AMERICAS

Abortion rights in the USA: regression against the tide

Against global trend, US Supreme Court ruling eliminates federal protection of abortion rights

Colombia’s historic left turn

Gustavo Petro becomes country’s first leftist president, and Francia Márquez its first female and Afro-Colombian vice-president

Ecuador: protests over or only on hold?

Negotiations bring uneasy truce after more than two weeks of protests but divisions remain

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘People are tired of the long hegemony of political elites who are also economic elites’

‘Many laws remain that keep LGBTQI+ people as second-class citizens’

CENTRAL AMERICA

El Salvador: ‘war on gangs’ accelerates slide into authoritarianism

Fundamental rights under attack, with 38,000 arrests so far

CENTRAL AMERICA

Starbucks workers: partners in shared success?

Recent unionisation victories are breathing fresh life into the US labour movement

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘The Starbucks unionisation campaign has sparked the imagination of workers across the country’

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Laws that discriminate against LGBTQI+ people send a signal about our place in society’

‘All tactics used by activists have been turned into crimes’