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Endless summer? More Canadians embrace a getaway lifestyle.Many rural towns are dwindling, including tourist getaways that shrink at summer's end. In Ontario's Lakes region, costly city life and changing work patterns are spurring some to reimagine vacation cottages as all-year homes.
First LookHonduran minority bands together on reclaimed ancestral landsThe Garifuna, who are descended from African slaves and indigenous groups, are moving back to abandoned land after being pushed out by drug cartels and palm oil companies. The residents are developing several agriculture initiatives in order to be self-sufficient and preserve their culture.
Nicaraguan activists flee their country, but not the fightActivists leaving their countries to escape intimidation face a dilemma: Do they need to choose between their own safety and making a difference back home? Not necessarily, these Nicaraguans say.
Sara Miller Llana finds a new vantage point to view shifts in global thinkingIn an age of tariffs, tweets, and sanctions, where’s the best place to observe the shifting sands of geopolitics? For the Monitor’s Sara Miller Llana, it’s Canada. “People are telling me on both sides of the Atlantic ‘we are in strange times,’ and Toronto is the perfect place from which to plumb that sentiment,” Sara says. One in a series of monthly profiles of Monitor journalists.
First LookTrinidad and Tobago turns to culture to diversify economyTrinidad and Tobago is trying to tap into the country's vast cultural offerings, creating a year-round scene that could be a greater part of its economic ecosystem beyond the famed annual Carnival celebrations.
At Canadian end of Underground Railroad, issues not all black and whiteCanada has long been a haven for those in the US seeking to avoid authorities’ reach. But Canada’s role as host is more complex – and sometimes less welcoming – than its reputation would have it.
First LookCuban farmers meet land ownership opportunity with a shrugThe government has voted in favor of the right to own private property but farmers don't expect big gains. The changes are part of a broader shift away from a Soviet-style economy as Cuba tries to woo foreign investment, boost growth, and cut dependence on costly food imports.
Amid 'summer of the gun,' Canada sees US firearms debate creeping northFor most of the world when it comes to gun control, Canada is America's responsible neighbor. But as high-profile shootings and gun deaths rise in Canada, the gun debate there is increasingly resembling the US one.
In a poor Brazilian state, flood of Venezuelans tests limits of compassion
In Canada's spat with Saudi Arabia, signs of a trickier road for democraciesWith the United States under President Trump retreating from the role of global human-rights champion, Canada is stepping into the breach. But it is finding its advocacy under fire by those it criticizes and its own citizens.
Argentina rejects legalizing abortion, but flings open once-taboo topicLatin America could seem a surprising place to debate abortion laws: strongly Catholic, with a growing evangelical population, and increasingly conservative governments. But franker conversations are adding nuance to the discussion.
Will rising summer temperatures raise world’s climate change concern?It’s been an extraordinarily hot summer – with deadly effect – all across the Northern Hemisphere. Has the heat been changing how people think about climate change?
The ExplainerAs Venezuela’s crises intensify, so do its neighbors’As Venezuela's political and economic crises continue to spiral, refugees are pouring into nearby countries. Several are helping, but struggling to manage the influx amid their own domestic challenges.
First LookUN asks neighboring countries to accept fleeing Nicaraguans
First LookVenezuela's last independent newspaper struggles to continue publishingVenezuelan President Nicolas Maduro's government regularly singles out El Nacional's coverage for public criticism. A fine imposed in one government official's defamation lawsuit could lead to the closure of the resource-strapped paper.
First LookVenezuelan migrants bring Trinidad's flawed refugee policy to lightThe small Caribbean island nation hosts large numbers of Venezuelan migrants, but despite signing onto the 2000 UN Refugee Convention, Trinidad hasn't yet adopted an asylum law, making it nearly impossible for migrants to stay.
How Canada helped make ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’The appreciatory renaissance of ‘Mister Rogers’ Neighborhood’ is well under way. But viewers of the recent documentary may not realize that Fred Rogers's career may not have happened without Canadian influence.
Riled by Trump's tariffs, Canadians get behind 'buy domestic' movementAmid all the consternation far from American shores over US trade tariffs, it's easy to forget the effect they are having just north of the border. Canadians are not rolling over for what they see as Trump's bullying.
First LookFamilies reunited, then deported to GuatemalaThe tumultuous journey of several reunited families, who had been separated after they crossed the United States border illegally, ended where it started – in their homeland of Guatemala, where they must try to start anew or return to their lives prior to fleeing.
With election of new president, often-cynical Mexicans opting for hopePolitics is rarely a source of optimism in Mexico. But the election of leftist Andrés Manuel López Obrador to the presidency on Sunday has brought hope to Mexicans – and perhaps a new way of looking at voting.
