Development and
Cooperation

All monthly issues

Governance

Filter by region:

Artikel nach Regionen filtern

Workers supervise the unloading of metro train cars in Bogota, after disembarking from China, in September 2025.

China in Latin America

An unexpected boost for democracy

Critics have warned that Chinese projects could chip away at democracy in Latin America. Our research suggests the opposite may be happening.

by
by Marcela Ibáñez
by Alain Schläpfer

Filter by region:

Artikel nach Regionen filtern

Oil drilling in Vaca Muerta, Argentina: plans are in place to expand the infrastructure for liquefied natural gas in this vast shale oil and gas field.

Supply chains

Europe is shifting its attention to energy resources in Latin America

by
by Andreas Stamm
by Verónica Robert
Eduardo Relero is a contemporary artist.

Artist of the month

Eduardo Relero creates giant 3D artworks

by
by D+C / E+Z
A guard stands in front of a prison cell at the CECOT high-security prison in Tecolotzco, El Salvador.

Human rights

Inside El Salvador’s prison system

by
by Julia Gavarrete
Like-minded heads of state are supported by Donald Trump: Argentina’s President Javier Milei with the US President at the White House in October 2025.

Latin America

Trump’s vision to reclaim the “US backyard”

by
by André de Mello e Souza
Picture of Donald Trump on a poster-covered wall in São Paulo, 2019. The fact is: Brazil has not made any major concessions to the US.

Latin America

Who bows in the face of Trump’s coercion?

by
by André de Mello e Souza
Protests in Caracas against electoral fraud following the 2024 presidential elections.

Democracy vs autocracy

The kind of solidarity Venezuelans need right now

by
by Laura Vidal
A supporter of Chile’s far-right president José Antonio Kast holds up a photograph of former dictator Augusto Pinochet Ugarte when celebrating the election win.

South America

A growing appeal for authoritarian rule

by
by Pedro Alarcón
by Fabio Andrés Díaz Pabón
Demonstrations against the government of former Peruvian President Dina Boluarte in Lima in 2023.

SDGs

How Peru has progressed despite political turmoil

by
by Javier Bronfman
by Eva-Maria Verfürth
In 2023, demonstrators protested in São Paulo against a proposed amnesty bill that could have benefited former president Jair Bolsonaro.

Brazil

Jair Bolsonaro’s historic conviction: A landmark for democracy

by
by Mariana Llanos
A Maya Train carriage arrives at a station in Campeche, Mexico.

Organised crime

Train of destruction

by
by Sonja Peteranderl