration policy — one that has had deadly effect in the past
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Joshua Collins
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Witness Testimony in Uribe trial re-implicates the ex president in old crimes
Testimony from the historic trial has likely already opened new criminal investigations. Could the historic trial be a step away from institutional…
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Joshua Collins
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In a flurry of policy moves, Trump focuses draconian migration measures on domestic population
For decades the U.S. has used violence to enforce its borders: but that security apparatus is now being turned inwards
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Joshua Collins
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