Glenn Greenwald: the greatest journalist of all time?
Why the Brazil-based investigative reporter divides the US left and has become a friend to the right.
By
South America
Latest in
South America
Tokyo 2020: The Covid Olympics
The New Statesman's coverage of the world's first pandemic Games since 1920.
By
In Cuba and Haiti, US policy should seek first to do no harm
A long history of US intervention in Latin America cannot be separated from the current crises.
By
Will Covid-19 mean another lost decade for Latin America?
From Mexico to Argentina, the pandemic has intensified inequality, social unrest and political instability.
By
How Lula da Silva has shaken Jair Bolsonaro’s grip on Brazil
With the former president now eligible to contest the 2022 election, the Brazilian left finally has cause for hope.
By
New data: The pandemic will set back global development by a decade
Once the pandemic is taken into account, goals such as the eradication of poverty will only be fulfilled by 2092.
By
How can the most vulnerable states survive coronavirus?
For the 32 disaster-prone “small states” in the Commonwealth, Covid-19 compounds the ongoing risks they already face.
By
Brazil’s heart of darkness
With soaring Covid-19 death rates and an authoritarian president, a solution to Brazil’s political crisis seems more out of reach…
By