Why are young people sympathizing with the far right? 🤔 📲Rebelliousness, precariousness, and social media are equal parts of a cocktail that is more prone to Milei or Bukele than to the traditional left.  More here 👇🏼

Rafael Arce, the son of President Luis Arce, purchased a property called "Adán y Eva", located in a protected area, asking for a 3️⃣-million dollar loan.  At 25, how did he do it? 🤔💰 Find out here⬇️ https://www.connectas.org/especiales/tierras-hijo-presidente-arce-bolivia/index-en.html

🗳️ Bolivia is getting ready to put a 20-year era behind. Two decades of Evismo come to an end. Among threats and tensions, will the country hold a peaceful election? 🤔 ✍🏼By: Susana López, member of the #CONNECTASHub More here.

🔎From Mexico to Chile, narcos have infiltrated power: they bought off militaries, fund campaigns, and control institutions.  “Silver or lead” is not just a threat, it became a regional strategy. #WeNeedToTalk.👇🏽

#TerritoryCONNECTAS | Ecuador 🇪🇨 has toughened the penalties for minors in criminal groups, but not for their recruiters. Does it make sense to focus on punishing children who are its victims? ✍🏼 By Alina Manrique, member of #CONNECTASHub.🔎🔽 www.connectas.org/childhood-ec...

#LaHoraDeVenezuela | This is how the secret network of Maduro's communications offensive operates. An unprecedented leak reveals how SISCOM (an app of the Ministry of Communications) disseminates digital propaganda.📲 Read it here: ⬇️ www.connectas.org/asifunciona-...

#LaHoraDeVenezuela 🇻🇪 | More than half of the 238 people deported by the U.S. 🇺🇸 to #ElSalvador 🇸🇻 had no criminal record. Homeland Security records show they had only migration violations, and still they were labeled as terrorists. The text here.👇🏽 www.connectas.org/venezuelans-...

🕊️ Latin America: An oasis of peace in a world on fire? While Israel and Iran attack each other, and Ukraine remains at war, our region is unusually calm. Can we stay in the fringes of the current global turmoil? Learn more here: #WeNeedToTalk .⬇️ www.connectas.org/the-odd-lati...

While Putin and Trump encourage having more babies, Latin America struggles with increased teenage pregnancy rates. 🍼🤰🏼 An outlier in the global context? We delve into this demographic paradox and its consequences in this piece of #WeNeedToTalk. ⬇️ www.connectas.org/while-putin-...

#PREMIOSREYDEESPAÑA | Premio de PERIODISMO DE COOPERACIÓN INTERNACIONAL Y ACCIÓN HUMANITARIA a Carlos Eduardo Huertas de @connectas.org y 15 medios de Venezuela: alianza Venezuela Vota y #LahoradeVenezuela por el trabajo: “Operación Retuit”.   🔴📡 En directo: https://www.youtube.com/live/fY062bZf0Qo

#WeNeedToTalk | ⛽ Venezuela on the spotlight: Chevron sparks a battle between the industry's interests and ideology in Washington. While Grenell is team business, Rubio insists on putting pressure on Maduro. What will the U.S. do? 🔍⬇️ www.connectas.org/why-chevron-...

🌍 Globalism became the new invisible enemy. Leaders such as Trump, Milei, and Bukele use this term to justify their war against NGOs, journalists, and academics. What's behind this battle? Read our #WeNeedToTalk 👇🏽 www.connectas.org/globalism-th...

✍️Happening this Thursday! Our LATAM #OCRI partner @connectas.org is hosting a webinar to share tips and tricks of reporting the #ClimateCrisis from a cross-border and collaborative perspective using data. For more details and to participate for free 👇 tcij.org/ocri-course/...

In Ecuador 🇪🇨, disappearances of children and teenagers skyrocketed in 2024, after the first year of militarization of the country. Forced recruitment and trafficking for sexual exploitation are among the reasons. #LostChildren 👦🏽👧🏽 Delve into the investigation here www.connectas.org/missing-chil...

#GangleaderOnTheLoose |⛓ The gang leader known as "Charly" was arrested and released in this State of Exception in El Salvador. 🚨Today, he is hiding abroad. His partner worked for Bukele and attended political events with him. Discover more here:👇🏽 www.connectas.org/the-gang-lea...

