Bolivia Under Blockade as Protesters Choke Access to Cities
TARIJA, Bolivia — Antigovernment protesters in Bolivia blockaded some of the country’s main roads this past week to challenge the delay of general elections and...
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Álvaro Uribe’s Detention Deepens Colombia’s Divisions
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Former president Álvaro Uribe has dominated Colombia’s political landscape for decades as the country’s most beloved — and most hated — politician....
Colombia Supreme Court Orders Ex-President Álvaro Uribe Detained
BOGOTÁ, Colombia — Colombia’s Supreme Court ordered on Tuesday the detention of a former president and longtime giant of Colombian politics, Álvaro Uribe, amid an...
The Caribbean Dilemma
Last year, more than 31 million people visited the Caribbean, more than half of them from the United States. I was one of them. Together,...
A Visit to 5 of Patagonia’s Most Remote Schoolhouses
At the onset of the coronavirus pandemic, with travel restrictions in place worldwide, we launched a new series — The World Through a Lens —...
Less Sex, More Viewers: Pandemic Boosts Mexico’s Flagging Telenovelas
MEXICO CITY — Mexico’s love affair with melodrama was over. After decades of reigning supreme over prime time slots, telenovelas, the country’s iconic soap operas,...
Under Pressure, Brazil’s Bolsonaro Forced to Fight Deforestation
RIO DE JANEIRO — A year ago, as fires engulfed the Amazon, President Jair Bolsonaro of Brazil reacted to criticism from abroad with indignation: “The...
Lizard Popsicles, Anyone?
Stephan Halloy was conducting surveys on plants and wildlife on the high plateaus around San Miguel de Tucumán in northwestern Argentina in the 1970s when...
Justin Trudeau To Testify Before Parliament on WE Charity Scandal
TORONTO — Canadians are lifting their heads from the exhausting struggle with the coronavirus to watch a political spectacle that is increasingly familiar — their...
Latin America Is Facing a ‘Decline of Democracy’ Under the Pandemic
CARACAS, Venezuela — Postponed elections. Sidelined courts. A persecuted opposition. As the coronavirus pandemic tears through Latin America and the Caribbean, killing more than 180,000...