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The Belo Monte dam’s construction forced 14,000 from their homes in Brazil's Amazon and disrupted a vital ecosystem
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: AnalysisHow the international arms trade kills women in BrazilFirearms are the main cause of female homicides in Brazil. Europe’s arms exporters must take responsibility
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhy reporting from the Amazon has become so dangerousThe discovery of two bodies believed to be those of Dom Phillips and Bruno Pereira highlights risks facing...
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: FeatureBrazil’s invisible victims of state violenceA year after Rio de Janeiro state’s deadliest police operation, bereaved mothers fight for justice
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: OpinionEcuador has no winners – both sides will pay for peaceAfter an 18-day national strike, the government and Indigenous leaders have come to an uneasy truce. Will it last?
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: InvestigationWinds of change blow through indigenous lands in La GuajiraThe Caribbean coastal desert is ground zero for Colombia’s plan to lead the region’s shift to renewable energy, but...
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Published in:democraciaAbierta: FeatureBrazil’s policing is a war of men. Civilians are caught in the crossfireRio de Janeiro’s security policy, led by a masculine logic of war, subjects people to authoritarian actions with no...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionColombia faces moment of reckoning as tense election awaitsPopulist outlier Rodolfo Hernández will challenge the leftist candidate Gustavo Petro in Sunday's presidential vote
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationPamplona’s heart: Doña Marta gives hope to Venezuela’s migrantsDoña Marta Duque has been providing food, drink and a place to stay for weary migrants at her home since 2015
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionColombia set to vote for historic change with first left-wing presidentGustavo Petro looks set to surf to victory on the ‘Pink Tide’ of left-wing wins sweeping across South America
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureHow a new seed gives Guatemalans a way out of hunger and bad healthPoor farmers in Guatemala eat little but maize. A first step out of malnutrition is a new seed bred to yield the...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisWill Colombia’s next president stop the senseless murders of social activists?Despite a historic peace deal in 2016, deaths continue – with least 70 activist leaders and human rights defenders...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisSeven thousand miles away, the Ukraine war sparks crisis in PeruAt least six people have died during mass protests in the Latin American country, which has faced widespread unrest...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionHow can the deadly violence against Mexican journalists be stopped?Between cartels and corrupt politicians, the country is among the most dangerous to be a journalist. Eight have been...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureFleeing Venezuela: migrants on making the perilous journey to a new lifeJust across the border in Colombia, people displaced by the ongoing Venezuelan migration crisis share tales of...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureCould agroecology save Colombia’s farming crisis?Agroecology, with its aim of rescuing the countryside, can play a central role in the sustainable economy needed to...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhy Bolsonaro may want to think twice about Putin’s supportAs Brazil’s elections loom, President Bolsonaro finds himself behind in the polls and isolated internationally. Can...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationAs migrants leave Venezuela, a team of volunteers waits – and listensThe unprecedented effort to collect migrants’ stories is not just a way of bearing witness to suffering. It’s also...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionAriel Dorfman: young President Boric must lay Chile's ghosts to restOppressive conservative forces are still strong in Chile and Gabriel Boric’s supporters are impatient for change....
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: FeatureHunger and desperation: Venezuela’s huge displacement crisisWith 95% of Venezuelans living in extreme poverty, every day hundreds are forced to walk to neighbouring Colombia in...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionGabriel Boric gets to work remaking ChileThe youngest president in the history of the Andean nation will be inaugurated on Friday. He’s got a difficult job...
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureColombia, a dangerous place for journalists and women land defendersIndependent journalists in Colombia are taking serious risks to tell the stories of women land rights defenders under threat
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisEcuador gives Indigenous people – and nature – a big winThe Constitutional Court has ruled that Indigenous peoples have the right to decide over oil and mining projects in...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisIs Latin America shifting to the Left again?After the Left’s success in Chile, Honduras and Peru last year, will Brazil and Colombia follow suit in 2022?
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWomen in Dark TimesWomen in Dark Times – Feminist Perspectives on Violence, Security and Organised Crime in Brazil
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionFighting the wildfires that threaten Chile’s peatlands is vital for us allWe must protect South America’s southernmost tip – a large carbon store – not just for the Indigenous people who...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionRule of law is being dismantled in Central America and Europe must actA culture of impunity in Central American countries like Guatemala is turning the region into a hotbed of crime....
