SOUTH AMERICA

Venezuela: the end of civil society as we know it?

Visit by UN High Commissioner for Human Rights falls short of civil society expectations

Peru: democracy at a crossroads

A fresh election is urgently needed – but may not solve longstanding political crisis

Brazil: can the far-right genie be put back into the bottle?

Former president Bolsonaro has unleashed extremist forces he no longer controls

Brazil: danger averted

Transition process underway following narrow defeat of far-right incumbent by broad coalition under leftist leadership

Brazil: world awaits pivotal presidential runoff vote

Close result expected after polarising campaign

Chile’s constitutional process: back to square one?

An urgent need to rethink the way forward as keeping the old authoritarian constitution can’t be an option

Colombia’s historic left turn

Gustavo Petro becomes country’s first leftist president, and Francia Márquez its first female and Afro-Colombian vice-president

Ecuador: protests over or only on hold?

Negotiations bring uneasy truce after more than two weeks of protests but divisions remain

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Peru’s oil spill raises corporate accountability questions

Campaigners call on oil giant Repsol to take full responsibility

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Chile: winds of change for LGBTQI+ rights

With the Equal Marriage Law, Chile begins to catch up to the times