The rape survivor facing 20 years in jail lays bare El Salvador’s war on women
Women accused of abortions are charged with homicide while femicides, rapes, and other gender violence often goes unpunished in the…
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Brazil shows how the elite responds when forced to choose between fascism and the left
The victory of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro demonstrates how quickly the centre can evaporate.
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After the victory of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro, Brazil’s left is shattered and divided
The new president’s opponents are distraught but they must dream a better country into reality.
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Jair Bolsonaro: The Brazilian Trump leading the far-right’s march to power
The authoritarian’s path to the presidency is a threat to democracy.
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Project Cybersyn: the afterlife of Chile’s socialist internet
Through an electronic “nervous system”, Salvador Allende’s left-wing government anticipated the era of big data.
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Abilio’s story: the nine-year-old separated from his father at the US border
More than 2,500 children were separated from their parents between April and June by the Trump administration.
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What the British left can learn from Mexico’s political revolution
“Brexit is a wall which will block Britons in and pitch worker against worker.”
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Enough to educate 17 million children: the true cost of Brazil’s Car Wash scandal
As a new Netflix series dramatises one of the world’s largest corruption cases, Global Witness puts a figure on the cost…
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