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Almost a quarter of voters spoil ballots or leave them blank after four candidates were barred from running
Crackdown on press in Central America’s largest economy has led many to flee
López Obrador’s Morena unseats PRI in one of last opposition-held states, building momentum ahead of 2024 national poll
One symptom of the city’s malaise is the takeover of streets and squares by addicts and drug dealers
Expiration of pandemic-era immigration restrictions threatens to exacerbate a crisis that could last weeks
Former guerrilla-turned-president Gustavo Petro struggles to deliver comprehensive settlement with armed groups
Plea from Andrés Manuel López Obrador follows pressure from US lawmakers over trafficking of drug across border
Blaze that left 39 dead renews focus on disarray in treatment of asylum seekers
Incident comes as migration through the country to the US is near its highest level in 20 years
People fleeing poverty and repression are often unaware of dangers of terrain infested by bandits and snakes
The country has yet to grapple fully with the dictatorship and state terrorism it experienced in the 1970s and 80s
UK tech company developed software used in fake news videos promoted by authoritarian government
FT analysis finds 40,000 detainees would have just 0.6 sq metres of cell space each in ‘city of crime’
Demonstrations demanding better road infrastructure had targeted oilfield owned by subsidiary of China’s Sinochem
Opposition says the government is putting democracy at risk with attacks on institutions
Gustavo Petro calls on supporters to ‘rise up’ against elites as he moves to expand state control over the economy
Case has exposed the failures of the drug war waged by the US and Mexico
Minister Anielle Franco, sister of murdered Rio politician, aims to tackle prejudices that harm country’s non-white population
Tax breaks are among the perks the country hopes will attract a growing number of shoots
South Americans cruise to 3-0 semi-final win over Croatia
West African nation out for revenge after last-minute Luis Suárez handball denied it a semi-final berth in 2010
After two of her children were abducted, she defied Argentina’s military junta in her pursuit for justice
President Gabriel Boric struggles to find solutions for deep-seated problems in Mapuche region
Fears that investigation into 2014 disappearance of 43 teacher trainees has stalled again
Poll-defying first round showing gives Brazil president a fighting chance in the runoff
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