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Published in: 50.50: InterviewTheir anti-rape performance went viral globally. What next for LASTESIS?
LASTESIS was part of a progressive movement in Chile. Then voters rejected the country’s new constitution. So now what?
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureLatin American feminists vow to continue fight for abortion rights in 2023
Sexual and reproductive rights activists in the region say ‘our struggle continues’ to maintain progress so far
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Published in: ourEconomy: OpinionEven a Lula victory won’t necessarily mean a win for Brazil
OPINION: Latin America’s Left needs a new development model to stop the continent’s ‘open veins’ from haemorrhaging
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Published in: 50.50: FeatureHow Latin American women are winning the battle for abortion rights
Argentina, Colombia and Mexico have recently legalised or decriminalised abortion. Could Chile be next?
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionAriel Dorfman: young President Boric must lay Chile's ghosts to rest
Oppressive conservative forces are still strong in Chile and Gabriel Boric’s supporters are impatient for change....
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionGabriel Boric gets to work remaking Chile
The 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: democraciaAbierta: OpinionFighting the wildfires that threaten Chile’s peatlands is vital for us all
We 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: OpinionThe challenge of Chile: why I am optimistic
The election of Gabriel Boric, a left-wing president, has consequences far beyond the country’s borders
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: OpinionWhat’s behind the proclaimed success of Chile’s vaccination strategy?
The country has vaccinated nearly a quarter of its population – but there are still questions to be answered
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: AnalysisA health check for democracy in Latin America
This year’s election cycle will tell us whether political systems in the region can deal with social tensions made...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaThere’s no new normality without new taxation in Latin America
Exposing the gross inequality that is embedded in the region's tax systems is the first step in beginning to change it.
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile: 17 of 155 Constitutional Assembly seats will be reserved for Indigenous groups
On 15 December, the House of Representatives and the Senate in Chile approved a bill ensuring Indigenous...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationIllegal Chinese fishing in the Galapagos: a threat to the biodiversity of the Latin American Pacific
The growing illegal activity of Chinese fishing vessels in Latin American waters has triggered the search for new...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaHearing the Chilean call: Emotional liberation, reflexivity and the return of 'the people'
The uprising served as an emotional detonator that triggered spiralling distrust of power, of the economic elite,...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaWill Chile’s constitutional process satisfy its citizens’ thirst for democracy?
A new constitution that enjoys popular legitimacy promises to fix a profound political crisis in Chile, but its...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaChile during the pandemic: Have the emotions of October subsided?
A study into whether feelings and opinions expressed by Chileans in the wake of the 18/O uprising have been...
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Published in: democraciaAbierta: InvestigationMight social intelligence save Latin America from its governments in times of Covid-19?
Digital democratic innovation as a response to Covid-19 puts on the table the need for governments to rely on...
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Published in: democraciaAbiertaMobility in immobility: Latin American migrants trapped amid COVID-19
States urgently need to rethink their individual responses to COVID-19 and coordinate a collective approach to...
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Published in: Can Europe Make It?Towards virtual parliaments?
This corona crisis may yet be an incentive for policy makers to embrace technological approaches and develop a...
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Published in: ourEconomyHow a communist mayor is defeating privatisation in Chile
The municipality of Recoleta has created an open university, public housing projects and popular pharmacies.