Prison
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AMERICAS
Venezuelan Prison Messages Travel Home on Wrappers, Laundry, and Hope
In a small apartment near Caracas, Adriana Briceño holds onto a chocolate wrapper with a note from her son to…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela Prison Hill Shouts Turn Amnesty into Nightly Family Ritual
Every night at El Rodeo, just outside Caracas, families climb a hill with candles to shout messages to political prisoners.…
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ANALYSIS
Venezuela Amnesty Bill Stalls as Families Chain Themselves Outside Prison Walls
In Venezuela, a delayed amnesty vote collided with a country that no longer waits patiently. Outside a police command in…
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AMERICAS
Venezuela Prison Vigil Turns Mothers into Lawmakers of Daily Survival
Outside El Rodeo, near Caracas, women sleep in tents and take turns guarding a narrow road, waiting for relatives held…
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LIFE
Panama Sends Incarcerated Women to Clean Streets as Trash Crisis Deepens
In San Miguelito, garbage has become a daily geography—piled along sidewalks, wedged into gutters, drifting toward rivers and sea. Now…
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AMERICAS
Tragic Deaths in Ecuador Prisons Highlight Growing Crisis: Authorities Fail to Provide Answers
Over 500 deaths in Ecuador's largest prison in 2025 reveal a crisis that demands urgent attention from the public and…
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LIFE
Bolivia’s Freestyle Behind Bars Program Gives Incarcerated Youth a Second Chance
At Qalauma on Bolivia's Altiplano, teenage voices once reduced to case files now fight for air through rhyme. A prison-yard…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Prisons Rule Streets While Cells Command Violence Economy
From behind bars, gangs in Guatemala run extortion rackets like call centers, directing threats, payments, and killings while enjoying privileges…
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AMERICAS
Guatemala Wakes Up Under Emergency Rules as Gangs Test State Power
After prison riots spilled into street attacks, Guatemala entered a thirty-day emergency that limits protests and expands police powers. With…
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LIFE
Venezuelans’ Hope Turns to Phone Fear After Maduro’s Sudden Capture
After U.S. forces struck Caracas on Jan. 3, 2026, and seized Nicolás Maduro, the celebration lasted hours. Now Venezuelans delete…
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