Emily Green
She Couldn’t Get an Abortion in Texas. So She Went to Mexico.
Mexico is emerging as an unlikely savior for U.S. women desperate to terminate their unintended pregnancies.
A Woman Just Got 30 Years for Homicide After Losing Her Pregnancy
El Salvador is one of five countries in Latin America that has a total ban on abortion.
The US Could Learn a Lot From Big Abortion Wins in Latin America
In the last 18 months, three countries in the region have legalized abortion thanks to a grassroots movement.
Honduran Ex-President Who Wanted to ‘Shove Drugs Up the Noses of Gringos’ Is Headed to New York
Juan Orlando Hernández may never return home if he’s convicted and sentenced for the crimes he’s accused of.
10,000 Alleged Gang Members Got Arrested in El Salvador in 2 Weeks
The current crackdown is the most severe yet from President Nayib Bukele, and includes a sweeping new law aimed at censoring press reporting on the gangs.
20 Inmates Slaughtered in Mafia Prison Riot in Ecuador
Outbreaks of violence have become common in the country's penitentiary system, and is often connected to rival gangs.
Biden Is Ending the COVID Policy That Sends Migrants Back to Mexico
“The policy was specious from the beginning. It wasn’t about public health then and it isn’t now,” said one immigration rights advocate.
Artists Painted a Mural With Graphic Sex Scenes in a Public Park to Protest Hate Crimes
Politicians and even activists questioned the value of the explicit images in a mural in memory of the murder of Daniel Zamudio by neo-Nazis.
A Mayor Celebrated an End to a Cartel War. Then He Was Killed.
The assassination added to the chaos in Mexico’s Michoacán state, where the military is trying to kick out the CJNG cartel.
Video Shows Cartel Gunmen Executing People at a Funeral in Broad Daylight
The massacre, which took place in the southern state of Michoacán, is the latest atrocity in Mexico’s crime wars.
Gunmen in Mexico Just Killed a Sixth Journalist This Year
The killing of Jorge Camero, 28, came the same week the U.S. secretary of state called for better protection for journalists and Mexico’s president said he didn’t know what he was talking about.