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Some Brazilians long considered themselves White. Now many identify as Black as fight for equity inspires racial redefinition.
More people now see themselves as mixed than White; record numbers changed their race for this year’s municipal elections.
  • Nov 15, 2020
The world’s populists are losing their White House ally, but global Trumpism is far from over
A Biden administration will present diplomatic challenges to Bolsonaro, Duterte, Orban and others. But Trump’s showing suggests a movement with staying power.
  • Nov 8, 2020
Election cliffhanger captivates world, prompts fears for fate of U.S. democracy
The world watched with a mixture of apprehension, dismay and fear on Wednesday as the United States struggled to extricate itself from a divisive presidential election and appeared to face a protracted legal battle.
  • Nov 5, 2020
Argentina locked down early and hard. Now cases are exploding.
Masks are required everywhere, and gatherings remain limited to 10 or fewer people. But more people are flouting the rules.
  • Oct 27, 2020
Bolivia’s socialists are poised for a return, but the challenges are steeper
Luis Arce, Evo Morales’s former finance minister, will confront the coronavirus and its economic destruction amid deepening polarization.
  • Oct 22, 2020
Volunteer in Oxford coronavirus vaccine trial dies, reportedly did not receive experimental vaccine
Oxford, AstraZeneca and Brazil’s National Health Surveillance Agency said the vaccine trial should continue.
  • Oct 21, 2020
Los idiomas indígenas se enfrentan a la extinción: los ancianos están muriendo de coronavirus en Brasil
Al enfocarse en los ancianos, el virus está abatiendo de manera desproporcionada a los últimos hablantes de idiomas ancestrales que ya estaban amenazados por la globalización.
  • Oct 12, 2020
Brazilians volunteer for vaccine trials to counter growing skepticism
The country, suffering one of the world’s coronavirus outbreaks, is hosting four major trials. President Jair Bolsonaro has undercut support for vaccines.
  • Oct 11, 2020
‘There are no words’: As coronavirus kills Indigenous elders, endangered languages face extinction
Tribal leaders and linguists from Brazil to India to Australia race to record dying languages.
  • Oct 6, 2020
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Nine months and 1 million lives lost
From the first wave in February in China on to India’s current surge, the coronavirus has unleashed a worldwide suffering with no respite in sight. As we pass a grim milestone, we try to get a sense for a few of the people we’ve lost.
  • Sep 30, 2020
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