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Social programmes, not soldiers, are what's needed in Brazil

Brazil’s President has put the military in charge of Rio de Janeiro. Is this an attempt to deflect attention from the nation’s wider problems?

By Katharina De Moura Hofmann, Thomas Manz

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Latin America’s bonanza election year

Everything you need to know about the upcoming elections in South and Central America

By Claudia Detsch

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Let a hundred businesses bloom

China is investing heavily in Latin America, but benefits to the continent may prove negligible

By Sandra Weiss

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Interviews

Politics one, justice nil

A 12-years sentence for Brazil’s ex-president Lula is based on smear, not fact, says Niels Annen

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Rough justice

The trial against Brazil's Lula da Silva is politically motivated and based on flimsy evidence

By Herta Däubler-Gmelin

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'I was impeached not for what I did wrong, but what I did right'

Former Brazilian president Dilma Rousseff discusses her country’s political crisis

By Dilma Rousseff

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The battle over ‘gender ideology’

Religious conservatives are trying to thwart gender equality in Latin America

By Maxine Molyneux

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A matter of trust

All over Latin America, parties are using questionable tactics to cling to power

By Sandra Weiss

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Mission: not impossible

Why Uruguay is standing by its decision to legalise cannabis

By Sebastian Sperling

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São Paulo, slush funds and sleaze

Latin America’s long history of corruption

By Sandra Weiss