Natalia Marques

Natalia Marques is a writer at Peoples Dispatch, an organizer, and a graphic designer based in New York City.

October 4, 2026

Flydubai Captain Says Copilot Asked to Pray Before Launching Cockpit Attack

Captain Smit Machchhar, the Indian pilot who helped prevent a flydubai passenger aircraft from crashing after his copilot attacked him in the cockpit, has described how he fought through severe injuries to

Judiciary/Sri Lanka

CID’s Friday Motion Over Sallay Hospitalisation Raises Procedural Fairness Concerns

by A Special Correspondent in Colombo On Friday, 2 October 2026, investigators attached to the Criminal Investigation Department (CID) filed a motion before the Court and informed Court that retired Major General Suresh Sallay was not being released from the

October 4, 2026

Sri Lanka’s Neutrality Under Washington’s Shadow

Geopolitics/Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka’s foreign policy is developing a troubling contradiction: it speaks of neutrality, humanitarianism and sovereign decision-making, yet its conduct increasingly reflects the risks

Merz arrives in Kyiv with €1.35 billion aid package and drone deal

Business

German Chancellor Friedrich Merz arrived in Kyiv on Sunday accompanied by senior executives from German defence companies, as Russian forces intensified attacks on Ukrainian

How the Cuban Government and Its People Collaborated on the Family Code

March 23, 2023

Cuba/Human Rights

On September 25, 2022, Cuba passed one of the world’s most progressive codes on families. All in one go, the small island nation legalized same-sex marriage, defined and upheld the rights of children, the

The U.S. Blockade of Cuba Hurts Medical Patients in Both Countries

January 21, 2023

Columns/Cuba

Scientists in Cuba believe that the breakthroughs they have made in the health care and technology sectors should be used to save and improve lives beyond the country’s borders. This is why

Environmental Racism Is Poisoning America’s Waters

October 18, 2022

Human Rights/United States

The United Nations General Assembly recognized “the right to safe and clean drinking water and sanitation as a human right that is essential for the full enjoyment of life and all human

Is the U.S. Legal System at War With Its People?

September 2, 2022

Human Rights

The very laws and government agencies created to protect the people in the United States are increasingly being weaponized against those who are often marginalized in society: people of color, the poor,