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The food stalls you should hit at Mercado del Puerto, classic parrillas for steak and Uruguayan wine, the city’s best chivito sandwiches, and more of Montevideo’s best meals.

The arrest in Caracas of activist María Fernanda Rodríguez during the visit of the United Nations High Commissioner on Human Rights Volker Türk sparked an international uproar. She was released later on Friday with no comments.

For Miss Universe National Costume contest, the women from Latin America showed up big time to represent their culture.

When Nelly Flores looks out over the Urao Lagoon, she smiles and asks me: “Do you know what those dots moving in the water are?” Mosquitoes, I guess. Nelly shakes her head and her smile widens. “No. They’re not mosquitoes. They’re, they’re … baby fish. What are they called?” She picks up her cellphone to […]

‘Humiliation and discrimination’: Environmental defenders facing ‘unprecedented attacks’ in Latin America Daisy Dunne © AFP via Getty Images A record 264 human rights defenders were killed in Latin America in 2020 - AFP via Getty Images Frontline defenders of the land and natural world in Latin America faced “unprecedented attacks” from states and businesses in 2020, a new report says. A record 264 human rights defenders were killed across the region last year, with more than 40 per cent of these murders linked to disputes over land, indigenous rights and the env...