The Americas

The dying of the light

Justin Trudeau is wrecking Canada’s liberal dream

His failings hold lessons for liberals the world over

Stubborn brutality

The beating of Argentina’s former first lady fits a shameful pattern

Progress against the scourge of violence against Latin American women has been patchy

Not the end of it

American women go to Mexico for abortions

They are more readily available than in the past but no less controversial

Conservation in Latin America

The drug lords’ side-hustle: smuggling macaws, jaguars and frogs

Illegal trade in wildlife thrives in the world’s most biodiverse region

Everyone’s a winner

Why is football in Latin America so complex?

Money-grubbing and regulatory capture explain its Byzantine leagues

World’s end

Peruvians are debating how to protect isolated tribes

Deaths in the Amazon are bringing matters to a head

A long shadow

Jair Bolsonaro still shapes Brazil’s political right

Would-be successors are pandering to his fans

Mexican politics

President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is militarising public security

The latest constitutional reform will complicate the fight against drug gangs

Remote workers

Digital nomads are a force for good in Latin America

It is unfair to blame remote workers for gentrifying neighbourhoods and raising rents

Evelyn Matthei

The woman who will lead Chile’s counter-revolution

Chileans tried youthful utopianism. Now they crave maturity and moderation

Canadian politics

A by-election loss puts Justin Trudeau on the ropes

For how much longer can the Liberal leader hold on?

Who’s in charge?

How Brazilian lawmakers won extra powers to waste money

Congress’s capture of the budget is making Brazil less governable