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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,...

Brazilian Death Squads
AP Photo / Felipe Dana
Arts

Riding With Ghosts: Author Chris Feliciano Arnold Explores Brazil’s Death Squads

In The Third Bank of the River: Power and Survival in the Twenty-First-Century Amazon, author Chris Feliciano Arnold chronicles the battle for human rights...

Llane Alexis
Photos by Peter Van Der Pas
Arts

Cuban Artist Llane Alexis: Why Sewing Machines Are Scary

Self-taught, Cuban-born artist Llane Alexis hand-stitches textile remnants to make whimsical and politically charged works of art. I’m a self-taught artist, born and...