Antony Blinken swoops into a violent hotspot close to home
In Haiti a new security force is aiming to suppress gang violence
ANTONY BLINKEN has spent much of his time in office managing the wars in Ukraine and Gaza, and the rivalry with China. On September 5th America’s secretary of state turned to a crisis just a few hundred miles from home when he visited Haiti for the first time.
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This article appeared in the The Americas section of the print edition under the headline “No quick fix”
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Peruvians are debating how to protect isolated tribes
Deaths in the Amazon are bringing matters to a head
Why is football in Latin America so complex?
Money-grubbing and regulatory capture explain its Byzantine leagues
Jair Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right
Would-be successors are pandering to his fans
Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America
It is unfair to blame remote workers for gentrifying neighbourhoods and raising rents
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is militarising public security
The latest constitutional reform will complicate the fight against drug gangs
The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution
Chileans tried youthful utopianism. Now they crave maturity and moderation