Southern Cone

April 12, 2024
Liliana Torpey

A new collection from Two Lines Press presents 10 translated stories from contemporary Latin American writers that explore the unsettling, unusual, and unspoken.

April 2, 2024
Magdalena Broquetas and Gerardo Caetano

A new radical right with links to the dictatorship has made unprecedented gains. So far, the country’s strong democracy has tempered its worst impacts.

April 2, 2024
Ezequiel Saferstein y Analía Goldentul

As the world of “politically incorrect” books moves from niche to mainstream, the radicalized right’s culture war attracts a new generation of followers.

February 23, 2024
Daniel Cholakian

The cultural sector stands out in the resistance to right-wing austerity policies in Argentina.

February 16, 2024
Carole Concha Bell

Felipe Gálvez's award-winning film Los Colonos delves into Chile’s brutal settler-colonial past, exposing the consequences of cultural extermination and resonating with Latin America's contemporary Indigenous struggles.

February 12, 2024
Patricia Rodriguez

President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva’s administration brought high hopes of reversing devastating environmental destruction. Will a new fossil fuel boom undermine promises for change?

January 30, 2024
Hannah McKenzie

Meet the artists pushing for a wave of social change through sapafunk, a subgenre that celebrates lesbian desire and sexuality.

January 23, 2024
Nara Roberta Silva

Brazil’s Workers’ Party has been back in power for a year. Despite some progress, concessions to the far right continue.

January 16, 2024
Patricia Rodríguez

From Patagonia, an environmental activist discusses her community’s struggle against a new oil pipeline and the threats of expanding extractivism in their territory.

December 21, 2023
Nyki Duda

Once again, Chileans voted no on a constitutional referendum. The Pinochet-era constitution endures while the path to reform remains uncertain.

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