Travis Waldron

HuffPost • 3rd May 2022

The U.S. Is One Of The Only Countries Moving Backward On Abortion Rights

Dozens of nations have expanded abortion rights over the last 30 years. The Supreme Court’s likely overturn of Roe v. Wade would make the U.S. just the fifth to further restrict them.

HuffPost • 16th April 2022

The Amazon Rainforest Can’t Survive 4 More Years Of Brazil's Far-Right President

Far-right Brazil President Jair Bolsonaro has presided over record deforestation of the Amazon. As his reelection campaign begins, experts say the fate of a critical global ecosystem is on the ballot.

HuffPost • 17th December 2021

A Pro-Pinochet Presidential Candidate Threatens To Swing Chile To The Far Right

José Antonio Kast has drawn comparisons to both Donald Trump and Brazil’s Jair Bolsonaro. On Sunday, he could become Chile's next president.

HuffPost • 26th November 2021

Bolsonaro Launched A Trumpian Anti-Vaccine Campaign. Brazilians Got The Shot Anyway.

Brazil's decades-long success with vaccines helped it quickly inoculate its population, and offers many lessons for the United States. But experts fear a new strain of anti-vax sentiment could have corrosive effects instead.

HuffPost • 11th November 2021

Colombia Weighs Abortion Decriminalization As Feminist ‘Green Wave’ Sweeps Latin America

In December, Argentina became the largest of the region’s nations to legalize abortion. In April, Ecuador’s top court decriminalized abortion in instances of rape, expanding the number of circumstances in which it is allowed. Mexico’s Supreme Court ruled in September that criminal penalties for abortion are unconstitutional, paving the way for legalization across a country where abortion has been legal in some states for more than a decade. The same month, Chile’s lower chamber of congress opene

HuffPost • 6th October 2021

Facebook’s ‘Digital Colonialism’ Made Monday’s Outage A Crisis For The World

WhatsApp has monopolized communications in Brazil, India and across the Global South. When it goes down, everything grinds to a halt.

HuffPost • 19th September 2021

Georgia Is How American Democracy Falls Apart

Through a bevy of bills and rule changes, Georgia Republicans are trying to codify the essential goal of the Jan. 6 riots: a rigged system in which Democrats can’t win elections.

HuffPost • 22nd August 2021

Bolsonaro's Own Version Of Jan. 6 Now Feels Inevitable In Brazil

Brazil's far-right president is following Trump's playbook to undermine 2022 elections. And he's working hard to secure the military support Trump lacked.

HuffPost • 5th August 2020

Many Countries See The Pandemic As A Crisis. Authoritarians Spot An Opportunity.

The Rise Of New Authoritarians: Autocratic leaders have obscured coronavirus data, cracked down on doctors and reporters, and used the health crisis to further erode democracies worldwide.

HuffPost • 20th April 2020

Amazon Tribes Say Christian Missionaries Threaten 'Genocide' During Pandemic

Indigenous Brazilians are demanding a missionary group based in Florida with deep ties to far-right President Jair Bolsonaro stay off their lands.