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

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

Escazú Agreement: promising beginnings

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

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Mexico: recall referendum ruse leaves no one satisfied

President López Obrador fails to benefit from manipulating direct democracy mechanism

Costa Rica at the polls: voting or gambling?

Apathy and fragmentation yield unexpected results

Peru’s oil spill raises corporate accountability questions

Campaigners call on oil giant Repsol to take full responsibility

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Guatemala: anti-rights movement shows its teeth

Attempt to enact regressive anti-gender law defeated – for the time being