So what just happened in Venezuela?
Venezuela is again living through one of the most critical times of its recent history – but the result of…
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As the pink tide turns, Latin America’s right launches a war on memory
Across the continent, the conservative right is attacking museums and challenging historic narratives – threatening to reopen barely healed wounds.
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What the West gets wrong about Venezuela: it doesn’t need ideology, it needs urgent care
Those taking to the streets aren’t protesting Maduro’s ideology, but his failure to deliver on a promised vision. These people don’t…
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The Stalin of the Caribbean: how Nicolás Maduro betrayed the Venezuelan revolution
Faced with a dystopian economy, the president is resorting to ever more repressive means to maintain control.
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Tear-gassed toddlers: a chilling symbol of Trump’s illegal immigration policies
The Trump administration shows a flagrant disregard for international refugee law.
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In Brazil, Bolsonaro’s fight is not against Marxism, but against Enlightenment values
A country that understood dictatorship would never have elected him.
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The rape survivor facing 20 years in jail lays bare El Salvador’s war on women
Women accused of abortions are charged with homicide while femicides, rapes, and other gender violence often goes unpunished in the…
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Brazil shows how the elite responds when forced to choose between fascism and the left
The victory of the far-right Jair Bolsonaro demonstrates how quickly the centre can evaporate.
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