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Analysts react: Bolsonaro has momentum ahead of Brazil run-off

03-10-2022 10:00 Brazil is heading to a run-off election between President Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva on October 30 – political experts and economists react to the results of Sunday's first-round vote.

Brazil’s battle for the presidency enters home stretch

29-09-2022 16:00 Polling indicates Lula on track to win Brazilian presidential election; Outright victory over incumbent leader Jair Bolsonaro would mark a resounding comeback for former president.

Latin American leaders rush to denounce failed assassination attempt on CFK

02-09-2022 01:42 Latin American leaders expressed solidarity Thursday with Argentina's Vice-President Cristina Fernández de Kirchner shortly after a man drew a gun on her in Recoleta.

Veganism booms in Buenos Aires

19-08-2022 17:16 In the past few years, veganism has exploded in beef-obsessed Argentina – especially in the nation’s capital. A guide to why it happened, the stores and restaurants leading the plant-based revolution and notes on how you can adopt a greener, healthier, ethical lifestyle.

by Rachel Cortes

Battered by climate change, Latin America must brace for worse: report

26-07-2022 14:22 Latin America is now experiencing the calamitous impacts of climate change: water shortages and food insecurity are making their impact on human life in the region. It will only get worse, says World Meteorological Organisation report.

Pope Francis: Latin America is still a 'victim of exploitative imperialisms'

01-07-2022 12:58 The region "has always been a victim and it will be a victim until it completes its liberation from exploitative imperialisms," says pontiff.

As United States undoes abortion rights, Chile works to enshrine them

27-06-2022 13:22 As the United States loses a five-decade-old right to abortion, Chile is gearing up to enshrine the same right in its constitution.

Indigenous protester dies at anti-government demos in Ecuador

22-06-2022 11:01 Indigenous protester dies in clashes with law enforcement officers as demonstrations against the Ecuadorean government head into tenth day.

Fernández and Bolsonaro meet for only second time at Americas Summit

10-06-2022 12:42 For Argentina's government, what was only the second face-to-face meeting between the leaders was just an informal exchange, but it is also the beginning of the thawing of a relationship that has had many flashpoints.

by Rosario Ayerdi

Mexico boycott clouds Biden's regional Americas' summit

06-06-2022 14:47 Biden is expected to make announcements at the summit on economic cooperation and fighting Covid-19 and climate change, but attendance row ensures key regional summit begins under a cloud.