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Latin America and the Caribbean

Oil drilling in Vaca Muerta: plans are in place to expand the infrastructure for liquefied natural gas in this vast shale oil and gas field.

Supply chains

Europe is shifting its attention to energy resources in Latin America

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by Andreas Stamm
by Verónica Robert
Xiomara Acevedo (white blouse, hair down) at the TAFF conference in Santa Marta, Colombia, in April.

Climate action

“We don’t want another endless process without real implementation”

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by Xiomara Acevedo Navarro
by Leon Kirschgens
The Bolivian lithium extraction plant, Llipi, at the Uyuni Salt Flat.

Bolivia

The untapped treasure of the Andes

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by Katja Dombrowski
Women protest against femicide in Rio de Janeiro in December.

Gender-based violence

Femicide in Brazil: If women must arm themselves the state has failed

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by Thuany Rodrigues
Eduardo Relero is a contemporary artist.

Artist of the month

Eduardo Relero creates giant 3D artworks

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by D+C / E+Z
The operation of generative AI data centres requires huge amounts of natural resources.

AI infrastructure

How AI firms are appropriating Latin America’s resources

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by Julia Gavarrete
A guard stands in front of a prison cell at the CECOT high-security prison in Tecolotzco, El Salvador.

Human rights

Inside El Salvador’s prison system

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by Julia Gavarrete
Like-minded heads of state are supported by Donald Trump: Argentina’s President Javier Milei with the US President at the White House in October 2025.

Latin America

Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”

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by André de Mello e Souza
Picture of Donald Trump on a poster-covered wall in São Paulo, 2019. The fact is: Brazil has not made any major concessions to the US.

Latin America

Who bows in the face of Trump’s coercion?

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by André de Mello e Souza
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