In Argentina, legal, refundable abortion became available. Peru said goodbye to the right-wing Fujimori government, and Chile bid farewell to Pinochet's heathens. Jair Bolsonaro still rules Brazil, but there is a chance he will be tried for crimes against humanity.

You can read a full summary of 2021 events in Latin America in Krytyka Polityczna (in Polish only).

If, in addition to current events, you would like to learn more about the socio-economic situation, history and culture of Latin American countries, we encourage you to watch VOD.MDAG.PL films that will take you on a journey to this region:

Monos, dir. Alejandro Landes

The Birds of Passage, dir. Ciro Guerra

The Mole Agent, dir. Maite Alberdi

Nothing But the Sun, dir. Arami Ullón

Embrace of the Serpent, dir. Ciro Guerra

FOR THE WEEKEND is a permanent section of VOD.MDAG.PL, in which we present the most interesting articles from the Polish media and recommend films from our catalog that further discuss a particular problem.