Guatemala’s Constitutional Court undid its historic genocide ruling in 2013. The trial is set to resume on January 5, but faces last-ditch efforts to derail it.
Guatemalan Genocide Trial Set to Resume
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Latin America & Caribbean
Obama Corrects a Historic Mistake on Cuba
Supporters of normalizing relations with Cuba have lost many battles in Washington, but this is a clear victory.
At the Lima Climate Talks, It Was Groundhog Day All Over Again
The latest climate talks were an exercise in futility and delay. But that doesn’t mean activists should give up.
The Games of Our Lives
Can video games crowdsource more democratic solutions to the world’s problems?
Photos: The Indigenous Fight for Lands and Cultural Survival in Honduras
The Garifuna, an Afro-indigenous community in Honduras, are standing up to government repression, corporate land grabs, and narco violence.
A Canal at What Cost?
A proposed canal in Nicaragua would rival Panama’s as a link between the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. But indigenous and environmentalist protesters are crying foul.
Latin America’s Lesson for the U.S.: Prosecute the Torturers
Latin America’s transition out of dictatorship hinged on two words the U.S. would be wise to heed: “Never again.”
How Liberal Democracy Promotes Inequality
Western-style democracies — not the dictatorships they replaced — have allowed deeply undemocratic economic systems to flourish. So what’s to be done?
The World Bank Is Refereeing a Race to the Bottom
Instead of ranking countries by their “business friendliness,” the World Bank should rank corporations according to their social responsibility.
Chilean Activists Change the Rules of the Game
Graduating from protesters to politicians, Chile’s student leaders achieved the legislative wins that have eluded their Occupy counterparts.