How corporations, pension funds, and other financial actors are driving land dispossession in Brazil Many people in cities across Europe and North America might be familiar with real estate speculation...
An Argentinian documentary follows a teenager’s transition to answer this question. The documentary Tristán y los días por venir (Tristán and the days to come) was filmed over seven years, documenting Tristán’s adolescence...
Gender-affirming surgery under military dictatorship paved the way for better rights today Waldirene Nogueira was 26 when she sought gender-affirming surgery in Brazil. It was 1971, the middle of Brazil’s...
Decoding Argentinian media’s coverage of wildfires. Welcome to the third online instalment of Read Between the Lines, where we commission a journalist or commentator to interpret a recent article from beyond...
Brazil moves to recognise trans language Pajubá as cultural heritage In the hidden cracks of Brazilian society, where queer communities continue to resist erasure, a secret language is flourishing. Pajubá,...
Over the last year and a half, the Colombian media outlet Casa Macondo has run a series of articles on accusations of sexual abuse in the Catholic church – and the ways...
Venezuelan women cross into Colombia for abortions they cannot legally have at home, only to find that this “right” is not always easy to reach In Venezuela, abortion remains a...
How Cuba is faring in its economic war with the US, and what it bodes for the future of the island’s regime In this mix of reportage and analysis published...
Women may be taking centre stage, but who does Carnival really belong to? Carnival in Jamaica doesn’t arrive all at once. It builds slowly. Early mornings at the gym. Waiting...
How Colombia has turned into a “paradise for reproductive tourism” We are used to discussing surrogacy in fairly abstract terms. If the neoliberal idea of us being nothing but self-interested...
How mutual-aid construction has helped thousands of working-class families secure homes while limiting real-estate speculation in Uruguay Published in El País’s América Futura section and reported by Noor Mahtani, this article explores...
Digital platforms promising affordable mental health care are pushing psychologists into precarious gig-style work Published by Repórter Brasil and reported by Gabriel Daros, this investigation examines how online therapy platforms are reshaping...
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