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  • Thursday, 5 December, 2019
    Special ReportConservation: Amazon
    Indigenous people under threat from oil drilling

    Legal battles in national park pit local communities against government and oil companies

  • Monday, 25 November, 2019
    Venezuela
    Yankee dollar is king in anti-imperialist Venezuela

    Nicolás Maduro has failed in his efforts to ‘liberate’ economy from US currency

  • Friday, 22 November, 2019
    Latin America
    Colombians take to the streets in countrywide protests

    Marches come as discontent grows over labour reform, pensions and corruption

  • Thursday, 21 November, 2019
    Bolivia
    Bolivia’s interim president presses for elections

    Jeanine Añez asks congress to call poll in bid to end violence

  • Tuesday, 19 November, 2019
    Americas politics & policy
    Bolivia’s Añez stokes divisions after Morales’ exit

    Interim president antagonises indigenous people as protests intensify in Andean country

  • Saturday, 16 November, 2019
    Venezuela
    Venezuelans take to streets again amid regional unrest

    Pro and anti-government rallies sweep capital in wake of Bolivia protests

  • Tuesday, 12 November, 2019
    Global Economy
    Balsa shortage threatens wind power rollout

    Strong yet lightweight tropical wood is key component in core of turbine blades

  • Thursday, 7 November, 2019
    Colombia
    Colombia bucks dismal trend for Latin American economies

    Growth and investment are holding up despite Venezuela crisis and fragile peace process

  • Friday, 1 November, 2019
    Latin America
    Brazil pinpoints Greek tanker in probe of huge oil leak

    Authorities believe leaked crude was from Venezuela, which is under heavy US sanctions

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  • Thursday, 31 October, 2019
    Collecting
    Winner of the inaugural Nomura Art Award, sculptor Doris Salcedo

    The Colombian sculptor discusses her enduring commitment to ‘art that reacts with reality and society’

  • Wednesday, 30 October, 2019
    Petroleos de Venezuela SA
    Venezuela opposition sues PDVSA bondholders

    Juan Guaidó’s team tries to shield oil group’s crown jewel Citgo from being seized

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Colombia: Atlantic Coast
    Barranquilla mayor leaves office on a high

    The city’s wildly popular leader has invested heavily while boosting public finances

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Colombia: Atlantic Coast
    Colombia’s Atlantic coast: a poor relation on the up

    Long seen as a backwater, the region is beginning to unlock its potential

  • Tuesday, 29 October, 2019
    Special ReportInvesting in Colombia: Atlantic Coast
    Why the Atlantic region is key to Colombia’s energy

    The area’s renewable and hydrocarbon resources look promising

  • Monday, 28 October, 2019
    Adobe Systems Inc
    US to allow Adobe to do business in Venezuela

    Maker of Photoshop and Reader software had closed accounts to comply with US sanctions

  • Friday, 25 October, 2019
    Venezuela
    US gives Venezuela’s opposition a reprieve on Citgo

    Treasury grants short-term protection to keep bondholders from seizing Texas-based refiner

  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    Oil & Gas industry
    US gives Chevron another three months in Venezuela
  • Monday, 21 October, 2019
    AnalysisVenezuela
    Creditors and politicians spar over Venezuela’s oil jewel Citgo

    Opposition leader Guaidó seeks ways to hold on to refiner as $913m bond payment looms

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    UNHRC
    Venezuela elected to UN rights body despite record

    Institution’s own investigators say country is guilty of widespread violations

  • Thursday, 17 October, 2019
    AnalysisGlobal Insight
    Ecuador struggles to meet IMF targets after clashes

    President caved in to protesters but is now left with limited budget options

  • Monday, 14 October, 2019
    Ecuador
    Ecuador bows to protests and scraps decree ending fuel subsidies

    Austerity programme was introduced to satisfy $4.2bn IMF lending requirements

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2019
    Ecuador
    Ecuador imposes curfew after week of violent protests

    Five have died in demonstrations against IMF reforms that have pushed up prices

  • Saturday, 12 October, 2019
    Venezuela
    Venezuela turns away Guatemala’s new president

    Maduro regime has gained upper hand in its battle with opposition leader Juan Guaidó

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Ecuador
    Violent protests force Ecuador’s government to leave capital

    Oil production hit as indigenous groups rally against suspension of fuel subsidies

  • Tuesday, 8 October, 2019
    Venezuela
    Adobe shuts Venezuela accounts to comply with US sanctions

    Move by software group criticised by users who complain of heavy-handedness

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