South America

The country went through three presidents in a week in November—and it might soon have another if it doesn’t pursue a constitutional referendum like neighboring Chile.

A year after the leftist leader fled La Paz, Morales is looming over the upcoming vote.

The nation was already on the economic brink before COVID-19 hit.

As the pandemic continues to stress the country’s collapsing health system, Venezuela’s president has bolstered his political ground.

“Confinada” critiques the disproportionate toll the coronavirus has taken on poor and Black Brazilians—on top of ongoing systemic inequality in the country.

A disputed election. Racialized parties. A constitutional crisis. Washington already has a model for what could go wrong.

The Brazilian president is banking on popular outrage at lockdowns if the economy falls apart—and elite fears of his vice president.

Facing a coronavirus-aggravated economic downturn, Argentine President Alberto Fernández is walking a foreign-policy tightrope between Bolivia, Venezuela, and the United States.

The collapsing medical system can’t handle a coronavirus outbreak on its own. It’s time for the international community to step in.

After suspending the country’s Congress last fall, new legislative elections could give Martín Vizcarra the support he needs to confront corruption—or lead to renewed political gridlock.

Since Alberto Fernández’s election, the U.S. president hadn’t antagonized the incoming leftist administration—until the announcement of new tariffs on steel and aluminum this week.

Here’s how the country can avoid the resource curse.

After hundreds of thousands of anti-government demonstrators took to the streets, President Iván Duque’s administration faces calls to address a range of demands.

History won’t remember him for the ongoing unrest, but for the enfranchisement of Bolivia’s indigenous population.

Here’s why they want to replace the dictatorship-era document.

Washington should do more to address the worsening humanitarian situation in the region.

Argentina’s president, who is widely expected to lose Sunday’s election, had no options to save the country’s economy that would have let him stay in power.

In Santiago, demonstrations over economic inequality are expected to continue after President Sebastián Piñera promised reforms.