The Gold of Amazonia
Extracting this precious metal in the heart of the forest causes serious damage. How can this be resolved?
Editorials about: south america
Caracas. The Q Crisis
When a life in a queue is a nightmare come true
Cabo Polonio. Utopia in the Desert
A peaceful and creative place for very special people
Giò Ponti’s Butterfly
The Italian villa dominating Caracas
Caracas’ High Life
Is the country’s capital really the tough place you were told about?
The Doctor Is In
Health “brigades” take care of injured during protests
America’s Biggest Native Pilgrimage
The Señor Qoyllur Ri’ti, where the Catholic tradition intermingle with the fertility rituals practiced by the Andean people
The Princess of the Andes
Vicuña’s wool is the fiber of the rich. It is worn by the wealthiest men on earth, the only ones who can afford a coat worth thirty thousand dollar. Five centuries ago, there was only one man in the world who had the right to wear it: it was the Inca king, the ruler of […]
The Forgotten Sertão
It’s the other Brazil, the anti-Amazon, the poorest and most arid region in Latin America. The Sertão, the Brazilian outback, is twice the size of England: part sea, part desert and part steppe, where life is hard and poverty is rife in the streets. Half of South America’s poorest inhabitants live here, in the Sertão, […]