SOUTH AMERICA

Ecuador: stakes high ahead of presidential runoff

Early elections yield inconclusive results amid mounting insecurity challenges

Brazil back on the green track

Environmental policy enforcement resumes after four years of regression

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

Chile: new constitution in the hands of the far right

Constitutional Council election blows hopes for a progressive, rights-based constitution

Paraguay: the change that wasn’t

Anti-rights outsider rises while long-time ruling party prevails yet again

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