Americas view

Our blog on Latin America, the Caribbean and Canada 

What we're reading

The 45-story walk-up (New York Times)
A Caracas skyscraper is now filled with squatters

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
The Oloffson

Haiti's hallowed hotel

Our correspondent pays a visit to the resort Graham Greene made famous

Artists at work

El Genio Dittborn

Pinning down an escape artist

Human-rights investigations

Digging up the past

An interview with Mercedes Doretti of the Argentine Forensic Anthropology Team

Drugs in Mexico

A gruesome paradox

An interactive map of Mexico's security crisis

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Kabuki comes home
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