From the Women and Afro-Resistance Meeting Space, we express our deep concern about the sustained growth of the prison population and the consolidation of responses centered on punishment as the main security strategy in Panama. As of April 2026, Panama had 24,831 people incarcerated in a country of just 4.2 million inhabitants. This equates to approximately 591 people incarcerated per 100,000 inhabitants, one of the highest rates in Latin America and the world. However, using data from the...

Two things happened yesterday. And they should alarm every person who believes in human rights. First, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the Trump administration to end Temporary Protected Status (TPS) for more than 350,000 Haitians, putting hundreds of thousands of people at risk of deportation to a country experiencing profound political violence and humanitarian collapse. Second, the same Court gave the administration another major victory by allowing it to revive a policy that turns asylum...

Every June, Pride commemorations invite us to remember that rights were never granted as concessions, but rather achieved through collective struggles led by those who have historically lived at the margins. Racialized trans people, people living in poverty, sex workers, young people forced out of their homes, and migrant communities were at the heart of the resistance movements that gave rise to one of the most significant social movements of the last century. The legacy of leaders such as...