Despite official claims that the São Francisco River project supplies 12m people, many of those who had to make way for its construction in 2007 still have no water at allA concrete canal cutting through the Caatinga scrubland...
Read MoreAfter her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far?When her son, Hugo, failed to answer his phone on the morning of 12 July...
Read MoreAfter her son disappeared, Isabel Miranda de Wallace swore she would bring the culprits to justice. She became a national hero. But did she go too far?When her son, Hugo, failed to answer his phone on the morning of 12 July...
Read MoreVolunteer force flocks to devastated region, infiltrating collapsed buildings with little more than hand toolsAs the sun rose above Venezuela’s shattered northern coast, a motorbike mechanic nicknamed Culebrita (Little Snake)...
Read MoreAs England prepares to take on Mexico in the Fifa World Cup, another battle is playing out just beyond the Azteca Stadium. More than 130,000 people have been forcibly disappeared in Mexico as cartel violence surges, leaving...
Read MoreRescue efforts under way after buildings reduced to rubble in capital and along northern coastHundreds of people are feared to have died and thousands have been injured in Venezuela’s largest earthquake in more than a...
Read MoreLatest reports from rural Ontario add to tales going back decades about bipedal creature also known as BigfootOn a recent evening, residents in a corner of rural Ontario reported a series of strange encounters.“The birds...
Read MoreShe started as an activist. Now she is Mexico’s president. Has she stayed true to her ideals?The president’s dressmaker works at home, down a narrow road in a working-class neighbourhood on the southernmost edge of Mexico City....
Read MoreMy friends and I wanted to tell the story of Cuban life, without interference. Before long, I was being isolated, monitored and interrogatedA version of this essay was previously published in the Dial under the title The Sneeze....
Read MoreCase involving seven-year-old boy is latest flashpoint in debate over race relations in Latin America‘Argentina needs to end its fantasy of being a European country’: Lucrecia Martel on the story of a killingA woman celebrating...
Read MoreThe decision to charge Raúl Castro is grimly reminiscent of the run-up to Trump’s military operation in Venezuela. Meanwhile, the Cuban people are suffering needlesslyThe US war machine has turned its sights on Cuba. Marco...
Read MoreWhen drum’n’bass grew stale in the 90s, it got a samba-splicing Brazilian twist. As that style returns, the scene’s legends and newcomers celebrate a cross-cultural triumphWagner Ribeiro de Souza wasn’t carrying much in his...
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