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Venezuela's tipping point

Michael Langer reports from Caracas about the political crisis in the country — and the chances for a peaceful resolution

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Latin America

The mafia fights back

The UN-backed International Commission against Impunity in Guatemala is becoming a victim of its own success

By Sandra Weiss

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Interviews

AMLO: a new hope for Latin America?

Svenja Blanke on the inauguration of the new Mexican president Andrés Manuel Lopez Obrador

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Latin America

Left un-splintered

How Uruguay's Frente Amplio, a coalition of 40 progressive forces, defies the right-wing assault on Latin America

By Sebastian Sperling

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Latin America

Bolsonaro: the end of Brazilian democracy?

Brazil now has the most extremist president of any democratic nation. What this means for the country

By Thomas Manz

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Latin America

Bible, Beef and Bullets

What a victory of Jair Messias Bolsonaro would mean for democracy in Brazil and the whole of Latin America

By Pablo Stefanoni

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Latin America

Beyond Maduro

Why Latin American left-wing populism is much more complex than the failing government of Venezuela

By Jonas Wolff

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Latin America

'The middle classes hate the Workers’ Party.'

Sociologist Esther Solano on the first round of the Brazilian Presidential Elections this Sunday

By Esther Solano

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Latin America

The other refugee crisis

Amid economic collapse and political unrest, Latin America has to deal with the largest refugee crisis in its history

By Sandra Weiss

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Latin America

The Brazilian Trump

How Jair Messias Bolsonaro is preparing a grab for power with support from business, evangelicals and the military

By Thomas Manz