Tag: Latin America

As Latin America Shifts Left, Leaders Face a Bleak Reality.

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In Chile, a tattooed former student activist won the presidency with a pledge to oversee…

What Are the Abortion Laws in Countries Around the World?

The Supreme Court’s elimination of the constitutional right to abortion, after nearly a half-century, has made the United…

Gustavo Petro Promised to Transform Colombia as President. Can He Do It?

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — In a packed arena in Bogotá on Sunday, amid a burst of confetti and below…

El Salvador Declares State of Emergency After Gang Killings

El Salvador declared a state of emergency Sunday after gangs went on a killing spree on Saturday, randomly…

How Colombian Feminists Decriminalized Abortion

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Decades of grass roots organizing, with meetings in living rooms and in the streets, online…

Colombia Decriminalizes Abortion, Bolstering Trend Across Region

BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Having an abortion is no longer a crime under Colombian law, the country’s top court…