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Latin America
The Grand Canal: Nicaragua’s Flirtation With Environmental Disaster
Plans for a canal linking the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans in Nicaragua threaten ecological disaster and opening up Chinese influence in the region.
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How Ecuador Transitioned From 20th Century Neoliberalism to 21st Century Socialism
Ecuador is an exciting country to watch, as its dynamic president navigates new ground in the midst of a changing international political economy.
Sticks, Stones and Names That Can Hurt: Cracking Down on Dissent in Peru
Back home, not everyone is so impressed by Peru's developmental path as expressed by EU leaders.
Women Behind Bars: The Human Cost of Current Drug Policy in the Americas
WOLA has created a photo essay to show the human cost of current drug policies in the Americas.
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Latin America: Women in Resistance and Resilience
What does it mean for women to fight back?
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Latin America’s Relative Success in Fighting Hunger
The Latin American and Caribbean region is the first in the world to reach the two global targets for reducing hunger.
Documents Detail US Complicity in Operation Condor Terror Campaign
The US government secretly expressed support for Latin American governments' state terror campaign against dissidents.
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Campaign Against Glyphosate Steps Up in Latin America
After the World Health Organisation declared glyphosate a probable carcinogen, the campaign has intensified in Latin America to ban the herbicide.
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Fighting a Low-Intensity War, Indigenous Tupinamba Recover Their Land in Brazil
Indigenous peoples did something the Brazilian government had refused.
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Eduardo Galeano, a Chronicler of His Time, Has Died
The Uruguayan writer and journalist, author of emblematic books such as Open Veins of Latin America died at 74 in Montevideo, Uruguay.