Up to 5,000 refugees flee hunger and chaos in Venezuela each day – a migrant crisis rivaling Syria’s. Most arrive to poor South American border cities that are dangerously unprepared for the influx.
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The US has meddled in Latin America so much that its influence there is viewed there with deep suspicion.
Forefather of contemporary neoliberalism or violent dictator – Pinochet’s complicated legacy in Chile and the world.
A dejected public and a crowded, unpopular field of candidates make for an unhappy election.
As Brazil’s black women become more conspicuous and powerful, they are bullied and threatened in social media’s modern-day pillory.
Post-conflict processes are often slowed down or even halted by fear. Can Colombia buck the trend?
The longest lunar eclipse this century, and other special features such as Mars looking spectacular will be seen.
What drives the emergence and disappearance of species? By modeling the fundamental processes of evolution and ecology on geographical scales, new research spotlights topography and climatic shifts.
The impact of Venezuela’s medical crisis is not gender-neutral.
In the most peaceful election in their modern history, Colombians have elected as their next president a conservative who will renegotiate the country’s fragile 2016 accord with the FARC guerrillas.
The Colombian government has learned the hard way that simply explaining a complex deal to people won’t win them over.
Venezuela has freed 79 political prisoners in recent months, to global plaudits. But the hard-line regime has also charged 100 military officials with conspiracy. Does President Maduro fear overthrow?
Maduro’s landslide May 20 re-election marks the official death of democracy in Venezuela. Dozens of nations worldwide have declared the vote illegitimate, and the US imposed new sanctions.
As reports of crimes against humanity mount, Colombia’s post-conflict justice system is still moving desperately slowly.
The Venezuelan opposition is asking people not to vote in the country’s May 20 election, which they call a ‘farce.’ President Maduro regime has jailed or blacklisted most of his competitors.
Leftist former President Lula da Silva is the clear favorite in Brazil’s 2018 presidential race, leading his closest rival — a firebrand conservative — by 15 points. The only problem: He’s in jail.
Paraguay’s conservative president-elect Mario Abdo narrowly won the April 22 election. His father was the private secretary for dictator Alfredo Stroessner, who brutally ruled Paraguay for 35 years.
Black lives in Brazil are devalued and subject to violence on a horrific scale.
Can South America’s biggest democracy run properly with a broken, corrupt political class seemingly unable to reform?
One of Colombia’s most beautiful areas, El Cocuy National Natural Park was for years too dangerous to visit. No more.
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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
