An unexpected result in the first round leaves the presidential election open. It also hints at Brazil's underlying political dynamics.
The discourse around Buenos Aires’ slums rarely transcends the self-righteous polemic of the Argentine press. Such moral outrage does little to resolve an urgent question: how to provide effective low-income housing that enables dignified living conditions?
In the aftermath of the World Cup in Rio de Janeiro, this series of snapshots provides a glimpse of the visual marks left behind. The inequity of development and the spectre of mass protest continue to haunt the cityscape.
A catalogue of sexual violence has accompanied the armed conflict in Colombia. The peace talks must not brush it under the carpet.
A charismatic environmentalist is now leading Brazil's presidential race. Can she win and create the new politics she promises?
Now that the main potential impediment to a peace deal–a change in government–is out of the picture, it is time to start tackling other threats, not just to securing the agreement, but also to its implementation.
With no end in sight for the War on Drugs, the Mexican government will only further restrict civil liberties and endow the military with unchecked powers. The collapse of liberal democratic values heralds yet another age of authoritarianism.
Chile's diplomatic outcry against Israel has been welcomed by supporters of the Palestinian cause, but its indigenous Mapuche communities continue to face discrimination, brutality and repression at the hands of the state.
Mientras que a menudo las iniciativas de justicia transicional rehúyen desmantelar los sistemas de macro criminalidad, la ley de Justicia y Paz en Colombia está arrojando luz sobre las raíces políticas y económicas del fenómeno paramilitar, y sus profundas relaciones con el estado. English.
While transitional justice initiatives have traditionally shied away from dismantling the system, Colombia's Justice and Peace Law has taken the first steps towards exposing the political and economic roots of paramilitarism, and the deep state tangled around them. Español.
Argentina's president, Cristina Kirchner, refuses to accept that the country has defaulted on its debts. But her denial can only make things worse.
Will El Salvador's new president deploy state or civil society to address the recent spikes in violence, as politics threaten to unravel the wary truce between the country's gangs?
