South America

Women protest against machismo and the violation of all women's rights during a march to celebrate International Women's Day on March 8, 2018 in Bogota, Colombia.

Colombia Was Just Starting to Deliver Justice to Women. Will a New President Get in the Way?

For decades, Colombia ignored violence against women committed by all sides...

For decades, Colombia ignored violence against women committed by all sides in the conflict. That could change

Chilean President Michelle Bachelet reviews the honour guard at a welcoming ceremony ahead of the Belt and Road Forum in Beijing, China May 13, 2017.

Chile's President on Her Country's Fitful Progress and Future Challenges

Chile has long been South America's good-news story, but the narrative has ...

Chile has long been South America's good-news story, but the narrative has taken some twists and turns of late. During Michelle Bachelet's first presidential term, more than a decade ago, when emerging markets were booming,...

Tom Holland, left, and Charlie Hunnam, right, in The Lost City of Z.

The True Story Behind The Lost City of Z

The mystery behind the movie about the disappearance of explorer Percy Fawc...

The mystery behind the movie about the disappearance of explorer Percy Fawcett

A Mexican newspaper with its front page referring to the eventual triumph of US presidential candidate Donald Trump on November 9, 2016 in Mexico City. / AFP / YURI CORTEZ (Photo credit should read YURI CORTEZ/AFP/Getty Images)

A Wary Mexico Wakes Up to President-Elect Trump Next Door

Trump has promised to build a wall on the border and deport undocumented im...

Trump has promised to build a wall on the border and deport undocumented immigrants

Students demonstrate against the government of Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro in the streets of Caracas on Nov. 3, 2016.

Think Politics Are Bad in the U.S.? Welcome to Venezuela

Hyperinflation, hunger and tense street protests

Mauricio Macri, president of Argentina, speaks during a Bloomberg Television interview on the sidelines of the Argentina Business & Investment forum in Buenos Aires, Argentina, on Tuesday, Sept. 13, 2016. Macri is loosening fiscal discipline as he attempts to jolt South America's second largest economy out of protracted recession and encourage foreign investment. Photographer: Diego Levy/Bloomberg via Getty Images

The Mandate for Change—a Q&A with Argentina's President Mauricio Macri

TIME foreign affairs columnist Ian Bremmer had a chance to speak recently w...

TIME foreign affairs columnist Ian Bremmer had a chance to speak recently with Argentina's reformist President Mauricio Macri. His piece is in this week's edition of TIME—what follows is a transcript of their conversation in...

"Brenda," is a 31-year-old commander who has been a member of FARC for 15 years. Besides a rifle, pistol. and laptop for intelligence missions, in her backpack she also carries nail polish and perfume. Her boyfriend is also a member of FARC.

This is What Members of Colombia's FARC Rebel Army Carry in Their Bags

One photographer asked what the members of the world's largest guerrilla ar...

One photographer asked what the members of the world's largest guerrilla army carry with them

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