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How AI is offering journalists protection from persecution in Venezuela
Under the Radar Media organisations launch news show hosted by AI-generated avatars to 'shelter their real-life journalists'
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Ecuador's cloud forest has legal rights – and maybe a song credit
Under the Radar In a world first, 'rights of nature' project petitions copyright office to recognise Los Cedros forest as song co-creator
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Venezuela election: first vote in a decade offers hope to poverty-stricken nation
The Explainer Nicolás Maduro agreed to 'free and fair' vote but poor polling and threat of prosecution pushes disputed leader to desperate methods
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Bolivia's battle to decriminalise coca leaf
Under the Radar WHO study boosts South American nation's desire to export cocaine ingredient
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Panama presidency won by stand-in for fugitive
Speed Read José Raúl Mulino was the stand-in candidate for disqualified former president Ricardo Martinelli
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Costa Rica's renewable energy success could be under threat
Under the radar Central American nation generates nearly all its electricity from renewable sources but climate change is bringing huge challenges
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The new 'boom' in Latin American fiction
In the Spotlight Almost a quarter of International Booker Prize longlist comes from South America, a region in turmoil
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Chile revisits the mysterious death of poet Pablo Neruda
Under the radar Pinochet critic died days after military coup in 1973 and traces of deadly toxin have since been found in his remains
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Mexico City travel guide: art and design
The Week Recommends Modern vibrancy, design legacy and ancient heritage puts Mexico's jewel alongside other art capitals of the world
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El Salvador: the iron fist of 'the world’s coolest dictator'
In Depth Nayib Bukele has won re-election as El Salvador's president in a landslide vote
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Argentina: the therapy capital of the world
Under the radar Buenos Aires natives go hungry to pay for psychoanalysis, amid growing instability, anxiety – and societal acceptance
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How the idyllic Galapagos Islands became staging post in world drug trade
Under the radar Ecuador's crackdown on gang violence forces drug traffickers into Pacific routes to meet cocaine demand
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Society of the Snow: the tragic real-life story behind new Netflix hit
In Depth Decade-long project from filmmaker J.A. Bayona is 'a moving account' about the survivors of a 1972 plane crash
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Armed gangs, prison breaks and on-air hostages: how Ecuador was plunged into crisis
The Explainer Gangs launch deadly revenge after president declares state of emergency following escape of feared drug boss from prison
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