A Closer Look at Hurricane Maria’s Death Toll
The Trump administration disputed the Hurricane Maria death toll. We went to the source. AS/COA Online’s Brian Harper interviewed epidemiologist Dr. Ann Goldman, part of the team on the George Washing...
26 Sep 201823min
Who Will Win Brazil's Nostalgia Vote?
“This is a country that has been through massive traumas over the last couple of years. And you might say ‘okay, so they’re going to bottom out, things couldn’t get worse.’ Things could get worse.” In...
20 Sep 201847min
The Venezuelan Exodus
For decades, Venezuela welcomed immigrants. Now, it’s Latin America’s time to welcome the 2.3 million migrants who’ve fled the country in the last five years, says Human Rights Watch Senior Researcher...
12 Sep 201825min
MORENA Holds the Cards in Mexico’s New Congress
On September 1, Mexico witnessed the historic opening session of a new federal Congress. Why historic? Because it represented an upending of the prior party system. With sweeping wins in the July elec...
4 Sep 201828min
Clandestina's Founders on Building a Fashion Brand in a Shifting Cuba
Cuba’s private sector has made a significant leap since its opening, counting nearly 600,000 micro-businesses owners, or cuentapropistas, today. Among its best-known entrepreneurs are the founders of ...
21 Aug 201828min
How Nicaragua Became Latin America's New Crisis
Since protests broke out in April, the number of Nicaraguans killed in clashes between the government and protesters—now over 300—is greater than the number of protestors killed in Venezuela in all of...
31 Juli 201836min
Why There Isn’t and Won’t Be Mass Latino Migration
Net undocumented migration from Mexico to the United States ended a decade ago, says Princeton sociologist Douglas Massey in this interview with AS/COA Online’s Holly K. Sonneland. And even though Cen...
12 Juli 201836min
Millennials’ Big Role in the Mexican Elections
At 64, Mexico’s presidential frontrunner Andrés Manuel López Obrador is the oldest candidate, but that’s not stopping 51 percent of millennials from backing him. Their support matters: They have the p...
26 Juni 201836min
