Madinah, Riyadh join UNESCO Creative Cities Network list

The United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) has named Madinah a Creative City for Gastronomy and Riyadh a Creative City for Design, reflecting Saudi Arabia’s growing cultural and creative influence on the world...

Uruguayan antifeminist group founder arrested for double femicide in Argentina

Medellín, Colombia – Pablo Rodríguez Laurta, founder of the Varones Unidos (United Males) antifeminist collective, was arrested in Argentina on October 13 for the double femicide of his former partner Luna Giardina and her mother, Mariel Zamudio....

Twenty-five years on, advancing the Women, Peace, and Security agenda is more urgent than ever

New Atlanticist October 31, 2025 • 9:04 am ET Print this page By Melanne Verveer and Ana Lejava Twenty-five years ago today, the United Nations (UN) Security Council, under the chairmanship of Namibia, unanimously adopted Resolution 1325 on Women,...

Euthanasia in Uruguay: More or fewer rights?

On October 15, Uruguay became the first country in Latin America to pass a euthanasia law through parliament. Although Ecuador and Colombia already have judicial decriminalizations, the Uruguayan case was presented as a symbol of progress....

The Country Making Orphanages Obsolete

Moldova has seen the number of children living in institutional care drop from 17,000 to 700. By 2027, the goal is to have none. From Reasons to be Cheerful. Milena Malanciuc clearly recalls the day she was sent to an orphanage, when she was just...

ICE Arrests Asylum Seekers During Routine Check-In

Get a daily rundown of the top stories on Urban Milwaukee A building owned by Milwaukee School of Engineering and rented by the Department of Homeland Security to serve as a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement field office is located at 310...

Donde Esteban Pops Up at The Standard Spa, Miami Beach

Esteban Cortázar is bringing an endless summer feeling to The Standard Spa, Miami Beach this fall. A year and a half after launching his resortwear label, Donde Esteban, the Colombian designer is opening the doors to his first pop-up store in...

King University Welcomes “The Changebaker”

King University’s Institute for Faith & Culture (IFC) 2025-26 speaker series, "Equipped for Every Good Work,” continues this fall with celebrated baker Manolo Betancur ’04. Betancur was the focus of Courtney Dixon’s "The Changebaker,” a...

Colombia’s Petro Kicks Off Middle East Trip to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar

Colombian President Gustavo Petro has embarked on a new tour of the Middle East that will take him to Saudi Arabia, Egypt, and Qatar. Credit: Andrea Puentes / Presidency of Colombia. The president of Colombia, Gustavo Petro, has embarked on a new...

Colombia Avocado Board Elects New Officers and Directors to Lead Next Phase of U.S. Market Growth

The Colombian avocado industry is experiencing unprecedented growth in the U.S. market, and new leadership at the Colombia Avocado Board (CAB) is positioning the organization to capitalize on this momentum. With projected exports reaching 150...

Colombia’s Technocratic Outsider: The Enduring Legacy of ‘Engineer’ Hernandez

Colombia’s strong political polarization could open up opportunities for a new technocratic outsider, such as “engineer” Hernandez in 2022. Credit: Soyliga courtesy. Faced with an increasingly volatile and polarized political landscape in...

Protests in Durango ‘turn violent’ after ICE detains father, children heading to school

DURANGO, Colo. (KRDO) – A protest outside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) facility in Durango is drawing national attention after multiple tense clashes, including an elderly woman being thrown to the ground by a masked agent, were...

UN accuses US of violating human rights laws in Caribbean and Pacific airstrikes

Video posted by the Pentagon of its murder of six passengers on a boat in international waters off the coast of Colombia [Photo: @SecWar]On Friday, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk said airstrikes conducted by the...

Discover which world leaders are attending the Grand Egyptian Museum opening

Egyptian President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi will preside over the inauguration of the Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) on Saturday. The event is hailed as an exceptional milestone in the history of culture and human civilization. The opening ceremony is...

MALAYSIA JOINS WEF TO CHAMPION GENDER EQUALITY AND TALENT DEVELOPMENT

MALAYSIA has become the first Asean nation to join the World Economic Forum (WEF)’s Global Gender Parity Accelerator Network, underscoring its dedication to advancing women’s economic participation. The network is a public-private collaboration...

Tony Wood: Sell Your Children

The last seven years​ have brought a string of successes for the right in Latin America. In October 2018, Jair Bolsonaro won the Brazilian presidency. In June the following year, Nayib Bukele came to power in El Salvador, and that November, the...

Intelligence Reports Link Colombia’s New Drug Cartel to the World of Soccer

A Colombian intelligence report reveals links between the cartel known as New Drug Trafficking Board and the world of soccer. Credit: Felipe Restrepo Acosta, CC BY-SA 3.0 / Wikimedia. A recent report by Colombia’s National Intelligence Directorate...

False narratives of the US ‘war on drugs’ in Latin America

OVER 150 years of right-wing administrations have left, for the beautiful South American country of Colombia, a frail dependency on the US for 26 per cent of its trade (of which 60 per cent are unrefined fossil fuels), and unacceptable rates of...

How Education is Changing the Future for Women and Refugee Girls

The Building Better Futures campaign led by USA for UNHCR in partenership with the United Nations Refugee Agency has become a powerful campaign aiming to transform lives of Women through education. Their mission becomes a point of reference for a...

Father detained by ICE in Durango will be transferred to Texas, pending immigration proceedings

A man who was detained by federal immigration officers, along with his two children in Durango while on their way to school, sparking protests, will be sent to a Texas detention center, officials said Wednesday afternoon. Fernando...