Latin America in Focus: Cultural Protests, Electoral Showdowns, and Justice Under Threat
Three distinct yet interconnected stories from late October 2022 capture the volatile pulse of Latin America: a surreal zombie walk through Santiago blending horror with historical memory, the feverish final days of Brazil’s polarizing presidential runoff between Jair Bolsonaro and Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva, and the brazen assassination of a Guatemalan anti-corruption lawyer on a football pitch. Curated by Independent photo editor Anita Baca from Mexico City, this triptych illustrates a region where creative dissent, democratic survival, and the rule of law collide daily.
Chile: When the Undead March for Memory
In Santiago, thousands of costumed participants transformed the streets into a moving tableau of time-travel horror . The annual Zombie Walk , a fixture of Chilean Halloween culture since 2009, adopted a “time travel” theme in 2022, inviting marchers to embody monsters from distinct eras—colonial conquistadors, ...
