The unprecedented killing of Fernando Villavicencio, an outspoken critic of corruption and organized crime, has shaken the country ahead of elections on August 20.
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Good news at home is freeing up the president to engage abroad, with success at an Amazon summit but enduring controversy elsewhere.
Before his inauguration, Santiago Peña already advanced an ambitious legislative agenda—but international issues and ties to his controversial mentor could prove challenging.
The region needs a regional strategy to bolster the technology’s positive effects and combat its use by bad actors, write two experts.
AQ talked to Kleber Karipuna, member of the organizing committee of the OTCA presidential summit, on the challenges facing the region—from crime to carbon markets.
Tarcísio de Freitas is being floated as a more moderate successor to Bolsonaro on Brazil’s right, but it won’t be smooth sailing.
With millions on the move, businesses and criminal groups are turning big profits with destructive consequences.