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One Year Later: The Pandemic’s Uneven Toll on Latin American Education
A year after AQ’s education issue, the COVID crisis has magnified learning inequality in the region.
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AQ Podcast: A Lost Generation? The Crisis in Latin American Schools
Recent success could be undone – unless the region embraces bold ideas, says a leading expert on education in the COVID era.
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Argentina’s Creative Work to Get Kids Back in Class
In the outskirts of Buenos Aires, aggressive outreach programs aim to reduce dropout rates. Is it enough?
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Un esfuerzo creativo en Argentina para que los niños vuelvan a clase
En la periferia de Buenos Aires, unos programas intensivos de alcance comunitario pretenden reducir las tasas de abandono escolar. ¿Será suficiente?
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Edu Lyra: How to Fight Poverty from Within
Brazilian NGO Gerando Falcões reaches hundreds of favelas by partnering with local activists.
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Facing Hunger, Venezuelans Rely on Nature’s Bounty
Photographer Andrea Hernández Briceño depicts how the land provides a precarious solution to the country’s food shortages.
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Long View: When An Austrian Archduke Became Emperor of Mexico
The little-known story of the 19th-century French invasion that gave rise to Cinco de Mayo.
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NEW AQ: A Lost Generation? The Challenges Facing Latin American Schools
The region had the world’s longest school closures. In this special report, AQ surveys the damage, while exploring possible solutions.
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How to Reverse COVID’s Toll on Latin American Education
Despite grim statistics, a post-pandemic renaissance in learning is possible – if governments choose the right path.
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Susan Segal: Fixing Education Should Be Our Top Priority
Thoughtful investment in learning after the pandemic is a must for the region’s leaders.
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Book Review: Will Bolsonarismo Outlast Bolsonaro?
A new book by Richard Lapper sheds light on Brazil’s culture of popular conservatism.
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Book Review: The Life of a Guerrilla Turned Filmmaker
A Colombian novelist puts a fictional spin on the extraordinary biography of director Sergio Cabrera.
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AQ’s Winter Playlist: Two Musicians Turning Tradition Inside Out
A pyrotechnic Brazilian pianist and a transgender Mexican “witch” put daring new twists on established musical convention.
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Film Review: One Woman’s Intimate Rebellion
A Swedish–Costa Rican director takes an unexpected approach to themes of sexuality and religious devotion.
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Graphic: The Hard Truth About Latin America’s Education Crisis
AQ crunches the data on pandemic-triggered closures, dropout rates and more.