AMERICAS

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’

‘A right that the LGBTQI+ community enjoyed for four years has been stripped away’

Escazú Agreement: promising beginnings

Civil society plays its part in first summit and pushes for more ratifications

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT