The Americas
Find works; insert spanner; repeat
Argentina’s economy minister resigns because of political infighting
Martin Guzmán’s departure will exacerbate the country’s economic ills
Hearts, not minds
Chile’s new draft constitution would shift the country far to the left
The process of drafting it has also polarised the country
Rafting with rebels
Some ex-FARC guerrillas have become tourist guides in Colombia
But not everyone has swapped pistols for paddles
The drug war
At least 100,000 people are missing in Mexico
Many victims lie in unmarked graves in the desert
Rain strain
More Brazilians are dying in floods and downpours
It’s not just the water that is killing them
Bello
Brazil’s Amazon rainforest has become more dangerous
President Jair Bolsonaro scorns environmentalists
Birds, bees and not much else
Latin America lacks decent sex education in its schools
Teenage pregnancy rates are still too high across the region
Petrofied
How Gustavo Petro, a former guerrilla, might govern Colombia
An election puts a radical leftist in the presidential palace
Bello
Ecuador’s president has little chance of implementing reforms
A rare liberal government in Latin America is stymied by the opposition and protests
Here comes Rodolfo
Colombia’s presidential run-off on June 19th is close
Rodolfo Hernández is riding a wave of anti-establishment fervour
Cryptocracy
El Salvador’s government is gambling on bitcoin
President Nayib Bukele has already lost around $50m in public funds
Populism with Canadian characteristics
“Canada’s Trump” is politer than the real thing
Pierre Poilievre is the front-runner to lead the Conservative Party