Americas

The last masters of Afro-Colombian machete fencing fight to save their tradition

Written by Rowan Glass

20 hours ago

How is Africa affected by the US-China tariff war?

Written by Adesewa Olofinko

1 day ago

How the California gold rush continues to shape Africa and other global majority countries

Written by Guest Contributor

2 days ago

Nicaragua's stateless people seek justice

Written by Global Voices América Latina Translated by Dalia Tarek

2 days ago

Stories about Americas

In Guadeloupe, ‘Creole gardens’ give climate lessons in a spirit of solidarity

After a crisis, what do people naturally return to? 'Their surroundings. And what surrounds us is the Creole garden'

Written by Olivia Losbar

4 days ago

Narratives from Turkey: Denouncing Erdoğan's enablers during his latest authoritarian move

We delve into two narratives reporting on those presumably green-lighting Turkish President Erdoğan's authoritarian escalation.

Written by Civic Media Observatory

4 days ago

Max Romeo, an urgent musical voice in Jamaica's turbulent 1970s, passes away at 80

His iconic album 'War Ina Babylon' reflected the political turbulence of 1970s Jamaica

Written by Emma Lewis

5 days ago

How anti-war Russians end up in US immigration prisons

"You did everything the American government asked. And now you're a criminal."

Written by Baikal People Journal

5 days ago

When it comes to bullying, small actions can help stop big problems

'From playpens to playgrounds to politics, bullying is everybody’s business'

Written by Guest Contributor

1 week ago

LIVE on April 16: Voices from the Future

The session will be live streamed on YouTube

Written by Malka Older

1 week ago

From Colombia: A manifesto of love for all living beings

Through the Awá people, I discovered a different way of being

Written by Johana Fernanda Sánchez Jaramillo Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan

1 week ago

China is not panicking over US President Donald Trump’s tariff war

‘People live their lives as usual. Who cares about the crazy Yankees?’

Written by Oiwan Lam

1 week ago

Trinbagonian poet Anthony V. Capildeo vies for the Caribbean's top literary award

Their poetry is described as 'immersed equally in narrative and lyric, querying forms with an insistent playfulness and a radical political consciousness'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

1 week ago

Farewell to Mark Loquan, a beacon of energy and culture in Trinidad & Tobago

'Mark’s contribution to the world of steelpan is enormous. His actions were consequential in ways that will impact for generations'

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

2 weeks ago

Toxic masculinity: Global narratives of control

We examine two key narratives shaping the debate around what many consider “men's and women's roles in society."

Written by Civic Media Observatory

2 weeks ago

Trump's tariffs on penguins and pine trees feel like a late April Fools joke

Uninhabited Heard and McDonald islands among puzzling Australian external territory targets

Written by Kevin Rennie

2 weeks ago

40 years after the end of the military dictatorship, why does Brazil still resist confronting its past?

Brazil struggles to provide truth, justice and reparation to victims of the military dictatorship that ruled the country for over 20 years and their families

Written by Laura Chaparro Translated by Laura Chaparro

2 weeks ago

Geopolitics of energy in Nepal: Balancing India, China, and the US

Nepal could become an energy powerhouse in South Asia

Written by GV South Asia

2 weeks ago

‘Women are the ones leading the revolution,’ says Peruvian journalist

'For the first time in my life as a journalist, I felt my work could be useful'

Written by Gabriela García Calderón Orbe Translated by Gabriela García Calderón

2 weeks ago

Rumeysa Öztürk, PhD student from Turkey, among scores of people detained in the US

The student was snatched by ICE officers while on her way to break her Ramadan fast

Written by Arzu Geybullayeva

2 weeks ago

US President Donald Trump's funding cuts force Radio Free Asia subsidiary Whynot to go dark

The Chinese media outlet, Whynot, occupies a unique position in the Chinese-language media landscape

Written by Hong Kong Free Press

3 weeks ago

China halts Hong Kong-based Hutchison's port deal with US-led consortium in Panama

The deal has a significant implication for China's international port network

Written by Oiwan Lam

3 weeks ago

As Trinidad & Tobago’s Court of Appeal reverses buggery law ruling, does the colonial grip persist?

Savings law is a fairly common concept in Commonwealth legal systems, whereby restrictive colonial-era laws are carried over into post-independence legal frameworks

Written by Janine Mendes-Franco

3 weeks ago