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The Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2021 from Latin America and the Caribbean

Javier Corrales | December 27, 2021

Brazilians learned they have a gay governor; LGBTQ acceptance is expanding in some countries; and Chile adopted full marriage equality.
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Challenges Facing Chile’s Next Government: Part 1

Evan Ellis | December 14, 2021

The Chilean election poses a positive, if selective, narrative about Chile’s past and its remarkable transformation, against a new generation’s discontent ...
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Argentina’s Uncertain Future: Fernández, the IMF, and the Opposition after the Midterms

Patricio Provitina | December 2, 2021

Argentina’s midterm elections dealt a historic blow to President Alberto Fernández and his Frente de Todos coalition. What does the opposition's new ...
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Paraguay’s uneasy exterior

Greg Ross | November 17, 2021

Often out of the spotlight of Latin America observers, Paraguay continues to make quiet but sustained economic progress. However, Paraguay’s path toward ...
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Hemisphere Weekly: Special Election Edition

November 5, 2021

This November, voters in five countries across Latin America head to the polls. In Chile, Argentina, and Honduras, the electorate will have an opportunity ...
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A weakened Bolsonarismo

Carolina de Paula | September 10, 2021

For the past year or so, quantitative polls produced by various institutes have been revealing the constant decline in Jair Bolsonaro’s popularity ...
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No time to back down

Juliano Medeiros | September 9, 2021

The political crisis that has dragged on in Brazil since 2013 reached its most critical point three weeks ago. Harassed by the legal siege against his ...
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The Chilean center-left in times of change

Robert Funk | August 31, 2021

On August 21, Yasna Provoste won her country’s center-left primaries. But while Provoste has managed to dominate the Unidad Constituyente (UC) primaries, ...
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Apostle of the City: Remembering Jaime Lerner

Grant Burrier | July 22, 2021

In May, Jaime Lerner—Brazilian architect, politician, and pioneer of urban planning—passed away from a chronic kidney condition at the age of 83. His ...
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The Chilean Constituent Assembly: The Identity Experiment

Robert Funk | July 21, 2021

The 155 delegates to Chile's constitutional convention share an obvious goal—drafting a constitution—but it is far from clear whether they share a common ...
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