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Military police clear a barricade set up overnight by protestors supporting opposition presidential candidate Salvador Nasralla in Tegucigalpa, Honduras, Monday Dec. 18, 2017. (AP Photo/Fernando Antonio)
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
When a government tries to thwart the will of the people, it is a citizen’s duty to stand up and peacefully protest.
In this Nov. 30, 2017 photo, an Ixil Maya man prays next to the niches where 172 civil war victims were placed, at the cemetery in Santa Avelina, Guatemala. Since the exhumations in Santa Avelina began in 2014, experts have identified 108 of the victims through DNA testing or through personal objects recognized by surviving family members. (AP Photo/Luis Soto)
Politics & SocietyNews
Moises Castillo - Associated Press
During Guatemala's civil war, the government forced tens of thousands of farmers into so-called model villages under strict army control to isolate them from the guerrillas. Hundreds were left to die.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Zac Davis
The Jesuits hold Honduran president “Juan Orlando Hernández and his allies responsible for the safety and physical and moral well-being” of Padre Melo and eight other regional leaders.
Politics & SocietyFeatures
J.D. Long García
Puerto Rico was home to widespread poverty and on the verge of bankruptcy. And that was before Hurricane Maria.
In this Nov. 15 photo, Pedro Deschamps helps workers hired by FEMA to carry out the installation of a temporary awning roof at his house, which suffered damage during Hurricane Maria, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. (AP Photo/Carlos Giusti)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Jorge Ferrer
Hurricane Maria removed the delusions of prosperity and first-world status that blinded so many to the realities of Puerto Rico, including the fragility of its infrastructure, its high levels of social inequality and its status as a U.S. colony.
Politics & SocietyVideo
America Video
In the Puerto Rican town of Orocovis, 1,000 people lost their homes in Hurricanes Maria and Irma. There, graduate students from the Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico are providing social and psychological services to help residents who have lost everything start to rebuild their homes and their lives.