Brazilian journalist and activist Nathália Urban looks at the sensational Bolivian election, where the left appears set to return to power less than one year after being deposed in a coup After suffering a coup d’état that cost more than 33 lives, left thousands of people injured, and forced important political figures like President Evo […]
Latin America
“On Monday, thousands turned out in Quito and other cities, again with face masks and a careful distance between each protester. In fact, it was the police who did not respect social distancing, as they charged protesters in the historic centre of Quito, using tear gas and truncheons.”
Iain Bruce: For lessons in protest during the pandemic, look to Latin America
“The scale of the calamity in Ecuador’s largest city, Guayaquil, and the surrounding province of Guayas, began to emerge throughout that last week of March. Videos started circulating of bodies left out in the streets as families complained they couldn’t get anyone to collect them.”