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Mar 4, 2021
8 min

What the Biden administration means for the two economic powers of Latin America and beyond

By Alfonso Garza- After the victory of the Democratic candidate Joe Biden in the presidential election of the United States, the North...

Feb 10, 2021
4 min

How “machista” Latin America became the world’s leading region for women’s political participation

By Sonja Rijnen- When most people think about the role of women in Latin America, issues such as machismo and gender-based violence often...

Feb 3, 2021
7 min

Explainer: A journey to the origins of Venezuela's crisis

By Antonija Diković- Throughout the last decade, the country of Venezuela and its woes have been reported on internationally and made...

Jan 25, 2021
4 min

Seeking a Brighter Future: The impact of malnutrition in Ecuador and overcoming its challenges

Written by: Belén Mateo, MD. Photos by: Maria Cristina Mateo - My name is Belen Mateo, I am a physician from Ecuador and since June 2020,...

Jan 18, 2021
6 min

Latin America's Democracy in 2020, the Year of the Pandemic

By Paola De Anda Mota- By the end of 2020, Latin America had reported over 400,000 deaths due to COVID-19. As around the rest of the...

Jan 4, 2021
6 min

The changing politics of Cuban international health diplomacy

By Bryan Ch. Campbell Romero- Over the past few months, Cuba has seen a new surge in international demand for its help as a result of the...

Dec 14, 2020
7 min

The repressive “gift” behind the US counter-drug aid in Peru

By Ferggy Nathaly Salvador Cruz - There is much historical evidence of heavy US interventionism that aims to eradicate drug production...

Dec 5, 2020
6 min

Bolivia's MAS: an unexpected win and moving forward

By Paola De Anda Mota- On October 19th despite the COVID-19 pandemic, millions of Bolivians went out to choose their next president and...

Nov 24, 2020
5 min

What the Latinx vote in the 2020 US elections should teach us and the Democrats

By Valeria Fernandez-Soriano- While the outcome of the 2020 US presidential election may have been the first sigh of relief in four years...

Oct 23, 2020
5 min

Will Chile choose to replace its constitution? Chileans explain why they are voting in favour

By Sofia Gutiérrez and Lenka Fuentes Rubio, translated by Isabel Leask and Sonja Rijnen- A year after the social outburst that shook...

Sep 24, 2020
6 min

Crime and Impunity: Mexico's Missing 43

By Isabel Leask- On the 26th of September 2014, the disappearance and suspected murder of 43 students in the state of Guerrero, Mexico,...

Sep 15, 2020
7 min

The MAS demise: the reasons for the fall and the legacy for a new Bolivia.

By Roberto Tacca- In November 2019, President Morales of Bolivia had to flee the country and formally resign in a desperately late...

Aug 26, 2020
6 min

Daniel Ortega has become what he fought to destroy: another Somoza dictator

By Paola De Anda Mota- In 1984, Daniel Ortega won the elections in Nicaragua, ending the Somoza family dictatorship of over four decades...

Aug 18, 2020
4 min

Antonia Barra’s story: a case of systemic sexism that shook an entire country

By Carla Munoz Antolin- In Chile, the 18th of September is a national holiday; everyone takes a few days off to celebrate the creation of...

Jul 22, 2020
6 min

Uruguay: Reshaping the Latin American Drug War and the Road to Legalisation

By Iulia Cristiana Vatau- It has been seven years since Uruguay, the second-smallest nation in South America, shocked the world and...

Jul 15, 2020
5 min

Beyond Brazil: Peru’s distinctive Covid-19 crisis

By Allie Nawrat- Early on in the Covid-19 pandemic – around the Easter weekend in early April – there were many stories in the mainstream...

Jul 4, 2020
5 min

Protesting in a pandemic: how Chile’s estallido social continues

By Juliet Richards- On the 14th October 2019, secondary school students across the city of Santiago began a coordinated fare-dodging...

Jun 16, 2020
3 min

In Pictures: 'Históricas'- Women making history in Santiago de Chile

Photos and text by Sofia Gutiérrez (translated from Spanish by Sonja Rijnen)- On the 8th of March 2020, women in Chile made history when...

Jun 16, 2020
4 min

Why the U.S. is responsible for causing the Central American refugee crisis on its doorstep

By Isabel Leask - On the 20th of June 2020, World Refugee Day will honour the bravery and determination of thousands of individuals who...

Jun 9, 2020
3 min

Brazil’s Executive: a threat to LGBTQ+ achievements and gains.

By Felipe Carlos de Carvalho - A ruling by Brazil’s Supreme Court in May 2020 has allowed gay/bi men and trans women to donate blood*– a...

In this podcast series, LatAm Dialogue's editorial team, as well as the occasional guests, will be researching and discussing the biggest news stories from Latin America of the previous few weeks so that you don't have to. Episodes will be kept short so they are the perfect way to stay up to date on what is happening in the region. Enjoy listening!

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