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Capture of El Mencho in Mexico leads to violence in areas controlled by CJNG
Burnt cars, roadblocks, and attacks across the country after the killing of one of Mexico's most notorious kingpins
Feb 23 • Joshua Collins
Colombia enters election year amid record violence
Colombians will go to the polls to elect a new president and congressmen amidst the highest number of attacks by armed groups since the civil war
Feb 22 • Daniela.
Why the Pope declared war on capybaras
When the Vatican declared our gentle furry friends to be "fish", a near-exctinction event followed
Feb 18 • Joshua Collins
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Borders are meant to kill
How wealthy countries designed deadly 'deterrence' policies globally
Feb 12 • Joshua Collins
Enemigos reconcile over chocolate and dresses
Petro described a “confusing,” but “positive” meeting with Trump after years-long tensions
Feb 4
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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 borderland cocaine wars
Everything you ever wanted to know about cocaine smuggling from Colombia into Venezuela, and a few things you didn't
Jan 29 • Joshua Collins
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

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The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Money plane crashes in Bolivia, making cops sad, Neo-liberal labor reform in Argentina, and a shootout on the high seas near Cuba
24 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
Feb 17 • Joshua Collins
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Shady financing in Venezuela over oil deals. Peru may topple another president, and the US boat bombings just don't stop, despite Maduro being gone
Feb 16 • Joshua Collins
The Big Stories to watch this week in LATAM
Venezuela re-snatches freshly released political prisoner, Cuba is facing a humanitarian catastrophe, and Haitian government about to end with no map…
Feb 9 • 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
Feb 9 • Joshua Collins
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