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Victory for centre right candidate brings an end to decades of leftist rule.
With 12 years of vote-winning diplomatic stunts, the Kirchners have galvanised the Falkland Islanders against Argentina for years to come.
With anti-corruption feeling at an all-time high, a populist comedian has swept to power in Guatemala, while Brazil’s president is facing furious calls for impeachment.
A surprise near-tie has put everyone in Argentine politics on high alert. Is the Kirchner legacy in danger?
Colombia’s decades-long conflict with the FARC could be nearing a major breakthrough. But can the Colombian state stand in the way of other opportunistic militias?
With drug trafficking, turf war, and craven politicking all at work, Colombia and Venezuela’s fraught relationship has taken a turn for the worse.
Two Central American democracies are in turmoil – but don’t call it a revolution.
High demand for coffee has pushed growers toward sun or ‘reduced-shade’ plantations that require more water and pesticides while reducing biodiversity.
The awful combination of impunity, corruption and violence in which a group of Mexican students were abducted persists to this day.
Many communities struggle with crime, violence and abuse, but they are not all the same. Those that look to local expertise for solutions offer hope in a world where success in preventing violence is rare.
Economic growth and investment is supporting prison reform, but it will take time to root out deeply ingrained bad practice.
Opposition to president Dilma Rousseff is growing, but there is division over what her fate should be.
After decades held by Peru’s Maoist guerilla rebels, a clutch of indigenous hostages face a whole other attack on their way of life.
As the candidates line up to succeed Argentina’s term-limited president, her legacy is starting to become clear. Will it endure?
‘El Chapo’s’ jailbreak seemingly confirms American narratives that represent Mexico as a corrupt, sluggish and failing state. Overlooked is America’s own role in the rise of powerful drug cartels.
While still host to some of the world’s most unequal countries, Latin America is making strides where Europe and the US are falling behind.
Constitutional recognition may have very limited impact if the groups benefiting from the change lack the political weight to leverage it into greater social change.
Brazil is being rocked by a graft scandal of titanic proportions. Could it bring down Dilma Rousseff?
Latin America might have found itself on the dark side of the “digital divide” over the last 20 years or so, but this hasn’t impeded the development of digital arts there.
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