South America
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Ouster of Peru’s third president since 2021 a sign of fragmenting society, politics
Étienne Sinotte, The Conversation
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Chile’s new president is an arch-conservative and ardent supporter of the Pinochet dictatorship
Andra B Chastain, The Conversation
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From the Aztecs to Aurangzeb: Lessons from Latin America for India’s history debates
Sahasranshu Dash
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The promise and betrayal of revolutions: Lessons from the collapse of two mountain republics
Sahasranshu Dash
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How an Uruguayan organisation supports families who have relatives in jail
Natalia Uval y Marina Santin, The Human Journalism Network
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Former rebel Gustavo Petro takes oath as Colombia’s president
Scroll Staff
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Around 50 million years ago, Africa was an island. So how did primates get there?
Nicholas R Longrich, The Conversation
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Caught on camera: Rare Andean bears spotted near the Machu Picchu citadel in Peru
Scroll Staff
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Coronavirus: South American qualifiers for World Cup 2022 to start in October, says Fifa
AFP
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Six poems that offer a virtual journey through Latin America in the age of the lockdown
Abhay K
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The black smoke from Amazon fires is accelerating climate change
Matthew Harris, The Conversation
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Is South America heading towards its own Arab Spring? Understanding recent protests in the continent
Lenin Cavalcanti Guerra, The Conversation
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Argentina, Colombia to co-host Copa America 2022 after United States bid rejected
AFP
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Colonisation of the Americas killed 10% of world population and caused global cooling
Chris Brierley, The Conversation Alexander Koch, The Conversation Mark Maslin, The Conversation Simon Lewis, The Conversation
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World hunger has risen for three straight years – and climate change is a key reason
Jessica Eise, The Conversation Kenneth Foster, The Conversation
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Four charts explain the exodus of millions from economic crisis-hit Venezuela
Rebecca Hanson, The Conversation
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Bolivia: Thousands protest as President Evo Morales makes fresh attempt to retain office
Scroll Staff
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Why many Venezuelans are finding it hard to pick sides in the country’s political turmoil
Hazel Marsh, The Conversation
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World Cup qualifying: One high-profile South American team must crash. Which will it be?
Arka Bhattacharya
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Dilma Rousseff, two views of democracy, and the battle for Brazil’s future
Marieke Riethof, The Conversation