Tag: Latin America
![US reimposes some sanctions after Venezuela bans presidential hopeful](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-29T173833Z_25860415_RC2SR5A4IN96_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-POLITICS-1706606031.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Venezuela’s Supreme Court upheld a 15-year ban on opposition leader Maria Corina Machado from holding…
![Venezuela court disqualifies leading opposition presidential candidate](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/2023-10-19T110014Z_1557924694_RC2RTY9S9V7W_RTRMADP_3_VENEZUELA-ELECTION-MACHADO-1697841991.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Maria Corina Machado declared victory in the Venezuelan opposition’s presidential primaries last October. Venezuela’s Supreme…
![Global warming drove record Amazon rainforest drought, study finds](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/image-1706182926.jpg?resize=1920,1080&quality=80)
New report says climate change is responsible for draining rivers, having devastating impacts on biodiversity…
![‘Traitor’: Thousands strike against Argentina’s President Javier Milei](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP24024785112462-1706136742.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Buenos Aires, Argentina – In the largest demonstration of resistance against right-wing extremists to date…
![Dominican Republic to trial four-day work week: Can it work globally?](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP17024580757056-1705569167.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
In February, the Dominican Republic will become the first Caribbean country to conduct a test…
![Ecuador prosecutor investigating gang attack on TV studio shot dead](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/2024-01-18T010554Z_2059772927_RC2VJ5AUVGVQ_RTRMADP_3_ECUADOR-VIOLENCE-1705566045.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Prosecutor Cesar Suarez has recently investigated several high-profile cases of drug-related violent attacks. A prosecutor…
![Facing high rates of sexual violence, Colombia turns to salsa as therapy](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/Founder-Martha-Isabel-Cordoba-Arevalo-credit-Fanny-Aparicio-1704394944.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Cali, Colombia – As the only sister of nine brothers, Carmen Diaz enjoyed a lively…
![The price of passage: Migrants fear threat of extortion in Guatemala](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/01/AP23024086650642-1704320982.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Tapachula, Mexico – Luis Alfredo Rodriguez held his young son’s hand as he walked down…
![‘Outraged’: Brazilian Muslims face growing Islamophobia over Gaza war](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/2012-09-21T120000Z_1533159338_GM1E89M0JTG01_RTRMADP_3_FILM-PROTESTS-1703272139.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Sao Paulo, Brazil – It was not uncommon for patients to arrive in a bad…
![Year of the underdog: How ‘outsiders’ upended Latin America’s elections](https://www.aljazeera.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/AP23344585141665-1703190269.jpg?resize=1920,1440)
Buenos Aires, Argentina – Poverty is through the roof. Out of control inflation. Overwhelming debt….