What an advertisement reveals about racism in Panama. by Chevy Solís We have followed the debate sparked by a recent advertisement in which a Black woman is introduced, first and foremost, as a Black woman, by a white woman. While many people have focused the discussion on the intentions of the person who produced the content, for Afroresistencia the most important question is another: Why does Blackness appear before her expertise, her knowledge, or her professional experience? Why isn’t she...

International Migrants Day – December 18 Migration in Central America and the Americas cannot be analyzed solely as a phenomenon of human mobility or as a temporary crisis. It is a historical and contemporary expression of structural inequalities produced by a global order that has organized the world between territories of origin and territories that control, filter, and discard lives, establishing borders not only on land but also on the bodies of those expelled by hunger, insecurity, and...

Black women across Latin America are criminalized for survival strategies, not drug trafficking. AfroResistencia's 4-year documentation shows how racism, sexism, and poverty intersect in detention centers from Colombia to Panama. Our Breaking Chains network proves transformation is possible. On International Afrolatina Day, we demand penitentiary policies with dignity and racial justice.