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11 Oct 2021 3 minute read

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Dry taps and blackouts

Leo Sakamoto fears a drought as Brazil’s long-brewing water crisis hits home.

29 Sep 2021 4 minute read

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Betrayed by Australia

Thanks to newly declassified files, Chilean exiles have discovered that the same country which gave them refuge, was...

Police fire teargas canisters at protesters during the December 2019 demonstrations. Credit: Daniel Espinoza Guzmán

15 Sep 2021 5 minute read

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Chile: at a glance

Despite its modern and prosperous image, Chile’s repressive institutions have remained intact since the Pinochet...

31 Aug 2021 7 minute read

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Move over politicians

Ed Sykes reports from Mexico on the indigenous communities taking back local democracy and building safer, greener towns in...

24 Aug 2021 3 minute read

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Slavery beef, anyone?

From slavery to mass deforestation, Leonardo Sakamoto highlights the devastating impact of cattle ranching...

12 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Colombia: iron fist

Carole Concha Bell on Iván Duque’s ‘cosmetic’ police reform.

12 Aug 2021 2 minute read

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Introducing...Pedro Castillo

Richard Swift paints a mixed picture of Peru’s unlikely choice for president.

Rocío de la Cruz, with a Tzotzil poem painted on the wall of the cultural research centre where she works.CHANGIZ M VARZI

11 Jul 2021 5 minute read

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Cresting the wave

In Mexico, a new generation of young indigenous women are using art to fight racism and celebrate their native identity....

Playground for the rich: Brazil now has 20 more billionaires than last year, up from 45 to 65. Credit: Alobos Life/Flickr CC BY-NC-ND 2.0

29 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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Breaking records – for the rich and the hungry

Leonardo Sakamoto on hideous wealth and – and poverty.

Searching for sustenance: In Para State, a man moves his furniture in a cart after struggling to make rent following food price inflation beginning in 2013. Credit Lalo de Almeida/Folhapress/Panos

16 Jun 2021 3 minute read

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The pandemic has worsened Brazil’s hunger crisis

A recent study suggests that as many as six in ten Brazilians are struggling to put food on the table, reports ...

Peru's presidential candidate Pedro Castillo gestures to supporters, in Tacabamba, Peru June 6, 2021. REUTERS/Alessandro Cinque

10 Jun 2021 4 minute read

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Peru’s leftist President-elect is already under attack

Pedro Castillo may have won the election but his leadership is not guaranteed yet. John Crabtree looks at...

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13 Apr 2021 3 minute read

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Lula is back in the game

After a court annulled all the sentences against him, Brazil’s ex-president Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva is back in the running...

A 'Women United Against Bolsonaro' solidarity demonstration in London, 2018. Credit: Esdras Beleza/Flickr

11 Feb 2021 3 minute read

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View from Brazil

While Argentina wins abortion rights, in Brazil even a pregnant 10-year-old is threatened and coerced to give birth, writes...

The Mothers of Plaza de Mayo during their weekly demonstration to establish the fate of their disappeared children and grandchildren during the 1976-83 dictatorship. Credit: Julio Etchart/Majority World.

3 Feb 2021 4 minute read

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Country Profile: Argentina

Massive foreign debts and an impoverished population are intensifying age-old conflicts over natural resources in this...

ILYA sets ‘Apolitical Intellectuals’ to a modern tune, as he remembers the life of the Guatemalan revolutionary poet.

22 Jan 2021 1 minute read

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Cartoon history: Otto René Castillo

ILYA sets ‘Apolitical Intellectuals’ to a modern tune, as he remembers the life of the Guatemalan...

22 Dec 2020 9 minute read

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‘You’ve done nothing!’

Stephanie Boyd reports from the Peruvian Amazon on the fight to get adequate healthcare that respects...

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