Americas view

Our blog on Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada 

What we're reading

What the thaw reveals (New York Times)
Mummies emerge from the Andes

Culture matters (Foreign Affairs)
The real obstacles to Latin America's development

Private property (Washington Post)
The Peróns' belongings end up in private hands

Ecuador's novel plan to save the rainforest (Financial Times)
Pay us not to cut it down 

Highlights
Drugs in Mexico

A gruesome paradox

An interactive map of Mexico's security crisis More »

Canada's tar sands

Muck and brass

Rising oil prices and falling production costs favour the extraction of oil from Alberta’s tar sands. But environmental objections are fierce More »

Artists at work

El Genio Dittborn

Pinning down an escape artist More »

Human-rights investigations

Digging up the past

An interview with Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team More »

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