News of unrest

Twelve arrests in Villa Mascardi as security forces evict Mapuches

04-10-2022 17:06 Following weekend demonstrations by local residents, 250 members of security forces deployed by authorities in large operation to evict members of the Lafken Winkul Mapu community.

CRIME & SECURITY

Opposition denounces violence in Río Negro as Mapuche conflict escalates

29-09-2022 00:18 Arson, occupation and conflict as hooded Mapuche gang seizes Los Radales lot in Villa Mascardi after fire.

LABOUR TENSIONS

Strike paralyses tyre production, forces closure of car plants

26-09-2022 21:55 A strike by workers demanding higher wages has brought tyre production and activity at two major car factories in Argentina to a complete halt.

FEATURE

Inflation is upending politics in the most unequal region on Earth

15-09-2022 02:22 In Latin America, persistent high inflation is widening the gap between rich and poor in what is already the world’s most unequal region.

Chile New Constitution

Chile to vote on overhauling dictatorship-era constitution

02-09-2022 09:30 Chileans will vote on their country’s future Sunday, for the third time in two years, choosing whether to replace Pinochet-era constitution with new one with aims to enact social change.

Latin America

Leader of 2005 Peru uprising released early from prison

22-08-2022 11:16 Peruvian leader Antauro Humala, whose movement seeks to put Indigineous peoples in power, was unexpectedly released from prison. The figurehead of a failed 2005 uprising suggested he will return to politics.

Global energy crisis

Rich countries gobble up fuel while poorer nations stuck with brewing unrest

19-08-2022 12:03 Governments across the developing world are struggling to keep energy flowing to citizens frustrated by rising prices, as tight supplies and weaker currencies put some sources out of reach.

Chile's New Constitution

Chile President Boric receives draft constitution

04-07-2022 13:22 Chile's constitutional convention on Monday handed its proposed new constitution to President Gabriel Boric ahead of a planned September referendum on adopting the text.

FOREIGN POLICY

Argentina, Bolivia call for preservation of democracy in Peru

07-04-2022 23:14 Luis Arce and Alberto Fernández express "concern" over events in Peru and called for “the attention of all Latin American leaders” to be directed at the troubled nation.

GEOPOLITICS

Latin America turmoil intrudes in Biden’s focus on China, Europe

19-07-2021 11:29 US President Joe Biden says his foreign policy focus is on China and frayed alliances in Asia and Europe. But his administration is finding it harder to avoid getting pulled into Latin America’s problems.

IN FOCUS

Death toll in South Africa unrest climbs to 72 as violence spreads

14-07-2021 09:42 Stores and warehouses in South Africa hit by looters for a fifth day running, despite deployment of troops by President Cyril Ramaphosa to quell unrest that has claimed 72 lives.

EDITORIAL

Independence marked yesterday, whither tomorrow?

10-07-2021 00:01 Protests alone do not offer the people a future any more than the erratic improvisations of the Frente de Todos coalition.

latin america

Haiti president assassinated at home, wife wounded

07-07-2021 14:09 Haiti President Jovenel Moise was assassinated and his wife wounded early Wednesday in a gun attack at their private residence. Interim Prime Minister Claude Joseph declared a "state of siege" and took charge of the country.

Chile election 2021

Chilean presidential hopeful Sichel wants to save Chile's model, not scrap it

01-07-2021 10:56 Sebastián Sichel, a former government minister under President Sebastián Piñera, says Chile’s pro-business economic model can be improved from within and doesn’t need radical reform.

Global pandemic

Colombia's Covid death toll surges toward 100,000 as economy reopens

17-06-2021 17:49 Colombia has the fourth-highest per-capita death rate in the world over the past week. New daily cases have topped 29,000 this month, threatening to overwhelm the health system. But large swathes of the economy are set to be reopened.

UNREST IN COLOMBIA

Colombian Army tightens grip on Cali after protests leave 13 dead

30-05-2021 08:55 Colombian Army tightens control over Cali, after the latest anti-government protests left at least 13 people dead.

DIPLOMATIC SPAT

Colombia criticises Fernández’s comments over policing of protests

08-05-2021 00:13 President Iván Duque's government "firmly rejects" comments by Peronist leader Alberto Fernández that criticised "institutional violence" against protesters, who have been demonstrating for more than a week.

ALBERTO'S PIVOT TO KIRCHNERISMO

Radicalised

06-03-2021 08:11 It is troubling to see how both President Alberto Fernández and certain leaders in the opposition have given up their “post-grieta” posture all too quickly, proving their political and ideological fragility.

by Agustino Fontevecchia

EUROPEAN POLITICS

Strains test Spain's leftist coalition government

19-02-2021 13:53 Tensions once again surface between Socialists and Podemos, sparked by protests against the arrest of famous rapper Pablo Hasel for controversial tweets.