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A Chilean feminist anthem is being sung across the world in protest at violence against women.
As protests raged across Chile last month, President Piñera repeatedly addressed the nation. Researchers fed his speeches into an AI system to assess the emotions behind his words.
People get angry far more often than they rebel. And rebellions rarely become revolutions. An expert on the French Revolution explains why today’s protest movements are different.
To quell weeks of protest over extreme inequality, Chile’s president has agreed to rewrite the country’s constitution, passed in 1980 under the deadly military regime of Augusto Pinochet.
From Chile to Lebanon and Iraq to Hong Kong, the same masks have become a common language to register dissent.
In the last century, several South American countries faced coups, military dictatorships and social uprisings. Despite economic improvements in recent years, the continent remains mired in unrest.
Unresolved legacies of the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet are driving anger at the cost of living in Chile.
Progressives are leading in the presidential elections of Argentina, Uruguay and Bolivia, bucking the region’s recent rightward trend. But there are lessons in the failures of leftists past.
Citing national security, Ecuador, Peru and Chile have all made it harder for Venezuelan migrants to enter the country, and xenophobia is rising across the region – even in more welcoming Colombia.
The first truth commission to research lynchings has been established in Maryland. It has the potential to educate the public about and support racial reconciliation. But it also faces obstacles.
The first mummy was wrapped up about 7,000 years ago, and it was from South America.
Wherever there is an ugly, unresolved injustice pulling at the fabric of a society, there is an opportunity to haul it out in public and deal with it through a truth commission.
Two decades ago, Chilean dictator Augusto Pinochet was arrested in London, putting human rights abuses in the limelight.
A deep recession, a severe drought and a plunging currency have led to the biggest bailout in IMF history. The government hopes it can avoid the meltdowns that followed past crises.
Forefather of contemporary neoliberalism or violent dictator – Pinochet’s complicated legacy in Chile and the world.
Once women gain access to the highest political ranks, their numbers continue to grow, a new study shows. Their presence lays a ‘concrete floor’ of inclusion for future governments to build on.
Video Assistant Referees at the World Cup finals in Russia might help African teams to do better than they have done so far.
Pregnant teens take their own lives, raped children are denied abortions and women who suffer stillbirth are imprisoned for 30 years – El Salvador’s torturous anti-abortion regime must end.
New research on Latin America’s four recent female presidents disproves the idea that merely putting a woman in power will improve gender equality.
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PhD Candidate, Department of Spanish, Portuguese & Latin American Studies, King's College London
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Associate Professor of Politics, Occidental College
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Adjunct Professor, Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez
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Professor, School of Humanities and Communication Arts & Institute for Culture and Society, Western Sydney University
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Professor, Department of Political Science and International Affairs, Wake Forest University
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Senior Lecturer in International Relations, University of Bath
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Professor of Politics, McMaster University
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Professor of Economics and International Business, University of Liverpool
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Researcher, Center for Advanced Research in Education & Sociology Department, Universidad de Chile
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