After 52 years fighting the FARC, Colombia is about to vote on a comprehensive peace deal. But not everyone wants in.
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The senate has outmanoeuvred a national leader, leaving many wondering which is fighting on the right side of democracy.
A new program seeks to divert Central Americans who are fleeing violence from crossing the U.S. border. An expert on Costa Rica explains why the tiny country was chosen and the challenges they face.
Some onlookers are suspicious that Venezuela’s army is mounting a slow coup – but the country has been militarising itself for decades.
The Olympics provide Brazilians with a welcome distraction from their country’s fraught and bitter politics.
Ecuador is known for promoting the ‘Buen Vivir’ development policy agenda. But the state’s response to a recent earthquake brought its commitment into question.
Lionel Messi is not the first footballer to break financial laws and he probably won’t be the last.
How does an oil-rich country end up with a food shortage? A GSU international development expert explains how the legacy of one man’s rise to power continues to cripple the nation.
Islamic State lost ground, Colombia got a chance at lasting peace, and the Pope sounded a liberated note on homosexuality.
Venezuela sits at the edge of a humanitarian calamity. A GSU international mediation expert explains how outsiders can play a critical role in resolving the cause – a deeply rooted political battle.
To celebrate 100 years of football’s oldest international competition, South American fans have flocked north, sticking two fingers up to Donald Trump.
The establishment media wants it one way, and the populist left another. Why is there so little straight reporting on Latin America?
The scion of a despotic leader has been vanquished – but her party can still call the shots.
Supporters of Brazil’s suspended president have argued that the push to impeach her was a plot – and it turns out they weren’t far off.
Colombia is pursuing a bold programme to give people back land seized by paramilitaries. But its beneficiaries don’t feel safe.
A BU professor walks through the turmoil of Brazil’s political past to explain why there’s more at stake than you might think.
The number of new Zika-related microcephaly cases in Brazil is falling. But it’s too early to relax.
As an unpopular vice-president takes the helm, Brazilian politics is mired in distrust, division and corruption.
Conspiracy, betrayal and prophecies of doom have all played their part in Dilma Rousseff’s looming downfall.
Brazilians are disgusted with all their politicians. Can anyone take control?
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Professor of Management and Organization, University of Southern California
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Director of the Kimberly Green Latin American and Caribbean Center, Florida International University
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Senior Lecturer in International Business, Birkbeck, University of London
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Professor of Global Politics, University of Southampton
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Research fellow at the International Development Department, University of Birmingham
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Professor of Politics and International Relations, Florida International University
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Visiting Scholar, Weatherhead Center for International Affairs, Harvard University; Director of Studies at the Changing Character of War Centre, and Senior Research Fellow, Dept. of Politics and International Relations, University of Oxford
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PhD student of law, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro (UERJ)
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Senior Lecturer in Latin American Politics, University of Liverpool
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Co-Director, Institute for Genocide and Mass Atrocity Prevention, and Professor of Public Administration, Binghamton University, State University of New York
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Postgraduate Associate at the Institute of Latin American Studies, La Trobe University
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Professor, African, African American, and Diaspora Studies, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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Professor of Sociology, Tulane University
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Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts & Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Research Fellow, African Centre of Excellence for Inequality Research (ACEIR), University of Cape Town
