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June 2025

Colombia's 'trial of the century' just wrapped up: it was a disaster for Uribe
The unfolding case against the controversial former president has likely inspired new criminal investigations.
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Joshua Collins
Indigenous people in Colombia’s rainforests mount new resistance against an old foe: Canadian oil companies
Gran Tierra Energy has damaged their lands and spawned conflict before. The Nasa people are determined not to let it happen again.
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Joshua Collins
Is "total peace" in Colombia headed for total collapse?
Human rights groups say a series of bombings, regional offensives and attempted assassinations represent a "miserable unravelling" of peace-building…
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Joshua Collins
Trump wanted the "Battle of Los Angeles." Instead, Latinos have inspired a national uprising
Latino communities in L.A. have played an integral and instructional role in protests that are inspiring actions in dozens of other U.S. cities
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Joshua Collins
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Colombian presidential candidate in critical condition after being shot multiple times in Bogotá
Gunman detained is allegedly 15. Episode calls up shades of violent political history
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Joshua Collins
The biggest migration crackdown in the Americas no one is talking about
The Dominican Republic has a per-capita deportation rate 30 times higher than the Trump administration, and higher total numbers as well. Why?
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Joshua Collins
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Simón Rodríguez
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With Trump back in office: Erik Prince is cashing in
With active contracts in Haiti and Ecuador, and pitches on the table in Mexico. The US's most infamous grifter warlord is living through halcyon days in…
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Joshua Collins
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May 2025

You’ve been lied to about borders your whole life
Justifications for nativism and xenophobia simply don’t hold up to scrutiny
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Joshua Collins
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Chiquita fires thousands in Panama in bid to crush ongoing labor strikes
Protests in the country over pensions changes have expanded to include demands for labor reform and criticisms of Trump
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Joshua Collins
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Designating cartels terror orgs granted Trump broad powers: he is showing he plans on using them
U.S. announces first ‘terrorism’ charges for supporting a Mexican cartel
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Joshua Collins
On Luddites, the Nasa people, and the power of resistance
A struggle between indigenous land-defenders and a Canadian oil company in Colombia has tones of another historical struggle against exploitation
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Joshua Collins
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