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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

Reuters

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

Reuters

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

Reuters

Latin America

A crisis of historic proportions

Michael Langer in Caracas on the situation following the attempted assassination of President Maduro

By Michael Langer

FES / Reiner Zensen

Interviews

‘All eyes on Colombia!’

Kurt Beck, Chairman of the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung, asks the international community to pay attention to the peace process

EPA

Interviews

The long road to peace in Colombia

Former Farc paramilitary turned politician Victoria Sandino talks about the difficulties of the Colombian peace process

EPA

Latin America

Road trip

What will be the environmental, economic and social footprint of Chinese involvement in Latin America?

By Claudia Detsch

EPA

Latin America

‘A decade’s worth of frustration’ in Nicaragua

In Nicaragua, resistance is raging against the authoritarian system of the one-time freedom fighters

By Hajo Lanz

EPA

Latin America

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

EPA

Latin America

Latin America’s bonanza election year

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

By Claudia Detsch