World Affairs: South America
Lead Feature
The making of a magician
Gabriel García Márquez: a Life
Gerald Martin
Bloomsbury, 688pp, £25
In south america
Uribe's human rights legacy?
- By Edward L Davey
- 19 November
The slaughter of innocent civilians and trade unionists in Colombia has caused international outrage. But are things about to change?
007 Bolivian socialist?
- By Emma Felber
- 14 November
The plot of the Quantum of Solace makes reference to a real struggle carried out by the social movements of Bolivia - but it wasn't an action hero that secured changes, it was ordinary people
No place like home
- By Rebecca Davies
- 13 November
Fernando Meirelles has made his name with films inspired by the turmoil in his native Brazil. He tells Rebecca Davies why Hollywood can't compete with this golden age of Latin American cinema
Mountains of the wind
- By Simon Worrall
- 13 November
In remote Patagonia, Simon Worrall discovers an elderly woman who has defied all conventions
The challenges facing Obama
- By Hugh O'Shaughnessy
- 07 November
Just what direction will the president-elect take on South America, Israel and the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, ponders Hugh O'Shaughnessy
Feature
Whose victory in Venezuela?
Both opposition parties and Hugo Chávez claim victory in regional elections in Venezuela. Vincent Bevins examines what the results mean for the country's democracy
More in south america
Empires of the sun
- By Jan Rocha
- 16 October 2008
From the source
- By Fiona Dunlop
- 18 September 2008
Caribbean islands must join as one
- By Darcus Howe
- 28 August 2008
Rap on the run
- By Rob Sharp
- 21 August 2008
Unearthing the past
- By Aaron Shulman
- 14 August 2008
Democracy versus the people
- By Slavoj Zizek
- 14 August 2008
A history of violence
- By Damian Platt
- 31 July 2008
