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South America
Correspondents
The second coming of Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva
Michael Jacobs
22 September 2023
Brazil’s energetic president is set on galvanising the non-Western BRICS grouping, not least to fight climate change
International
“Yes, I know we disobey orders. But what else can I do?”
Antonio Castillo
1 March 2021
Informal workers in Latin America search for ways to survive during the pandemic
International
A threat to lives and culture
Antonio Castillo
5 August 2020
Indigenous communities in Latin America are demanding more action in response to Covid-19
National affairs
Everything is connected
Michael Bartos
7 June 2020
Network effects, good and bad, have influenced responses to Covid-19
Correspondents
Triple trouble
Antonio Castillo
11 June 2019
Murky waters flow where the frontiers of Paraguay, Brazil and Argentina come together
International
Bolivia’s Neo-Andean visionary
Antonio Castillo
12 September 2018
Fuelled by new arrivals in the Bolivian capital, Indigenous architecture is on the rise in El Alto
International
Beyond Washington’s horizon
Antonio Castillo
16 February 2017
The fitful treatment of Latin American countries by the United States looks like taking a new twist under Donald Trump
International
The masked shoe-shiners of La Paz
Antonio Castillo
30 May 2016
Poverty and pride combine in the streets of the Bolivian capital, reports
Antonio Castillo
International
How Evo blew it
Antonio Castillo
1 March 2016
Just a month after celebrating ten years in power, Evo Morales’s quest for a fourth term in office ended in defeat. It was bad news for a record-breaking leader but good news…
Correspondents
Death in Buenos Aires
Antonio Castillo
18 February 2015
The puzzling death of state prosecutor Alberto Nisman has become a story of political espionage, impunity and psychological anxiety, writes
Antonio Castillo
Correspondents
Playing with the wealth of nations
Joel Keep
6 October 2014
A recent UN vote laid the groundwork for resolving sovereign-debt disputes impartially, reports
Joel Keep
in Buenos Aires. So why did Australia vote against it?
Books & arts
“When I forget, I’m well. Remembering, even now, I just go crazy”
Klaus Neumann
23 December 2013
Does the equation that infuses the work of truth commissions – that more memory equals more reconciliation – always meet the needs of people affected by widespread…
International
How does a nation heal itself?
Jill Stockwell
8 August 2013
Despite pioneering the concept of the truth commission, Argentina is still dealing with the legacy of political and military violence thirty years later, writes
Jill Stockwell
International
“One Brazil for all”
Tom Chodor
26 June 2013
The protests in Brazil highlight both the successes and limitations of the Workers’ Party government, writes
Tom Chodor
International
Brazilians celebrate a coming of age
Zuleika Arashiro
4 November 2010
This nation of 192 million people has plenty to celebrate, writes
Zuleika Arashiro
International
García’s Peru
Elizabeth Bryer
21 July 2010
Australia’s embassy is reopening in Lima because Peru’s internal conflict is considered to be over. But the impact of the violence lives on, writes
Elizabeth Bryer
International
“Justice came late, but it came”
Antonio Castillo
5 July 2010
The world’s largest trial for crimes against humanity is exhuming Argentina’s era of state terrorism, murder and torture. It is a trial with global resonance, writes…