List of South America articles
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Venezuela's President Nicolás Maduro addresses the U.N. General Assembly on Sept. 26. (Photo by Stephanie Keith/Getty Images) The United States Needs Help Putting Pressure on Venezuela
It is time for other governments to step up.
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Venezuelan migrants living in Medellin, Colombia, sleep as they wait to attend the second Job Fair for Venezuelans in Colombia on Sept. 27. (Joaquin Sarmiento/AFP/Getty Images) Venezuela’s Collapse Threatens Colombia’s Hard-Won Stability
Washington must help Bogotá shoulder the burden of refugees.
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Venezuelan refugees rest on a roadside in Pacaraima, Brazil, on Aug. 20. (Mauro Pimentel/AFP/Getty Images) Brazil’s Closed-Door Policy
A showdown between Brasília and the rural state of Roraima could seal the country to refugees from Venezuela.
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks during a press conference on Sept. 26 on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York. (Nicholas Kamm /AFP/Getty Images photos) U.N. Brief: Trump Says China Out to Get Him; Venezuela’s Besieged Leader Comes to Turtle Bay
The U.S. president presides over a defiant Security Council that still loves the Iran nuclear deal.
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A health worker shouts slogans demanding fair and higher wages during a protest of the lack of medical supplies and poor conditions in hospitals, in front of a line of police in Caracas on Aug. 16. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images) U.S. Ramps Up Pressure on Venezuela, But Maduro Keeps Hanging On
The United States has announced new sanctions on Venezuela and may threaten further action—but there’s little sign that will bring the regime down anytime soon.
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A pumpjack in the Permian Basin in Texas, which has made the U.S. the world’s biggest oil producer, on Jan. 21, 2016. (Spencer Platt/Getty Images) Oil Production Is at Record Levels. So Why Are Oil Prices Heading Higher?
The short answer: Looming shortfalls from Venezuela and Iran.
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Bolsonaro waves at the crowd during a campaign rally in the district of Ceilandia in Brasilia, on September 5, 2018. (Evaristo SA/FP/Getty Images) How a Candidate’s Stabbing Will Further Radicalize Brazil
Right-wing populist Jair Bolsonaro’s wounds will heal, but the country’s politics will never be the same.
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Nicolas Maduro delivers a speech outside the presidential palace in Caracas on March 12, 2015. (Federico Parra/AFP/Getty Images) Don’t Focus on Regime Change in Venezuela
How Maduro has held on to power, and why what follows him won’t likely be better.
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Activists in favor of the legalization of abortion dressed as characters from "The Handmaid's Tale" protest in Buenos Aires, on August 5, 2018. (Alejandro Pagni/AFP/Getty Images) Latin America’s Rights Riddle
Why the region says yes to same-sex marriage and no to abortion.
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A Venezuelan refugee child walks inside a shelter in the city of Boa Vista, Roraima, Brazil, on February 24, 2018. (MAURO PIMENTEL/AFP/Getty Images) Latin America Has an Open-Door Policy for Venezuelan Refugees
But how long will it last?
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Venezuelan security forces check a nearby building after a drone attack on President Nicolás Maduro in Caracas on Aug. 4. (Juan Barreto/AFP/Getty Images) Consumer Drones Are Propaganda Tools, Not Killing Machines
The Maduro attack shows that the threat of drones in private hands is all smoke and noise.
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(iStockphoto/Foreign Policy illustration) Ecuador’s All-Seeing Eye Is Made in China
The country's pioneering surveillance and response system is entirely Chinese-built and funded.
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Nicaragua's President Daniel Ortega (L) delivers a speech beside Cardinal Miguel Obando y Bravo (R), president of the National Commission for Verification, Reconciliation, Peace and Justice of the Sandinista government, on November 03, 2008 in Managua. (MIGUEL ALVAREZ/AFP/Getty Images) How a Nicaraguan Priest Made a Deal With the Devil
Catholic clerics have been on the frontlines protesting Daniel Ortega's bloody crackdown—but one of them also helped fuel his rise.
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Zaitchik_1 How Conservation Became Colonialism
Indigenous people, not environmentalists, are the key to protecting the world’s most precious ecosystems.
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Hanson_lead How Venezuela Struck It Poor
The tragic — and totally avoidable — self-destruction of one of the world’s richest oil economies.
