SOUTH AMERICA

Peru: a knife-edge election and an ongoing crisis

New president may choose to tackle systemic political instability by taking an authoritarian turn

Colombia: polarisation the winner

As runoff approaches, the peace agreement and fossil fuel transition are under threat

Venezuela: democracy no closer

US intervention violates international law and creates new dilemmas for civil society

Venezuela: the democratic transition that wasn’t

Maduro’s contested inauguration deepens political crisis

Colombia’s historic child marriage ban

Renewed hopes for global progress on SDG5 with only six years to go

Venezuela struggles to hold on to hope

Having won the election, the opposition now pushes for a negotiated transition

Chiquita verdict offers hope for corporate accountability

US banana corporation found responsible for human rights abuses in Colombia

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Venezuela’s opportunity for democracy

A genuine election could be on the cards – but much could still go wrong

Argentina plunges into the unknown

Far-right outsider wins presidential runoff

Argentina: unpalatable choices in election plagued with uncertainty

Far-right outsider could still win 19 November presidential runoff