Class Dismissed: Brazilian Police Abandon Protocol During Teachers’ Protests

Posted on October 15, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Brazilian anthropologist and documentary film maker Marcos Moura on renewed protests in Rio de Janeiro. Photos by Carlos Eduadro Vallinoti.

But do you have a hall pass?

The police protocol was not to have a protocol

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This Week in Latin America

Posted on October 14, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Whats Good in the Hood

Get well soon, Cristina

Get well soon, Cristina

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Mexico: Reforming Ain’t Easy

Posted on October 9, 2013 by theoakahn

Theodore Kahn on Mexico’s winding path to reform

If everyone were happy with the proposals, it would be the surest sign they were toothless.

If everyone were happy with the proposals, it would be the surest sign they were toothless.

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US Government Crises: A Page Out of Latin American History

Posted on October 7, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

James McBride on presidential systems in the Americas

Latin America has seen this film before, and it has a bad ending

The Message from Latin America: Check Yourself Before You Wreck Yourself

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This Week in Latin America

Posted on October 6, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Whats Good in the Hood

Birth of a Canal

Birth of a Canal

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Uncle Sam’s Pacific Alliance Strategy

Posted on October 1, 2013 by Samuel George

Samuel George on the United States and the Pacific Alliance

The US has taken a hands off approach to the Pacific Alliance - which is the smartest approach of all

The US has taken a hands off approach to the Pacific Alliance – which is the smartest approach of all

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This Week in Latin America

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Whats Good in the Hood

The Economist Newspaper gets raw on Brazil

The Economist Newspaper gets raw on Brazil

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Peru: The Growing Pains of a Puma Cub

Posted on September 29, 2013 by Cornelius Fleischhaker

 on a Puma in the flux

Peru is half way there…and living on a prayer

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De dónde viene la nueva literatura latinoamericana

Posted on September 28, 2013 by Mancha Contributor

Revisiting a final manuscript by Roberto Bolaño

The first giant of 21st Century Latin American Letters

The first giant of 21st Century Latin American Letters

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Stop the Presses! Ecuador’s new plan to save trees

Posted on September 27, 2013 by Alex Rosen

Financial Advisor, Political Analyst and Jolly Globetrotter Alex Rosen on President Rafael Correa’s scheme to move all news online.

There's an app for that

There’s an app for that

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