 | As one election closes, another begins. | On Sunday, Honduras held its latest presidential race under a cloud of uncertainty and scandal. | Now, Chile enters the final stretch before its presidential runoff on December 14. | Who are the candidates? And what controversies have defined each race? Let Al Jazeera's correspondents give you the inside scoop. Check out their reporting below. | | | | |
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| | In Haiti, Antoine Nelson remembers a time when he could not afford to give his children money for school lunch. But his finances have improved since he joined a United Nations programme designed to empower local farmers. Will US aid cuts put an end to the programme? |
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"Feeding people is not so much about dollars and cents and calories. It's really about identity. It's about belonging." | | | | | | |
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| | Yuli Novak, the executive director of the Israeli human rights group B'Tselem, was in Washington, DC, last month with a message for politicians in the US and across the world: The situation between Israel and Palestine is "disastrous", and the ceasefire has not abated the danger. |
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"We are very concerned that the violence that we've seen is not over." | | | | | | |
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| | In August, the administration of US President Donald Trump made an announcement: It was doubling the reward for any information leading to the arrest of Venezuelan leader Nicolas Maduro. But are bounties an effective way of prompting regime change? |
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"There's just an assumption that, once we get rid of the bad guy, things will be good." | | | | | | |
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| | At the 20th Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), Brazil put forward a proposal: Place the brazilwood tree in the highest category for protection. But violinists use brazilwood for their bows, and many fear what the restrictions may mean. |
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"Anybody that makes stuff out of wood loves wood and wants to conserve it." | | | | | | |
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| | On December 14, Chile heads to the polls for the final round of its presidential election. On the right is Jose Antonio Kast, a former congressional deputy. And on the left is a history-making candidate whose communist ties and working-class roots are a first for Chile's elections. |
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"She came from the low-income sector and worked from the ground up." | | | | | | |
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| | Every year, on Thanksgiving Day, Indigenous peoples from across the US gather on Alcatraz Island for a sunrise ceremony. But President Donald Trump has pledged to redevelop the island as a maximum-security prison. What could the changes mean for the ceremony? |
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"Thousands and thousands of prayers have taken place from that spot. It's a sacred place." | | | | | | |
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| | On Sunday, Honduras held its presidential race under a cloud of scandal. Audio purported to show a member of the country's election conspiring to alter the vote, and the military has already demanded its own vote count. What's behind the controversy? |
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"Fraud has been a common practice in the country. Frauds and coups. It's been part of our story." | | |
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