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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
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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March 2025

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
The U.S. just took a giant leap towards authoritarianism
Shaky legal claims and an ever-changing story by the Trump administration over deportations to an El Salvadoran work camp are worrying, but the…
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Joshua Collins
Feminists on the move in Bogotá
Colombianas push back against a lack of progress on femicides, state capture of social movements, and silence in response to activists
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Joshua Collins
On Machismo, Misogyny, and Murder in Mexico
Anecdotes from a Colombian woman on how Patriarchy harms women in her new homeland
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Daniela.
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