🚜💰 The cost of excavators ravaging the Amazon in Ecuador ranges between 100 and 300 thousand dollars. 🇪🇨 They are sold without controls. The consequences? More than 1,400 hectares of jungle devastated in Napo. Discover more in #LawlessExcavators. 🔎⬇️ www.connectas.org/lawless-fore...

Migration due to the impact of #climatechange is not a myth! According to the World Bank's 2018 and 2021 Groundswell reports, Latin America could see 17 million internal climate migrants by 2050! This story is another #OCRI exclusive led by @connectas.org Read⤵️ www.connectas.org/especiales/m...

📚 GIJN's Stories of the Week • @connectas.org sheds light on the Bolivian president’s son's alleged abuse of power. • @washingtonpost.com revealed how police in New Orleans secretly used live facial recognition tech. More: https://twp.ai/9PSE8B

Did you know bugs of the Ecuadorian Amazon are traded in an international black market? 🇪🇨🤔 Beetles, butterflies, and tarantulas end up in collectors' display cases in #USA 🇺🇸, Europe 🇪🇺, and Asia. #BugsOfGold 🦋🪲🕷️ Read the investigation here.⬇️ www.connectas.org/especiales/b...

La Chama and El Pana, two AI avatars with slight Venezuelan accents, are the faces of Operación Retuit, an initiative launched last summer after the controversial victory of Nicolas Maduro in the Venezuelan presidential elections.

📢A LATAM cross-border collaboration led by @connectas.org as part of our Open Climate Reporting Initiative #OCRI ! A spike in dengue-related cases led to 826 preventable deaths in Mexico, Guatemala, and Honduras due to the effects of #climatechange in 2024! Read⤵️ www.connectas.org/especiales/d...

#WeNeedToTalk | In #LatinAmerica, several presidents are claiming that dark forces are behind “soft coups” or conspiracies against them. For what purpose are they using this confrontational rhetoric? ⬇️

#WeNeedToTalk | It is a fact: Influencers have overshadowed media outlets for a while now.  Their presence in politics is undeniable nowadays, which bears asking: To what extent are they instruments of propaganda?🤔 Our analysis.🔎👉🏽

The humanitarian drama in Haiti 🇭🇹 appears to be endless. The poorest country in the Western Hemisphere keeps sinking into violence. How far will the world’s indifference to this drama last? #WeNeedToTalk. Read it here.👇🏽

In the G20, Lula Da Silva proposed a tax of 2% on the super-rich, he estimates the move could collect $250 billion to fight against global poverty and hunger. 💸🌍 What can be done about poverty in #LatinaAmerica?

#WeNeedToTalk | Washington’s 🇺🇸 policies are pushing the anti-woke agenda forward in the continent. Hard-earned rights conquered in multiple fronts are under threat. Read here. ⬇️

#WeNeedToTalk | Donald Trump cut USAID funding and its effects are already being felt in Latin America. 🌎💸 Thousands of immigrants won't have access to shelters, food, and counsel. 👣 📌 What are the implications? Let us tell you. www.connectas.org/shelterless-...

#TerritoryCONNECTAS | For years, Panama was the bridge used by migrants to get to the United States. Nevertheless, nowadays it is taking the Trump administration's foreign deportees. Will the crisis get worse? 🇵🇦 🔍 More here: www.connectas.org/a-new-hell-i...

El dengue explota en América Latina: 12 millones de casos, casi 3 veces el récord de 2023 y 7700 muertes en 2024, la epidemia más grande desde que comenzaron los registros. De Viatori, Criteriohn, @poplab.bsky.social , @periodistagodoy.bsky.social y @connectas.org ipsnoticias.net/2025/05/deng...

Independent journalism needs your support to continue reporting with rigour and courage. 📢 Get involved, support #CONNECTAS and hundreds of journalists in Latin America. ✍🏽💡 #InvaluableJournalism 🔗 Get involved ⬇️ www.connectas.org/about-us/get...

Terranexus En Durán Tierra De Nadie & @connectas.org employed courageous reporting and solid data journalism techniques to expose a hidden land trafficking scheme that has given criminal gangs control of large portions of Ecuador’s coastal city of Durán. https://twp.ai/4ink8U

Is the rush for rare earth elements in Latin America an opportunity or a threat? ⛏ With superpowers such as the U.S. and China eyeing resources, is it possible to protect our sovereignty? 💸

While Putin and Trump encourage having more babies, Latin America struggles with increased teenage pregnancy rates. 🍼🤰🏼 An outlier in the global context? #WeNeedToTalk. ⬇️

Independent journalism needs your support to continue reporting with rigour and courage. 📢 Get involved, support #CONNECTAS and hundreds of journalists in Latin America. ✍🏽💡 #InvaluableJournalism 🔗 Get involved ⬇️ www.connectas.org/about-us/get...

