South America
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Chile constitution: Voters overwhelmingly reject radical change
In a referendum, almost 62% voted against the progressive draft. Vanessa Buschschlüter BBC The margin of the defeat is much…
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Chileans rejected the new constitution, but they still want progressive reforms
Iconfess that I am in mourning. Ariel Dorfman The Guardian On Sunday, a resounding 62% of the voters in Chile,…
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‘One of the most progressive and environmentally conscious legal texts on the planet’: Chile’s proposed constitution and its lessons for Australia
If approved in the national referendum on 4 September, the new constitution would deliver profound changes to the country. Authors The…
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Hard Times in a Safe Haven: Protecting Venezuelan Migrants in Colombia
But dangers also await them, including the clutches of organised crime. Bogotá’s change of government is a chance to reset…
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Lula’s Comeback Campaign: The Stakes for Brazil—and Democracy
In an exclusive interview with The Nation, Celso Amorim, who served as both foreign minister and defense minister, explains why…
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‘I’d Defend Myself, Too’: Chileans back abuse survivors
The guards did not provide her with clean garments, or even a toothbrush, but Ms Concha had not thought about…
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Turkish Bananas: The Cocaine Road to Russia and the Persian Gulf
He’s not a cop or a criminal. Alessandro Ford InSight Crime Ahmet is a banana importer in Turkey. “This is…
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US immigration: ‘They’d rather die than return to Nicaragua’
Noé was somewhere on the outskirts of the gritty southern Mexican city of Tapachula when he realised how difficult his…
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The forgotten children of Saudi Arabia
He’s one of thousands who have been abandoned by their Saudi fathers. Brietta Hague Foreign Correspondent & ABC News But…
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Ecuador declares state of emergency in three provinces over drug violence
Ecuadoran President Guillermo Lasso announced on April 29 he had decreed a state of emergency for two months in three…
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Why British royals face simmering resentment in Caribbean
People here pride themselves on the welcome offered to visitors – tourism is the country’s mainstay after all. But behind…
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On the Front Lines of the Hot Land: Mexico’s Incessant Conflict
Mexico’s crime wars are hottest in the hinterland. In this photo essay, part of a larger project on deadly violence…
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Why Argentina is embracing cryptocurrency
For Jerónimo Ferrer, a formative memory is of Argentina’s crushing financial crisis at the end of the 1990 – when bank accounts…
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Harald Jähner: ‘American culture had a very pacifying effect on Germany’
Harald Jähner’s Aftermath, which is published in paperback this April, starts where most popular histories of Europe’s bloody 20th century end,…
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Brazil at work: Black and held back
Ms Genot does not have the fondest of memories of trying to break into the communications industry in Brazil. BBC…
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‘She was facing a real monster’
In a country gripped by violence against women, a new femicide detective squad seeks to make the killers pay. Sarah…
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