AMERICAS
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Tijuana River Pollution Sends North America a Bill It Cannot Dredge Away
Tijuana’s sewage crisis exposes a border economy built around moving goods while leaving communities to absorb pollution. As environmental groups…
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Costa Rica Builds a Megaprison While Fear Keeps Locking Ordinary People Inside
Costa Rica’s new megaprison promises to contain organized crime. But behind the security crackdown lies a harder question: can a…
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U.S. Drug Raids in Ecuador Under Legal Scrutiny After Eight Fishing Boats Sunk
Eight Ecuadorian fishing boats are gone, and 160 crew members face consequences ashore. Human Rights Watch is demanding the evidence…
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Guatemala Probes Army’s Role After Eight Killings Leave Huité Searching for Answers
Eight killings in Huité have prompted Guatemala to investigate its army’s role amid conflicting accounts from relatives and officials. Four…
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Mexico Traces Ayotzinapa Phones to Funeral Homes and an Iguala Police Station
Twelve years after 43 Ayotzinapa students disappeared, reused cellphones are leading Mexican investigators toward funeral homes and a police station.…
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Panama Counts Sexual Abuse Reports, but Children Need More Than Case Numbers
Panama recorded 4,599 sexual offense complaints in eight months, with minors involved in 78% of cases. Behind rising reports and…
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Guyana Awaits Essequibo Verdict as Latin America Weighs Borders, Oil and Peace
Guyana wants Venezuela to accept an approaching Essequibo judgment, while Caracas demands direct negotiations. The dispute reaches beyond their border,…
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Brazil Heads to Polls as U.S. Lawmakers Ask Trump to Stay Out
Thirty-one U.S. lawmakers want Washington to respect Brazil’s presidential vote regardless of who wins. Their letter follows tariffs, sanctions and…
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Colombia Puts Former FARC Chiefs to Work Searching for the War’s Missing
Colombia’s former FARC commanders have begun serving sentences through victim reparations, including searches for the disappeared. At one cemetery, 54…
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Mexico Investigates Claudia Tacoronte’s Murder as Other Victims’ Families Still Wait for Answers
Mexico’s prosecution of Claudia Tacoronte’s killing as femicide has renewed scrutiny of other students’ deaths. Advocates say the rapid response…
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