The COVID Generation - Americas Quarterly

Despite grim statistics, a post-pandemic renaissance in learning is possible – if governments choose the right path.

In the outskirts of Buenos Aires, aggressive outreach programs aim to reduce dropout rates. Is it enough?

AQ crunches the data on pandemic-triggered closures, dropout rates and more.

Thoughtful investment in learning after the pandemic is a must for the region’s leaders.

Photographer Andrea Hernández Briceño depicts how the land provides a precarious solution to the country’s food shortages.

Brazilian NGO Gerando Falcões reaches hundreds of favelas by partnering with local activists.

Cultura

A Swedish–Costa Rican director takes an unexpected approach to themes of sexuality and religious devotion.

A new book by Richard Lapper sheds light on Brazil's culture of popular conservatism.

A Colombian novelist puts a fictional spin on the extraordinary biography of director Sergio Cabrera.

A pyrotechnic Brazilian pianist and a transgender Mexican “witch” put daring new twists on established musical convention.

The little-known story of the 19th-century French invasion that gave rise to Cinco de Mayo.