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You’ve been lied to about borders your whole life
Justifications for nativism and xenophobia simply don’t hold up to scrutiny, as Minneapolis is showing the world
Jan 25 • Joshua Collins
Meet the US Protectorate of Venezuela
Rubio and the CIA seem to be taking a page from history, and Machiavelli, bringing back a host of old terms that all mean one thing: subjugation
Jan 18 • Joshua Collins
The Morning After in Venezuela: Perspectives on what comes next from Venezuelans
PWS sat down for extended conversations with three close contacts from very different parts of Venezuelan society to ask them their thoughts
Jan 12 • Joshua Collins
Was Maduro handed over by his own team?
Some reporting suggests US attack on Caracas may not have come as much as a surprise to some Venezuelan officials as they are publicly claiming
Jan 4 • Joshua Collins
US attacks Venezuelan capital, captures Maduro
An unknown number of civilian casualties as explosions rock Caracas
Jan 3 • Joshua Collins
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Gentrification Spurs Cocaine Surge in Medellín
Sep 9, 2023 • Joshua Collins
The Rubio and Trump story over Venezuelan boat bombing is full of holes — and fabrications
Sep 7, 2025 • Joshua Collins
On Machismo, Misogyny, and Murder in Mexico
Mar 8, 2025 • Daniela.
Ecuador goes to "War" against crime, but will it work?
Jan 17, 2024 • Joshua Collins

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The Big Stories to watch this year in LATAM
US migration policies are reverberating across the region, so is Trump policy on Venezuela. Big elections, especially in Colombia and Brazil, and more!
Jan 2 • Joshua Collins
US Oil Blockade on Venezuela will be "devastating" for civil society
Advocates of the plan have argued that impacts on civilians will be minimal: those assertions are not backed up by facts on the ground
Dec 25, 2025 • Joshua Collins
We should fear tyranny not migrants
Fears about migration are being fabricated to impose authoritarianism around the world
Dec 21, 2025 • Joshua Collins
Venezuela Madness: MCM flies the coop and US seizes ship with 1.6 million barrels of crude
Asked what would happen with the oil, Trump said: “We keep it, I guess,” then proceeded to say Colombia is “next.”
Dec 11, 2025 • Joshua Collins
Honduran elections were a mess: no one knows who is president
The country's election authority seems to be anything but an authority on elections
Dec 9, 2025 • Joshua Collins

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The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Venezuela and Mexico release prisoners under US pressure. Delcy says she has "had enough." Naboa starts a trade war and lightning zaps Bolsonaro…
21 hrs ago • Joshua Collins
Oppression and resistance: the DHS Diaries
PWS weekly on ICE, Border Patrol, and the brave communities , organizations, and individuals resisting their fascist policies
Jan 23 • Joshua Collins
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Do US warnings to commercial flights in LATAM mean more strikes? Intra-guerrilla wars in Colombia. Guatemala tries "mano dura" on for size
Jan 19 • Joshua Collins
Oppression and resistance: the DHS Diaries
PWS weekly on ICE, Border Patrol, and the brave communities , organizations, and individuals resisting their fascist policies
Jan 16 • Joshua Collins
Colombia leads the charge against US at UN Security Council
Mexico, Brazil and Chile support a condemnation of US actions, along with all of Africa
Jan 5
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