Latin America

In December of last year, Uruguay became the first country in the world to fully legalize and regulate the cultivation, sale, distribution and use of marijuana.

Chile, one of the most conservative countries in Latin America, is getting ready for an unprecedented debate on the legalization of therapeutic abortion.

Hundreds of protesters recently gathered at the World Bank to shame a gold mining firm's shakedown of one of Central America's poorest countries.

There is a specific message for peoples of the Americas that have been de-Indigenized, disconnected and severed from their traditions, languages and stories.

“Going to the United States is my dream, and I'll do it even if I die in the attempt.”

Latin America has become a kind of new Soviet Bloc, a counter-hegemony to the liberal capitalist empire.

A mining project is planned for this biodiverse area of Quito, despite community opposition.

One American's multifaceted identity leads to a consideration of what the US census actually counts - and what it should.

As bombs drop on Gaza yet again, people across the world are turning to the streets in the tens of thousands to express solidarity with the Palestinians.

In this interview, American artist Erin Currier discusses her work, how it celebrates the underprivileged and dispossessed people of countries to which she travels, and her thoughts on revolution …