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A pedestrian wearing a face mask, as a preventive measure against the coronavirus disease (COVID-19), walks past posters on the street that read "No to the payment of the debt. Break with the IMF", in Buenos Aires, Argentina May 27, 2020. REUTERS/Agustin Marcarian

28 May 2020 7 minute read

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The way out of Argentina’s debt crisis

Since the early 2000s, Argentina has been forced into a cycle of debt and austerity. Nick Dearden presents...

Protesters against Argentina’s hunger crisis gather for a brew, 5 September 2019. They had camped out overnight in front of the Ministry of Social Development in Buenos Aires. CAROL SMILJAN/NURPHOTO/PA

21 Apr 2020 6 minute read

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Argentina’s big squeeze

Why is hunger growing in a country known as an agricultural powerhouse? Amy Booth reports from Buenos Aires...

For the world to witness: weary and homeless, this woman rests by a busy thoroughfare in São Paulo. Davidsonluna/Unsplash

19 Apr 2020 6 minute read

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Can cash hand-outs cure poverty?

Vanessa Martina Silva considers the track record of Brazil’s flagship Bolsa Família, the world’s largest...

The Ashaninka are an indigenous people living in the State of Acre, Brazil. © Pedro França/MinC

16 Apr 2020 3 minute read

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View from Brazil

Leonardo Sakamoto on the war against indigenous people.

28 Feb 2020 3 minute read

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Hall of infamy: Luis Almagro

Luis Almagro, Secretary-General of the Organization of American States, shows off some nifty moves.

A riot police officer with a Bolivian flag is seen in Sacaba, on the outskirts of Cochabamba, Bolivia, November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Danilo Balderrama

14 Feb 2020 3 minute read

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Democracy in peril in Bolivia

Amy Booth on reports on why Bolivia's upcoming election is unlikely to be free and fair.

Firmino, pictured in Rocinha. Credit: Alessio Perrone

24 Jan 2020 5 minute read

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A museum for the working class

In Rocinha, the largest favela in Brazil and one of the largest in Latin America, a makeshift museum is painting a proud...

About 369,000 people are believed to modern slaves in Brazil - representing 1 in 555 of its population - according to the Global Slavery Index by human rights group Walk Free Foundation.

20 Jan 2020 3 minute read

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Modern-day slavery in the Amazon

Rescuing slaves is not the cure, says Leonardo Sakomoto.

Residents hold signs during a protest against Las Bambas mine in Apurimac, where Virginia Pinares also fights

16 Dec 2019 5 minute read

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‘If they kill me, they kill me’

Indigenous human-rights defender Virginia Pinares talks to Vanessa Baird about mining in...

Former Bolivian President Evo Morales gestures during an interview with Reuters, in Mexico City, Mexico November 15, 2019. REUTERS/Edgard Garrido

18 Nov 2019 8 minute read

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The coup against Evo Morales was premeditated

An illuminating blow-by-blow account of events leading to Evo Morales’ ousting from power, compiled by the Bolivia...

A demonstrator wearing a Guy Fawkes mask waves a Mapuche indigenous flag during a protest against Chile's government in Santiago, Chile October 31, 2019. REUTERS/Henry Romero

12 Nov 2019 5 minute read

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Chile is evading scrutiny on climate justice

The relocation of the UN climate summit to Spain is a distraction from growing state repression.

5 Nov 2019 5 minute read

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In Bolsonaro’s Brazil, dams are ticking time bombs

Human rights defender, Tchenna Maso, reflects on the human cost of Bolsonaro's open door policy for mining...

30 Oct 2019 4 minute read

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Is the ‘pink tide’ returning to Latin America?

Argentina has just joined Mexico and Bolivia in electing a Left-leaning government. Brazilian academic and activist ...

2 Sep 2019 3 minute read

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Seven ways to fight fires in the Amazon

Danny Chivers explains how those outside Latin America can act in solidarity with forest defenders.

14 Aug 2019 3 minute read

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The idolatry of Sérgio Moro

Leonardo Sakomoto on Brazil's top judge who became vigilante – and then ‘God’

4 Aug 2019 7 minute read

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Spectacle and reality in Rio

Sporting mega-events purport to boost civic pride and economic growth. But their true legacy is one of rampant...

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