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View of the U.S. Embassy in Caracas, Venezuela.

News in Brief

The Last American Diplomats Have Left Venezuela. It’s the Lowest Point in 20 Years of Fraught Relations.

Diplomatic relationships between Venezuela and the U.S. have been tense for decades, and this is hardly the first time ties have been severed.

Jack Herrera

Social Justice

What Afghan Soldiers Think About U.S. Troop Withdrawal and Taliban Peace Talks

Interviews with members of the Afghan military, from generals to recruits, reveal concern about the future ahead.

Christopher Jones

An Afghan National Army soldier looks toward the Pakistani border only 200 meters away.

News in Brief

What a Troop Withdrawal in Afghanistan Would Mean for the U.S. and the Taliban

The American military is closing in an agreement to withdraw its troops in return for the Taliban refusing access to anti-American organizations on its territory.

Abdulkader Sinno

Pro-choice activists demonstrate outside the Argentine Congress in Buenos Aires, on June 13th, 2018, calling for the approval of a bill that would legalize abortion. Lawmakers in traditionally conservative Argentina began a key session on Wednesday ahead of a divisive vote.

News in Brief

Reproductive Rights Laws Remain Stringent Across South America

According to one study, 97 percent of women of reproductive age in Latin America live in countries with restrictive abortion laws.

Jack Herrera

People cross through the low waters of the Táchira River near the Simón Bolívar international bridge, which connects Cúcuta, Colombia, with the Venezuelan town of San Antonio del Táchira, after the closure of the border bridge on February 27th, 2019, in Cúcuta, Colombia. Many people are making the trek through the river from Venezuela to get supplies or to escape the conditions in their country.

Viewfinder: With a Border Bridge Closed, People Cross the Táchira River on Foot to Get Out of Venezuela

People cross through the low waters of the Táchira River after the closure of a border bridge on February 27th, 2019, in Cúcuta, Colombia.

Pacific Standard Staff