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picture alliance / AP | Fernando Vergara

Democracy and society

Maduro’s geopolitical poker

Venezuela’s leader wants to sit out his election fraud with the help of his global partners. But in South America, he is increasingly seen as a threat

By Sandra Weiss

picture alliance / Associated Press | Natacha Pisarenko

Democracy and society

Neo-liberalism at all costs

At home, Milei’s policies lead to mass protests. Abroad, he meets with the far right. And in Germany, Argentina’s president receives an award

By Svenja Blanke

picture alliance / Associated Press | Ariana Cubillos

Democracy and society

Two against Maduro

Surprisingly united, the opposition in Venezuela is entering the presidential election. Will it be enough to defeat the all-powerful head of state?

By Katharina Wegner

picture alliance / REUTERS | Alexandre Meneghini

Democracy and society

A clear majority

Newly elected President Claudia Sheinbaum wants to continue the left-wing policies of her predecessor. But the challenges facing Mexico are enormous

By Yesko Quiroga

picture alliance/AA | Rafael Rodriguez

Foreign and security policy

Ecuador in a stranglehold

Gang wars, drug trafficking and military repression: how did Ecuador mutate from a peaceful country to a danger zone?

By Sara Meyer

picture alliance/Reuters | Christina Chiquin

Democracy and society

From protest to progress

Despite all the opposition and obstruction, the past half-year in Guatemala has shown that the corrupt elites are no longer in control of the country

By Daniel Mann

Sara Meyer

Democracy and society

Guatemala’s long shadow of corruption

President Arévalo has promised to fight corruption. But he faces the mammoth task of dismantling the deeply flawed structures of his predecessors

By Sara Meyer

picture alliance / Reuters| Jose Luis Gonzalez

Democracy and society

El Salvador’s self-proclaimed saviour

The recently re-elected president of El Salvador is the prototype of a modern autocrat. But how successful is the ‘Bukele model’ really?

By Sandra Weiss

picture alliance / REUTERS | Agustin Marcarian

Democracy and society

Argentina’s self-styled libertarian

Considered a fringe doctrine globally, libertarianism has long been socially acceptable in Latin America — and now it has seized power

By Sandra Weiss

Reuters/ Cristina Chiquin

Democracy and society

A coup d'état in slow motion

No matter how optimistic one may want to be, the real struggle for a better and less corrupt Guatemala will only begin with Arévalo’s inauguration

By Sara Meyer