The Americas

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Natural and political disasters in Central America

Hurricane damage will cause problems for Joe Biden, too

Seeing off a strongman
How to unseat Nicaragua’s Daniel Ortega

To have any chance in next year’s presidential election, the opposition must unite now

Udder delight
Cuba extends the shelf life of a national favourite, dulce de leche

A rare success in a decades-long quest for more and better dairy products

The art of dissent
The Movimiento San Isidro challenges Cuba’s regime

The government has responded with repression. But the dissidents’ movement sees signs of progress

Reluctant revolution
Oil-rich Alberta seeks ways to go green

Canada’s main fossil-fuel producing province mulls hydrogen and geothermal power

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Argentina’s president without a plan

Alberto Fernández is muddling through

Divine and damned
The blessed and cursed life of Diego Maradona

One of Argentina’s, and the world’s, greatest footballers dies

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The future of bolsonarismo

Brazil’s weak economy could deny President Jair Bolsonaro a second term

Consolidating dictatorship
Venezuela’s regime will win the legislative election, by a lot

A rigged vote will end the opposition’s control of the last democratically elected institution

Divine and damned
The blessed and cursed life of Diego Maradona

One of Argentina’s, and the world’s, greatest footballers dies

Smoke and legislators
Mexico may become the third country to legalise cannabis

It would be the first with such a strong underworld to take that step

Piscine plunder
Ecuador, a victim of illegal fishing, is also a culprit

Endangered species of shark are caught in Ecuadorean nets