As the second presidency of Donald Trump nears, interest groups in the United States and abroad are bracing for radical changes.
In Canada, officials have already promised to impose tougher border restrictions in the hope of avoiding the 25-percent tariffs Trump has threatened. And in the US, immigration rights groups are preparing to take legal action, should human rights be violated.
Check out some of our latest in-depth stories about Trump's second term, as well as other issues from around the Americas.
Facing hunger, poverty and displacement, some children in Haiti are turning to gang membership for protection. The United Nations estimates at least 30 percent of the country's gangs are made up of children. What can be done to interrupt the violence and save Haiti's future?
"Us in Haiti, we have other worries as youth: It’s about what to eat. Can I go outside today? We live each day, 24 hours a day, hoping to see tomorrow."
For more than six decades, Colombia has been grappling with an internal conflict that pits government forces against left-wing rebels, right-wing paramilitaries and criminal organisations. But negotiators say they've hit a breakthrough in their quest for "total peace".
"If we don’t work together, transforming this territory will be impossible.”
President-elect Donald Trump has vowed to pursue an aggressive plan of "mass deportation" to expel all those without legal authorisation to be in the US. But that requires manpower and detention space. How are private contractors planning to profit from the plan?
“There is an open-door invitation for the private sector into the Oval Office."
In November, outgoing President Joe Biden turned 82, breaking his own record for the oldest sitting president in US history. But this year's election cycle has raised uncomfortable questions about age in politics. How will Biden's legacy reshape the conversation about aging?
“It's been an odd period in that most of the political leaders on both sides have been elderly."
President-elect Donald Trump has warned he plans to declare a national emergency and mobilise the military to address unauthorised border crossings. Immigrant rights groups, however, are already preparing to mount a defence, even in the face of potential threats.
"He’s stated over and over again that his day one agenda will be to carry out mass deportations, so we’re fully expecting to see that."
US President-elect Donald Trump campaigned on a vision of dismantling the Department of Education and ending diversity initiatives in the classroom. But what does that mean for the country's university system? Experts sketch out the consequences.
"While they want to get rid of a DEI bureaucracy, they want to create their own illiberal bureaucracy that controls the curriculum in ways that will go against this distinctively American tradition of liberal education."
