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Counterfeiting, contraband, cocaine: how Panama’s trade hub lost its lustre
Colón’s free trade zone was meant to be hub for the Americas but it has become a byword for drugs, gangs and violence
Mat Youkee in Colón
26, Jan, 2023 @11:30 AM
China circles El Salvador’s economy as country edges toward crypto plunge
President Nayib Bukele bet on bitcoin and its tumbling value has put the Central American country in a financially precarious spot
Mat Youkee
15, Nov, 2022 @10:30 AM
Afro-Colombians helped install a new government in Bogotá. Will it address their needs?
Despite launching several initiatives, the Pacific coast region suffers from lack of basic services and is in the grips of violence
Mat Youkee in Guapi
15, Aug, 2022 @12:58 PM
‘We were told our brothers were dead’: Chile’s lost tribe reclaims identity
History books said the Selk’nam, inhabitants of Tierra del Fuego at the southern tip of South America, were extinct but Chile may be about to legally recognize their descendants
Mat Youkee in Tierra del Fuego
03, May, 2022 @9:30 AM
Gothic becomes Latin America’s go-to genre as writers turn to the dark side
The region used to be almost synonymous with magic realism but recent bestselling fiction draws on a legacy of dictators, poverty and sinister folklore
Mat Youkee in Bogotá
31, Oct, 2021 @9:00 AM
Nayib Bukele calls himself the ‘world’s coolest dictator’ – but is he joking?
El Salvador’s president is consolidating power and seems intent on rewriting the country’s constitution
Mat Youkee in San Salvador
26, Sep, 2021 @9:00 AM
El Salvador’s bitcoin experiment goes live – as president offers tech support
Nayib Bukele tweeted advice as the cryptocurrency became legal tender – not entirely smoothly – but critics call it a big distraction
Mat Youkee
07, Sep, 2021 @5:37 PM
Scepticism grows in El Salvador over pioneering Bitcoin gamble
Country will be first to adopt cryptocurrency as legal tender next month – but economists are sounding warnings over risks
Mat Youkee in El Zonte
30, Aug, 2021 @4:30 AM
Squawking bird blows the whistle on fake video trying to tilt Ecuador election
A widely shared video appeared to show Colombian guerrillas backing a candidate – but an ornithologist spotted something awry
Mat Youkee
09, Feb, 2021 @10:00 AM
US makes fresh pitch to Latin America in bid to counter China's influence
Experts say Growth in the Americas programme is attempt to reassert US control – and seems likely to anatagonise Beijing
Mat Youkee
01, Oct, 2020 @9:00 AM
Suriname election: can pandemic help outlaw leader get away with murder?
Coronavirus has stalled opposition’s momentum against president who was recently found guilty of mass murder as country heads into an election
Mat Youkee
21, May, 2020 @9:00 AM
How Panamanian villagers were left at the mercy of a murderous sect
When a woman and six children were ritualistically killed in the indigenous community of Alto Terrón the official response was complicated by the absence of police and health services
Mat Youkee in Alto Terrón
28, Mar, 2020 @11:46 AM
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