SOUTH AMERICA

Chiquita verdict offers hope for corporate accountability

US banana corporation found responsible for human rights abuses in Colombia

ECONOMY | ENVIRONMENT

‘Anti-rights groups attacked the Pride march to try to undermine its peaceful character’

‘The state is abandoning its role as guarantor of access to rights’

‘The law should protect women and girls, not criminalise them’

‘The Inter-American Court found the state responsible for violating the right to defend rights’

‘The government is opening the door to dangerous practices such as conversion therapies’

Venezuela’s opportunity for democracy

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

‘We don’t need a new media law, but proper implementation of the existing one’

‘The opposition candidacy brings hope for a democratic transition’

‘Anti-democratic political leaders and supporters remain active’