latin america: all articles

A clash over media is at the core of the region's bitter divides, pressing left and right into new shapes

Many young Brazilians are trapped in an urban war fuelled by a deadly trade in small arms

A plot against Chilean democracy in the 1970s has echoes in Colombia and Honduras today

The renowned UN envoy killed in Baghdad on 19 August 2003 outlines his vision of human rights 

A young maverick leaps into Chile's elite-dominated election. The end of an era or a false dawn? 

The Sandinista revolution is thirty years old. An anniversary assessment from the former vice-president

Latin America is testing the pros and cons - and lessons - of extended presidential term-limits

The post-coup crisis is moving to a climax. Now is the time for Washington to take a principled stand

A forensic scrutiny of how Hugo Chávez's vast ambition grew in Simón Bolívar's image

Thirty years ago today, the Sandinistas assumed power. The Ortega regime is asphyxiating their original project

The powerful Kirchner couple's rule is also the story of a degraded new form of “democracy”

President Calderon has committed himself to a much needed judicial reform in Mexico. But Mexico's history of centralisation, corruption, anti-clericalism and its culture of secrecy are a challenge to overcome. This series describes the context, hope and progress for these important reforms. See also parts one and three.

The ousting of Manuel Zelaya exposes a regional faultline. But the coup's roots are local 

The fallout of a third term for Colombia’s president would reach from Bogotá to Washington

An unedited recording of the talks and discussion with openDemocracy authors Juanita Leon and Ivan Briscoe, Thursday 14 May, 2009.

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The Mexican state's deep-rooted failure to protect citizens eclipses even the health emergency 

Hugo Chávez’s gift to Barack Obama is a blast from the past not a guide to the future

The impressive political rise of Ecuador's president is about to face its greatest test

A high-level Havana reshuffle reveals the political character of Cuba's leadership in a new era

A wave of change across Latin America is opening a more plural age