#WeNeedToTalk | Trump holds a tight grip on foreign policy, thus Rubio's role is quite discreet. 🌎🔍 What is the real reach of the first Hispanic secretary of state? 🇺🇸 Our analysis here. 👇🏻

While Putin and Trump encourage having more babies, Latin America struggles with increased teenage pregnancy rates. 🍼🤰🏼 An outlier in the global context? ⬇️

🚔🔍The arrest of eight mayors in Zulia state sparks controversy. Diosdado Cabello claims it is a move against corruption, but others suggest he is consolidating his own power. What's at stake? #LaHoraDeVenezuela 🇻🇪 ⤵️

🗳 Now that he has been reelected in power, Daniel Noboa will consolidate his approach to against crime in Ecuador. 🇪🇨 What are some of the challenges that will arise in his new term? 🤔  ⬇️ Read it here:

🇻🇪⚖️🇬🇾 What's behind the conflict for the Essequibo Region? Riches in the form of oil and mining, and a tense geopolitical situation aggravate the row between Venezuela and Guyana. Is a war on the horizon?  #LaHoraDeVenezuela.🔍⤵️

🇺🇸💥 “Tariff, baby, tariff” Trump unleashes an unprecedented tariff war. 📉 Will the new protectionism in the #US teeter the global economy? Is there a major recession on its way? #WeNeedToTalk. Click here to read the analysis. 👇🏼 www.connectas.org/tariffs-lati...

#WeNeedToTalk | 🇻🇪 Nicolás Maduro started a new presidential term despite having lost the 2024 election. 🗳 Based on laws to squash the opposition, he is determined to take out everyone who dares question his power.  Read about it hereí:

In Guatemala, sexual exploitation of teenagers is planned from inside prisons. 🇬🇹 🚨Authorities are investigating the cases of 12 underage children who were recruited for prostitution in the last eight years. ⬇️ Read the investigation here.

#WeNeedToTalk | The crisis in the Colombian region of Catatumbo, with tens of casualties and thousands of displaced people, has shocked #LatinAmerica. 🇨🇴🚨 How can this complex outlook be explained? 🤔 ✍🏽 The analysis here. ⤵️ www.connectas.org/catatumbo-be...

📚 GIJN's Stories of the Week • @connectas.org investigates an increase in missing minors in Ecuador. • Systema examines how Russian prisoners are recruited to fight in Ukraine. • @indiaspend.com dug deeper into bird smuggling in 3 Indian cities. https://twp.ai/9PR2uJ

🏭 Mineral processing plants that process the gold at artisanal and small-scale mining (ASGM) have become an easy target for criminal gangs. Extortion, threats, and murders are now part of their day-to-day operation. #GoldExtortion Read this feature here.👇🏽 www.connectas.org/mineral-proc...

🖥 Register for this event of the VII Foundation about how Latin American journalism has resisted authoritarianism, with the participation of CONNECTAS. 🗓 April 24 at 12:00 p. m. (EST time zone) 🇺🇸 📝 Click here to get your spot! theviifoundation.org/event/how-is...

#WeNeedToTalk | Izaguirre Ranch in Teuchitlan, a massive extermination and recruitment center, is the cruelest reality of drug violence in #Mexico. 🇲🇽 How did things reach this point? 💔 Read more here 👇🏻 www.connectas.org/teuchitlan-t...

#LaHoraDeVenezuela |🇻🇪🇨🇱 A year after the kidnapping and assasinaton of lieutenant Ronald Ojeda in #Chile, investigations point to top officials of the Maduro regime. Who was this former member of the Armed Forces? 🔎⬇️

🦋🪲🕷️ Did you know bugs of the Ecuadorian Amazon are traded in an international black market? 🇪🇨🤔 Beetles, butterflies, and tarantulas end up in collectors' display cases in #USA 🇺🇸, Europe 🇪🇺, and Asia. Read the investigation here.⬇️

🎞🎭 Beyond its critical acclaim, the musical Emilia Pérez unleashed controversy, particularly in México, due to its clichéd view of Latin American reality.  Read this #WeNeedToTalk 🗣 here. ⬇️