Brazilian 5G: The Next Battleground in the U.S.-China Standoff
The world’s fifth-most populous country is one of the main prizes in a global encounter between Beijing and Washington.
The world’s fifth-most populous country is one of the main prizes in a global encounter between Beijing and Washington.
An effort to expose state-sanctioned torture offers tools for stemming further impunity.
This article is adapted from AQ’s special report on Latin America’s armed forces. It’s as if Chilean director Patricio Guzmán knew what was going to happen in late 2019. The images of uprising, fracture and hope for a better future in his latest film, La Cordillera de los Sueños (The Cordillera of Dreams), feel like a prelude … Read more
The possibility of an encounter between Brazil’s Dom Pedro II and Frederick Douglass in 1876 raises questions about what might have been.
Protesters cite the Pinochet-era retirement scheme as their top grievance. Fixing it will mean a return to basic principles of social security.
Culture wars – not free markets – have been the driving force behind Brazil’s new diplomacy. That could change in 2020.
Brazil’s military still plays a major role in Bolsonaro’s government. But after a wave of firings and public disputes, some say the relationship is in trouble.
Chile’s challenges are more than skin deep. As things stand, the political establishment will be hard-pressed to face them.
El ex presidente trató de sacar a las fuerzas armadas de la sombra de la dictadura. ¿Su sucesor cambiará el camino?
The former president tried to bring the armed forces out of the shadow of the last dictatorship. Will his successor reverse course?
A study shows 2,500 separate violent incidents targeting environmental defenders. The government, business and society must act.
The first of an AQ series revisiting the decade’s 10 most important stories, and why they really mattered.
Most Brazilians are unhappy with Bolsonaro. But that doesn’t mean Latin America’s protest wave will spread here, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.