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    • Friday, 27 January, 2023
      Latin America
      Uruguay tries to steal the show as a South American film hub

      Tax breaks are among the perks the country hopes will attract a growing number of shoots

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    • Tuesday, 13 December, 2022
      FIFA World Cup
      Lionel Messi guides Argentina to World Cup final

      South Americans cruise to 3-0 semi-final win over Croatia

    • Thursday, 1 December, 2022
      FIFA World Cup
      World Cup: Ghana-Uruguay grudge match shows attraction of the villain

      West African nation out for revenge after last-minute Luis Suárez handball denied it a semi-final berth in 2010

    • Saturday, 26 November, 2022
      ObituaryHebe de Bonafini
      Hebe de Bonafini, activist, 1928-2022

      After two of her children were abducted, she defied Argentina’s military junta in her pursuit for justice

    • Monday, 17 October, 2022
      Chile
      Simmering indigenous conflict tests Chile’s government

      President Gabriel Boric struggles to find solutions for deep-seated problems in Mapuche region

    • Sunday, 9 October, 2022
      Mexico
      Mexico’s missing students: ‘Eight years of not knowing’

      Fears that investigation into 2014 disappearance of 43 teacher trainees has stalled again

    • Friday, 7 October, 2022
      Brazilian politics
      Surprise São Paulo victory revitalises Bolsonaro’s re-election bid

      Poll-defying first round showing gives Brazil president a fighting chance in the runoff

    • Friday, 16 September, 2022
      El Salvador
      El Salvador’s president to run for re-election despite constitutional ban

      Popular but controversial leader Nayib Bukele is known for adopting bitcoin as legal tender

    • Thursday, 25 August, 2022
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Booming cocaine trade now stains most of Latin America

      Drug violence reaches well beyond Mexico and Colombia into region’s quieter corners

    • Thursday, 14 July, 2022
      Brazilian politics
      Brazil to turn on spending taps in run-up to presidential vote

      Extra welfare payments worth billions could boost Bolsonaro’s re-election prospects

    • Friday, 24 June, 2022
      Russia’s digital nomads head for Latin America

      Residents see more Russians arriving in search of stability and opportunity amid conflict in Ukraine

    • Tuesday, 26 April, 2022
      Colombia
      Francia Márquez shakes up Colombian politics with bid for vice-presidency

      Social activist gives powerful voice to country’s marginalised black community

    • Monday, 22 November, 2021
      Americas politics & policy
      Chilean voters give conservatives an edge ahead of run-off vote

      Markets rise as rightwing candidate leads leftist rival ahead of decisive ballot next month

    • Sunday, 7 November, 2021
      Nicaragua
      Ortega crushes opponents to win ‘pantomime’ Nicaragua election

      Biden condemns vote and hints at more sanctions against authoritarian regime

    • Wednesday, 27 October, 2021
      FT Wealth
      Latin America’s widening inequalities spur the wealthy into action

      ‘You need to invest that wealth in improving opportunities for others’

    • Wednesday, 1 September, 2021
      News in-depthLatin America
      Education crisis looms in Latin America in wake of Covid

      School closures caused by pandemic aggravate social inequality in the region

    • Wednesday, 4 August, 2021
      Mexico
      Mexico sues US gunmakers over cross-border flow of weapons

      Lawsuit claims that manufacturers including Smith & Wesson and Colt facilitated the arming of drug cartels

    • Friday, 30 July, 2021
      Peru
      Marxist congressman named as Peru’s prime minister

      Pedro Castillo alienates moderate allies by picking hardliner Guido Bellido

    • Tuesday, 13 July, 2021
      Cuba
      Cuba cracks down on internet in attempt to quell protests

      US calls on communist government to ease restrictions imposed after large demonstrations

    • Monday, 12 July, 2021
      Cuba
      Biden calls on Cuban government to listen to protesters

      Havana blames US sanctions after thousands demonstrate in anti-government protests

    • Tuesday, 15 June, 2021
      Americas politics & policy
      The hat and the pencil: who is Peru’s president in waiting?

      Pedro Castillo has rallied the poor and terrified the rich with his rhetoric of leftwing economic reform

    • Monday, 14 June, 2021
      Global InsightMichael Stott
      Why López Obrador’s Mexico is stable in protest-prone Latin America

      President has remained popular throughout crisis while protests rock neighbouring countries

    • Saturday, 12 June, 2021
      Coronavirus pandemic
      Sponsors pull out of Copa America in Brazil over Covid risk

      Moves follow controversial decision to hold continental football tournament during pandemic

    • Sunday, 30 May, 2021
      News in-depthColombia
      Cali takes on mantle of Colombia’s ‘capital of resistance’

      Violence takes toll in country’s third-largest city as protesters call for sweeping changes

    • Sunday, 9 May, 2021
      Covid-19 vaccines
      Chinese jabs dominate Latin American vaccination campaigns

      Beijing builds on Covid diplomacy as region endures crippling third wave

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