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Economy and ecology

El Salvador: a safe haven for Bitcoin?

El Salvadorian President Nayib Bukele's legalisation of Bitcoin as an official tender has raised many eyebrows. But what's behind the move?

By Sandra Weiss

Reuters

Interviews

'Nicaragua is moving towards autocracy'

President Daniel Ortega has launched a crackdown on the opposition. German Minister of State Niels Annen on Nicaragua's slide towards autocracy

Reuters

Democracy and society

The dictator’s daughter or the farmer’s son?

The knife-edge result of the 2021 presidential elections has exposed Peru as a nation divided. The country faces massive challenges in the near future

By Sara Brombart

Reuters

Democracy and society

A ray of hope for Chile's battered democracy

A young, female, and left-wing Assembly will draft a new constitution for neoliberal, conservative Chile. This is good news for Chilean democracy

By Simone Reperger

Reuters

Interviews

'The people of Colombia long for peace'

The recent protests have seen massive police violence. Yet Colombians continue to take to the streets. Kristina Birke Daniels in Bogotá explains why

Reuters

Economy and ecology

A new era for environmental protection

The Escazú Treaty — which came into effect last week — could help combat eco-social violence and environmental exploitation in Latin America

By Astrid Becker

Reuters

Economy and ecology

In Cuba, it's the end of an era

Raúl Castro's departure marks the end of an era — and coincides with Cuba's worst crisis in decades. His successors face a daunting task

By Ricardo Torres Pérez

Reuters

Interviews

'The deep divisions in the left camp were decisive'

Instead of a victory for the Left, Ecuador now has an arch-conservative and neoliberal president. Constantin Groll in Quito explains what happened

Reuters

Interviews

'We need a new quality of solidarity'

Brazilian health expert Margareth Dalcolmo on government incompetence, a collapsing health system, vaccine inequality and the urgency of national and international solidarity

Reuters

Foreign and security policy

The Caribbean's skilful vaccine diplomacy

Many of the Caribbean's sovereign states have enough vaccines to cover their populations. They knew how to profit from international competition

By Bert Hoffmann