Month: July 2018

San Judas Tadeo
All photographs by Carlos Álvarez Montero
Arts

Carlos Álvarez Montero: Day of San Judas Tadeo

The Mexico City-based photographer captures the hope and faith of the worshippers of San Judas Tadeo. Montero’s photography focuses on the relationship between...

Cryptocurrency
Flickr
World

The Cryptocurrency Advantage?

In turbulent Latin American economies, will cryptocurrency offer advantages for investors? Hyperinflation is like kryptonite to the stability of an economy. Prices rise...

Yosimar Reyes
Photo by Kim Newmoney
Arts

Undocumented Poet Yosimar Reyes Shows Love

Guerrero-born, California-raised poet Yosimar Reyes tours the country to discuss themes of migration and sexuality. Here is his poem of love. You tell...

Venezuela
Civil unrest in Venezuela / InSight Crime
World

Los Colectivos: Devolution of State Power in Venezuela

By IC Investigative Unit They are known by supporters as “knights of steel” riding on motorcycles, the most ardent defenders of Venezuela’s Bolivarian...

fanzines
Photos by Angelica Liv
World

Recorriendo latinoamérica a través de sus fanzines

Los fanzines retratan el panorama social, afectivo, político y cultural de quien lo escribe, corta, dibuja e imprime. Cuando me invitó Inteligencia a...

Machismo
Politics

Gun in His House: An Argument Against Machismo

I come from a long line of Mexican machos, mustachioed and hard-working, brutal and generous, hilarious and cruel. Gun-toting, farm-laboring, factory-working, tequila and...

Marielle Franco
Arts

Marielle Franco: Black LGBT community activist

Black LGBT community activist Marielle Franco died fighting civil rights in Brazil The Civil Rights Movement didn’t end in the 1960s. In fact,...