Latin America
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In Chile, a feminist green wave rises
As Chile rewrites its Pinochet-era constitution, feminists are seizing the opportunity to legally enshrine women’s reproductive rights. Carole Concha Bell reports
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What’s left? The rise of authoritarian politics in Latin America
Once swept by a ‘pink tide’, the continent is now seeing the rise of authoritarian politics. What lessons are to be learnt from the varied left experiences? By Jenny Pearce
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Venezuela can solve its own problems – the US only cares about oil
The people could reach a democratic and non-violent solution if they were freed from US meddling, argues Boaventura de Sousa Santos
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Essay: The death of international development
‘Development’ has failed to deliver. The reason, Jason Hickel argues, is that development organisations have failed to address the structural drivers of poverty
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Cybersyn and Allende’s socialist internet
Leigh Phillips tells the story of Cybersyn, Chile’s experiment in non-centralised economic planning which was cut short by the 1973 coup
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US imperialism in Central America
Grace Livingstone gives an overview of overt and covert US military and intelligence interventions
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The casualties of Mexico’s war on drugs
Behind the bloody headlines of Mexico’s war on drugs, creeping militarism and corruption is silencing public dissent. Government policy failures are leading to social breakdown, writes Siobhan McGuirk with Maria Felix
