Por Carolina Botelho Read this entry in English here. Manifestação todos com Bolsonaro. (Foto por Gabriela Felin). A vitória de Jair Bolsonaro na disputa à presidência da República no Brasil surpreendeu muitos analistas em todo o mundo. Ainda candidato, o ex-capitão do exército fez uma campanha com elogios à ditadura militar brasileira e à tortura,... Continue Reading →
By Carolina Botelho A pro-Bolsonaro demonstration. (Photo by Gabriela Felin). Jair Bolsonaro’s victory in the race for the presidency of the Republic of Brazil surprised many analysts around the world. While still a candidate, the former army captain ran a campaign praising the Brazilian military dictatorship and the use of torture, criticizing social movements and... Continue Reading →
By Esteban Mirón Marván Professors at the UIET in Oxolotán after a workshop on Classic Maya archaeology led by the author. (Photo courtesy of Esteban Mirón Marván). Archaeologists in the Maya region have exploited the heritage and history of the contemporary indigenous Maya peoples for more than a century. For the last eight decades federal... Continue Reading →
By Elize Massard A doctor prepares her notes in Pernambuco, Brazil. (Photo by Pan American Health Organization). Approximately 700,000 people worldwide, die every year from complications of hepatitis C (HCV virus). In 2017, the World Health Organization proposed a plan to eliminate HCV as a public health emergency by 2030. This is possible thanks to new direct-acting antiviral... Continue Reading →
Where the Air Is Not so Clear By Jimmy Mahady Mexico City traffic by night. (Photo by Sapdiel Gómez Gutiérrez.) The people of Mexico City are used to watching the mountains surrounding the city fade into the smoggy afternoons. The snow-capped volcanoes give way to a grey haze that envelops their days. The high-altitude air... Continue Reading →
Originally Published by The Bulletin of Concerned Scientists Editor’s note: Founded in 1945 by University of Chicago scientists who had helped develop the first atomic weapons in the Manhattan Project, the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists created the Doomsday Clock two years later, using the imagery of apocalypse (midnight) and the contemporary idiom of nuclear explosion (countdown to zero) to... Continue Reading →
By Aaron Pomerantz The author at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute (STRI) in Gamboa, Panama. (Photo courtesy of Aaron Pomerantz.) How does an animal become invisible? Enter the paradox of the glasswing butterfly. As the name implies, these butterflies have transparent parts of their wings, engendering a common notion that they are “invisible” to avoid... Continue Reading →
By Laura Belik The author inside of former train station at Campo do Patú, in Senador Pompeu, CE. (Photo courtesy of Laura Belik.) The concentration camps in Northeast Brazil hold what one might call hidden histories. Built between 1915 and 1932, the camps were perceived as a form of aid towards groups who were migrating... Continue Reading →
By Elizabeth Oglesby A version of this article originally appeared in The Hill on December 13th, 2018. "Mexico only" sign at the U.S.-Mexico border crossing. (Photo by Noah Jacquemin.) This week's Oval Office sparring between President Trump and Democratic congressional leaders, over border wall funding and the possibility of a government shutdown, made for great political theater. In... Continue Reading →
By Carlos Dada This article originally appeared in Spanish in El Faro on December 18, 2018 and was translated to English by Delia Neyra. The Nicaraguan police closes the media company directed by the country’s main journalist, Carlos Fernando Chamorro, in an offensive against the critics of Daniel Ortega’s regime. Exiled from their editorial offices,... Continue Reading →
