A longtime correspondent for Newsweek, Mac Margolis has traveled extensively in Brazil and Latin America. He has contributed to The Economist, The Washington Post, and The Christian Science Monitor, and is the author of The Last New World: The Conquest of the Amazon Frontier.
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Bolivia’s ‘Political Prisoners’
The Evo Morales government retrofits laws to make them crimes—and ensnare officials of prior... MORE
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Guerrilla’s Killing Boosts Colombia
The killing of a Colombian guerrilla leader is a boost to the country’s president, writes Mac... MORE
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Argentina’s Teflon Lady
Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is set to sweep the polls for four more years as president. MORE
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Too Sexy for Brazil
The Brazilian government attacks a lingerie ad campaign featuring übermodel Gisele Bündchen as... MORE
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Hard-Left Heartthrob
Chile’s youthful revolutionary leader is rattling a nation—and a continent—as she champions... MORE
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Bigger than Coelho?
Brazil’s star preacher is the country’s new best-selling author of fuzzy, feel-good spirituality. MORE
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Dilma Thumps for Women
In her historic U.N. opener, Brazil's Dilma Rousseff declared a “century of women.” By Mac Margolis.... MORE
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Don’t Mess With Dilma
A woman is president in booming, macho Brazil. And Dilma Rousseff’s calling the shots.... MORE
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The New Gold Rush
Miners ravage Amazon rainforest as investors turn to gold. MORE
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A Brazilian Straight Pride Day?
Mac Margolis reports on the response to a councilman’s bill to create “Hetero Pride Day" in São... MORE
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Peru’s Difficult Balancing Act
Can nationalist president Ollanta Humala’s bid to please both business and leftists work?... MORE
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Why So Quiet, Hugo?
Venezuelans are scratching their heads over the mysterious silence of their ordinarily garrulous... MORE
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Lea T.'s Runway Revolution
Brazil’s hottest new model is tall, dark, and glamorous. She’s also a he.... MORE
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Welcome to Rio's Shantytown Counterinsurgency
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