Prison
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ANALYSIS
Latin America Watches Cuba’s Prison Gesture and Washington’s Old Reflexes
Cuba's plan to release fifty-one prisoners comes at a tense moment, where Vatican diplomacy, internal pressures, and renewed US pressure…
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AMERICAS
El Salvador Emergency Rule Meets a Growing Human Rights Reckoning
A new report on El Salvador's extended state of exception reveals a darker side to the country's praised anti-gang crackdown:…
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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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