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Colombian President Gustavo Petro: ‘The war on drugs was a failure’

The war against drugs has killed more than a million people in Latin America without denting the power of drug trafficking mafias, Colombia’s President Gustavo Petro tells FRANCE 24 and RFI in a wide-ranging interview that also touches on the war in Ukraine, the climate emergency and the tentative peace…

France 24

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Nov. 3 – Nov. 10, 2022

The Independent UK

Canada's Latin American community is growing, and universities must improve teaching about the region

This past October marked the fourth annual Latin American Heritage Month in Canada. The month recognizes the social, economic and political contributions of Latinx people in Canada and the broad demographic changes underway.

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Panama judge calls two ex-presidents to trial in Odebrecht probe

A Panama judge on Tuesday called two former presidents, as well as a slate of other high-profile figures, to trial over money-laundering related to the Odebrecht bribery probe, a sweeping corruption investigation that has rippled across Latin America.

Reuters

'They erase everything': For this 'Black Panther 2' star, representation is resistance

On his first day at work on "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever," Tenoch Huerta gave an impromptu speech.

Los Angeles Times

Mexico's president plans regional meeting of leaders

Mexico’s president says he'll host a meeting of leaders from Latin America this month, including most of the wave of recently elected leftists

The Independent UK

The left now rules most of Latin America. Will it be able to live up to its promises?

MEXICO CITY — Over the last four years, leftist candidates have won presidential elections in one Latin American country after the other: Mexico, Argentina, Bolivia, Peru, Chile and Colombia.

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AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean

Oct. 28-Nov. 3, 2022

The Independent UK

The Curious Story Of 'Kingdom Rush' And The Studio Behind It: How 3 Latino Hustlers Sold 30M Video Game Copies

By Juan Lomanto In little more than a decade, Ironhide, the Latin American video game studio behind "Clash of the Olympians," "Kingdom Rush" and "Iron Marines," has sold more than 30 million copies to become one of the largest in the region.

Benzinga

Commentary: The tragedies of a deteriorating Haiti

Haiti, the poorest nation in Latin America with a history of foreign interventions, is on the cusp of total anarchy — and the rest of the Western Hemisphere, including the United States, is frantically searching for ways to restore a degree of order and tranquillity to a Haitian population increasingly…

Chicago Tribune

With Lula's Win in Brazil, the Left Dominates Latin America

The question now is whether Bolsonaro’s coalition can remain in place once the man himself is out of power.

Reason

Strictly not Halloween: why Day of the Dead is misunderstood – and why that matters

Known in Spanish as Día de los Muertos, Day of the Dead is commonly celebrated every year on November 1 and 2. Although the ritual “belongs” to Mexico, it is in fact a global phenomenon celebrated across Latin America, the US, Europe, Asia and Africa by migrant Mexican communities.

The Conversation

After win, Lula looks to restore Brazil's tarnished global stature

Lula’s victory means that all of Latin America’s largest countries and economies will be led by left-wing leaders.

Axios

Latin America's 'pink tide' leaders congratulate Brazil's Lula on election win

Latin America leaders on Sunday congratulated Brazil's Luiz Ignacio Lula da Silva after he won a third term as president of the largest country in South America, consolidating the region's "pink tide" of elected leftist leaders.

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Oct. 21-27, 2022

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Medical devices firm Eakin Surgical targets Middle East in global export drive

The Cardiff-based firm has struck a new distribution deal that will see it provides sold across the region

France 24

Brazil: The community garden offering seeds of hope to Rio's favela residents

In Rio de Janeiro, this urban community garden in the Manguinhos favela is the largest in Latin America: it feeds 800 families a month with affordable, pesticide-free produce. Although violence, police raids and deadly shootings in the northern favelas of the city threaten programmes like this, our Observer Yuri Lopes…

Tribune News Service

Best places for senior travelers in Latin America and the Caribbean

Those over age 60 have plenty of options to have fun on their travels throughout Latin America.

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Oct. 14-20, 2022

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US needs to rebuild Latin American alliances as Russia grows global pro-war power base

As Russia builds a closer alliance with China, Iran and North Korea, a new alliance in the western hemisphere seems overdue. The US, however, faces a two-pronged challenge: how to balance first Russia in Europe, and second, China in Latin America and the Caribbean.

Asharq Al-Awsat

FIFM Announces Films Partaking in 19th Editions

The Marrakech International Film Festival committee has unveiled the list of films partaking in the official contest of its 19th edition scheduled between November 11 and 19. The films represent 14 countries including four in Europe (France, Portugal, Switzerland, and Sweden), two from Latin America (Brazil and Mexico), four from…

Reuters

Brazil to nominate ex-central bank governor Goldfajn for top IDB job -source

Brazil plans to nominate former central bank governor Ilan Goldfajn to head the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB), a person familiar with the matter said on Sunday, as Latin America's largest economy seeks to secure its first presidency of the institution.

Daily Mirror

How what Brits eat is linked to rainforest destruction as UK 'complicit in deforestation'

Yesterday, we revealed how nature is in grave danger with the WWF saying thousands of species are in decline, most severely in Latin America, home to the Amazon, where numbers have fallen by 94%

The Independent UK

UN: 75% of 6 million Venezuelan migrants go unfed, unhoused

The United Nations says almost three-quarters of the 6 million Venezuelan migrants currently in Latin America lack adequate food, shelter, employment or medical care

Los Angeles Times

Attempting to reassert its once-dominant influence, US has a tough sell in Latin America

LIMA, Peru — When Secretary of State Antony J. Blinken was meeting with Pedro Castillo in Lima, the Peruvian president was facing impeachment for a litany of charges — and not for the first time.

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