Current Events in the Spanish Speaking World

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NY TIMES EN ESPANOL (newspaper)

BBC MUNDO (world news, Spanish language)

El País (newspaper)

Clarin (Argentinian newspaper)

LA NACION (Argentinian newspaper)

RIOS TIMES (Brazilian newspaper in English)

EL TIEMPO (Colombian newspaper)

EL UNIVERSAL (Mexican newspaper)

ALL SIDES (search for news items and how media report it on the left, the right, and center)

Unfiltered.News (explore topics and hot button issues by region)

SOME AREAS OF INTEREST SPECIFIC

HRC and LGBTQ+ WORK IN LATIN AMERICAN (some Spanish language links)

OUTRIGHT INTERNATIONAL: LGBTQ ISSUES IN LATIN AMERICA (Ex Article. LA SITUACIÓN DE LAS PERSONAS TRANS EN COLOMBIA)

BOLIVIAN SOURCES: AMAZON RAIN FOREST FIRES

PR51st

SMITHSONIAN: SAVING MACHU PICCHU

MARA SALVATRUCHA (NYTIMES ES)

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SOURCES BY TOPIC

Bolivia: El Movimiento al Socialismo, Evo Morales, Elon Musk, y la industria de litio (lithium)

Elon Musk: ¿De Marte a Uyuni? Reflexiones en torno a una teoría conspirativa.

La reacción de Musk sobre Bolivia: ‘¡Derrocaremos a quien queramos! ¡Aguántense!’

Objetivo económico del golpe de estado era el control del litio boliviano: Luis Arce

Retorno al poder del MAS en Bolivia un año después del golpe de Estado apoyado por Estados Unidos

The Socialist Win in Bolivia and the New Era of Lithium Extraction

Educational systems in Brazil and Argentina

Overview: Brazil

Overview: Mexico

THE GUARDIAN: 'The help never lasts': why has Mexico's education revolution failed?

OECD: Brazil Education at a Glance

THE RIO TIMES: Report: Brazilian State and Municipal Education Funding Could Decrease by Billions in 2021

The exploitation of natural resources (focus on the oil industry) in Colombia and renewable sources of energy in Colombia

Colombia: Energy Overview

Oil and Peace in Colombia: Industry Challenges in the Post-War Period

Lavaux, Stéphanie. "Natural Resources and Conflict in Colombia: Complex Dynamics, Narrow Relationships." International Journal 62, no. 1 (2006): 19-30. Accessed March 24, 2021. doi:10.2307/40204242.

A deep dive into the city of Oaxaca, Mexico (current events, perhaps an itinerary for a 7-day visit, etc)

Residents close Oaxaca tourist destination, claiming only outsiders benefit

WASHINGTON POST: Tourists are welcome in Oaxaca, Mexico, but their increasingly bad behavior is not

TOURISMO MEXICO: OAXACA

Los derechos de los indígenas (focus on Mexico and Brazil)

Derechos humanos de los pueblos indígenas en México

Los Pueblo Indigenas en Brasil

IWGIA: Indigenous Peoples in Brazil

IWGIA: Indigenous Peoples in Mexico

INDIAN LAW RESOURCE POLICY CENTER: Brazil, The Amazon, and Indigenous Rights

Women's rights, gender inequality (specifically in the healthcare system) in Mexico

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: Dar a luz en México bajo la sombra del covid

UN WOMEN: Mexico commits to better coordination of national gender equality actions, scaled up measures on reproductive health

THE GUARDIAN: I’ll never have another child': the mothers failed by Mexico's hospitals

BORGEN MAGAZINE: WOMEN'S REPRODUCTIVE HEALTH IN MEXICO

IWHC: News from Mexico

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: Las mujeres de México toman las calles para protestar contra la violencia

Brazil: The fires in the Amazon and the consequences (deforestation, affects on human and animal populations, etc)

THE GUARDIAN: Brazil's Amazon rainforest suffers worst fires in a decade

HRW: Brazil: Amazon Fires Affect Health of Thousands

NY TIMES: ‘The Amazon Is Completely Lawless’: The Rainforest After Bolsonaro’s First Year

The Venezuela/Colombia border (immigration)

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: ‘No podemos volver’: la travesía de 2400 kilómetros de una familia venezolana que no tiene hogar

NY TIMES: Colombia Makes ‘Historic’ Decision to Grant Legal Status to 1.7 Million Venezuelan Migrants

THE VENEZUELAN EXODUS

STORIES: VENEZUELAN MIGRATION (Spanish with subtitles)

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: Cúcuta, la ciudad colombiana donde llegan miles de venezolanos desesperados

The shadow war on the Venezuela-Colombia border

Peru: La corrupcion en el gobierno

Pandemia y corrupción en la agenda de los candidatos presidenciales de Perú

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: El virus exhibe las debilidades de la historia de éxito de Perú

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL COMENTARIO: Corrupción, ¿después de ti no hay nada?

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL COMENTARIO: Perú, el país ingobernable

Reproductive rights in Argentina and in Latin America (General)

América Latina: ¿DONDE ESTAN LOS DERECHOS SEXUALES Y REPRODUCTIVOS?

Aborto y Derechos Reproductivos en América Latina: IMPLICACIONES PARA LA DEMOCRACIA

Derechos sexuales y reproductivos en América Latina y el Caribe: acuerdo histórico

NY TIMES: Abortion Is Now Legal in Argentina, but Opponents Are Making It Hard to Get

Venezuela: Politics, current events, Guaido vs. Maduro

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL: La oposición de Venezuela lucha por su futuro

NY TIMES EN ESPANOL COMENTARIO: ¿El fin de Juan Guaidó?

NY TIMES TOPIC: VENEZUELA

La asistencia médica en Bolivia

Bolivia’s universal healthcare is model for the world, says UN

AL JAZEERA: Bolivia healthcare workers launch strike in COVID-hit region

The Lancet: Poverty, precarious work, and the COVID-19 pandemic: lessons from Bolivia

NY TIMES: As Politicians Clashed, Bolivia’s Pandemic Death Rate Soared