South America
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Seeking the Best from a Skewed Poll: Hard Choices for Venezuela
While Maduro should face consequences, the U.S. should take a calibrated approach to the reimposition of sanctions. Phil Gunson ICG…
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Brazil Supreme Court strikes down military intervention thesis in symbolic vote for democracy
SAO PAULO — Brazil’s Supreme Court unanimously voted Monday that the armed forces have no constitutional power to intervene in…
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US, Argentina to cooperate, combat illegal Chinese fishing
Argentina, Chile and Peru have criticized Chinese-operated craft for large-scale invasive fishing in their territorial waters without regulation, which the…
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Will Argentina’s Governors Stymie Milei’s Agenda?
Argentina’s government announced last month that it had withheld the transfer of around $16 million in funds to the province…
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The Unsolved Crime in “Total Peace”: Dealing with Colombia’s Gaitanistas
To avoid jeopardising other peace processes and to protect civilians, Bogotá should seek gradual talks with the Gaitanistas, while maintaining…
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UN Security Council members raise alarm over Haiti situation
UN Security Council members urge for deployment of an international mission to Haiti to deescalate the situation Editor : Sanem Topal…
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Colombia vows to put nature at the heart of global environmental negotiations
The environment minister Susana Muhamad says nature is a ‘pillar’ of fighting the climate crisis Patrick Greenfield The Guardian The…
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Russia and China Take the Lead in Rush for Bolivia’s Lithium
Russia, just like China, has gained access to Bolivia’s lithium reserves, estimated at 23 million tons, and believed to be…
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Chilean Navy Deploys Submarine to Monitor Chinese Fishing Vessels
In the depth of the South Pacific Ocean, a Chilean submarine has been keeping tabs on Chinese fishing vessels to…
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Coming face to face with inmates in El Salvador’s mega-jail
With shaven heads, dressed in pristine white, and heavily tattooed, the prisoners know they are being watched and return the…
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Unrest on Repeat: Plotting a Route to Stability in Peru
Absent remedies for political polarisation and state dysfunction, the mass protests that rocked the country in late 2022 could easily…
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Watch List 2024
In these places, early action, driven or supported by the EU and its member states, could enhance prospects for peace…
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Amazon’s record drought driven by climate change
It was the main driver of the Amazon rainforest’s worst drought in at least half a century, according to a…
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Can a War on Crime Bring Relief to Ecuador?
In this Q&A, Crisis Group expert Glaeldys González explains how the South American country arrived at this point and the…
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How Ecuador went from an ‘island of peace’ to one of the world’s most violent countries
These words were repeated ten years later by President Gustavo Noboa Bejarano in his 2002 Report to the Nation. Maria Fernanda…
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‘Legal animism’: when a river or even nature itself goes to court
The Vilcabamba River, a plaintiff in a trial there, convinced the tribunal that its own rights were being undermined by a…
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