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Reform? No thanks

Reform? No thanks

Report on Spain's democracy by Alessio Perrone.

Autocracy challenged

Autocracy challenged

Futura D’Aprile reports on the upcoming elections in Turkey.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Ron Desantis

There is a ‘new gun’ on the Republican far right.

Every new member of Brazil’s state assemblies receives a certificate in a formal government ceremony, but Marina dos Santos opted to hold a parallel ceremony in which she would be presented with her mandate by electors.Photo: Marcio Menasce

Landless legislators

Report on the landless workers’ movement in Brazil by Constance Malleret.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Reasons to be cheerful

Hooting Star; No Pressure; Just Desserts.

Survivors, not victims

Survivors, not victims

Report on India by Shoaib Mir and Parthu Venkatesh.

Huber Ballesteros was arrested in 2013 as he prepared to leave Colombia for Britain, where he was due to be a guest of campaign group Justice for Colombia at the Trades Union Congress. After his release in 2017, he returned to the conference as a guest of honour, and is pictured with then-TUC president Mary Bousted.Photo: Andrew Wiard

Petro state

Report on Colombia by Conrad Landin.

Candomblé members dance and sing at a religious festival in Saubara, Brazil, 12 June 2020.Photo: Thales Antônio/Alamy

A new era?

Report on Brazil by Raphael Tsavkko Garcia.

Deadly wave

Report on Palestine by Amy Hall.

Pipe down

Report on Mexico by Martha Busby.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... Giorgia Meloni

The 2022 prime minister of Italy.

A protest to mark 40 days since the death of Jîna Amini, in Saqez, Kurdistan Province, October 2022.Photo: Social networks via Zuma Press Wire/Alamy

Revolution song

Report from Iran.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Reasons to be cheerful

Shell Shocked; Righting Wrongs; Knot Polluting.

Cop out

COP27 and the demands for climate loss and damage finance. Report by Emma Mckeever.

Cape Town’s Technology Transfer Hub is supporting the development of Covid-19 vaccines in the Global South – but Western pharmaceutical companies are refusing to co-operate.Photo: Alfonso Stoffels

A people’s vaccine?

Report from South Africa by Frankie Leach.

Floods have devastated Pakistan, displacing millions and demonstrating the increasingly volatile impacts of the climate crisis. Here rural villagers are pictured using boats to access their homes on 13 September 2022.Photo: Akhtar Soomro/Reuters/Alamy

Cancel the debt

Report from Pakistan by Farooq Tariq.

Total vandalism

Total vandalism

Report from Panama by Grace Livingstone.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Introducing... William Ruto

The 2022 Kenyan presidential election victor.

Between 11,000 and 25,000 Kenyans were killed during colonial Britain’s crackdown against the Mau Mau rebellions, and victims are still seeking compensation. Ndiku Mutua, Paulo Nzili, Gitu Wa Kahengeri, Jane Muthoni Mara and Wambugu Wa Nyingi - representing victims - deliver a petition to 10 Downing St in London in 2009.Photo: Stefan Rousseau/PA/Alamy

Charles the last?

Report on the Commonwealth’s future role from Nigeria by Obiora Ikoku.

Illustration: Emma Peer

Reasons to be cheerful

Housing first; No more drama; Outfoxed.

Articles in this category displayed as a table:

Article title	From magazine	Publication date
Reform? No thanks	A world to win	March, 2023
Autocracy challenged	A world to win	March, 2023
Introducing... Ron Desantis	A world to win	March, 2023
Landless legislators	A world to win	March, 2023
Reasons to be cheerful	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Survivors, not victims	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Petro state	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
A new era?	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Deadly wave	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Pipe down	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Introducing... Giorgia Meloni	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Revolution song	The cost of living crisis	January, 2023
Reasons to be cheerful	Land rights	November, 2022
Cop out	Land rights	November, 2022
A people’s vaccine?	Land rights	November, 2022
Cancel the debt	Land rights	November, 2022
Total vandalism	Land rights	November, 2022
Introducing... William Ruto	Land rights	November, 2022
Charles the last?	Land rights	November, 2022
Reasons to be cheerful	Railways	September, 2022

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