Opinion

On Friday, Vice President Kamala Harris will meet virtually with the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, as part of the Biden administration's effort to build a better relationship with Central America based on ‘common goals of prosperity, good governance and addressing the root causes of migration’.

The current success of Camilo and Bad Bunny, among many others, in the U.S. market and the rest of the world was no accident. Latin artists have spent decades pushing to create their own spaces and promoting their rhythms and stories in their own language.

In these times of fake news on social networks, of bot and troll farms – paid by governments or organization – and hyper-reality – when faces on videos can be easily altered – we have been trained to doubt what we see. But in the case of the George Floyd video, everything we saw was true.

Money alone cannot build a viable democracy. No such transformation can happen without strong public institutions and politicians committed to the rule of law.

As President Biden prepares to meet President Bolsonaro for the first time at the Leaders’ Summit on Climate scheduled for April 22nd, the coronavirus pandemic is devastating the Amazon and its communities.

There are wars that don't end even after the soldiers leave. And Afghanistan is one of them. The United States will declare victory this coming September 11 and bring home all its troops, but for many Afghans it is still a forever war.

Why do parents risk their children and push them to cross the border? The harsh answer is that for thousands of families in Central America, it is much more risky for their children to remain in their country.

"We like to say that all Americans are created equal. But without representation in Congress, millions of American citizens living in Puerto Rico are clearly at a disadvantage". Puedes leer este artículo en español.

Tens of thousands of asylum seekers, mostly from Central America, have waited for over a year in Mexican border towns and they will not waste this opportunity. We must accept this unfortunate reality and create a system that can legally, efficiently and safely absorb more of these immigrants and refugees.

Republicans and Democrats are squabbling over whether there is a crisis at the border. If the truth be told, both sides have a valid point — although neither is being entirely honest about it.