Angélica Macario

Angélica Macario is a K’iche’ Maya human rights activist based between Chichicastenango and Guatemala City.

September 26, 2026

News/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka Strengthens Maritime Response to Radiological and Nuclear Emergencies

Sri Lankan authorities have completed a five-day workshop aimed at developing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for responding to radiological and nuclear emergencies within the country’s territorial waters. The programme concluded in Colombo

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

Iran’s ‘Axis of Resistance’ Reconfigures as Proxies Face Military and Political Pressure

The Houthis have since become more active, adding to the risks surrounding commercial shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait. Following the October 7 attacks, the movement intermittently entered the conflict with Israel and used its position along the strategic waterway

September 26, 2026

AI’s Apparent Danger Is Its Selling Point

Diplomacy/Geopolitics

Major AI companies’ descriptions of their capabilities also set them apart from smaller firms, which can market themselves only as useful tools rather than

Yemen’s Coast Guard Faces Pressure to Close Houthi Arms-Supply Routes

Editor's Choice/Geopolitics

The Houthis’ ability to sustain their military campaign against commercial shipping in the Red Sea depends heavily on continued access to smuggled arms, components

Guatemala’s Stolen Dead Speak

April 4, 2026

Human Rights/World

As a human rights activist, Angélica Macario was used to the hubbub and noise of protests and to seeing her people take their clamor for justice from the mountains of El Quiché

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