The volume of U.S. military hardware headed to Puerto Rico suggests an escalation of the Trump administration’s military campaign against Venezuelan President Nicolás Maduro. The president says land strikes might follow.

For the first time since Bolivia elected an Indigenous leader to office in 2005, the party he founded did not make it to the ballot. But in many ways, it shows how far Indigenous rights have come in 20 years.

France has become a byword for political instability - nine governments in eight years - and French voters are increasingly fed up with their politicians. But beyond the uncertainty, they still have faith in their institutions.

Iranian filmmaker Jafar Panahi has sacrificed for his art and views, having been sentenced to prison and house arrest. His latest movie, “It Was Just an Accident,” examines significant questions, including if there are limits to forgiveness – or mercy.

Inquisitiveness is a key characteristic of being human. For Ada Limón, who served three years as U.S. poet laureate, this kind of probing is “our natural state ... it’s like breath.”

Sometimes, there’s wisdom in the “outmoded” ways of life, as our essayist discovered. When she disconnected her landline, she bade goodbye to an era of spontaneous conversations – the kind you have when you just pick up – and the close connections that those can forge.