Will Covid-19 mean another lost decade for Latin America?
From Mexico to Argentina, the pandemic has intensified inequality, social unrest and political instability.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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…
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Latin Americans are one of the UK’s fastest-growing groups. So why aren’t they recognised?
Latin Americans have been ignored by politicians, the media and the national census. A new British-born generation is trying to change…
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Colombia is the latest country to join Latin America’s wave of protests
Colombians are united by a fearless and growing rejection of everything that President Ivan Duque represents.
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Chile’s unrest has reawakened its egalitarian spirit
The combination of low wages, rising living costs, meagre pension provisions and expensive drugs are driving growing numbers of Chileans into…
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