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The decreasing influence of the Catholic Church is a catalyst for Chile’s progressive abortion laws
The last few years have been eventful for reproductive rights in Latin America. The region’s abortion laws are some of the most...


Nicaragua and its political dynasties
After marrying in 2005, Rosario Murillo was the orchestrator of the 2006 campaign that made Mr Ortega, her husband, president. From then...


A new breed of pirates
Black beards, eye patches, hook hands and teeth yellowed by rum – that’s the pop-culture definition of a ‘pirate’. But in...


Inside Operation Car Wash: The corruption scandal that changed Brazil
After Brazil’s first female President, Dilma Rousseff, was impeached in August 2016 on the charge of taking loans from state banks...
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