Without a doubt, 2016 was a tumultuous year. Whether it was electoral surprises, celebrity deaths or groundbreaking sporting victories, the year was anything but predictable. The year was no less interesting in the Americas–even including Prince’s death and the Cubs’ World Series victory. So, with a look back, here are the most popular/visited articles from last year. Do they reveal anything? We’ll let you decide.
10. Beyond the Zapata scandal: outsourcing Bolivia’s national development to China by Evan Ellis
9. Brazil’s impeachment process is not a coup (or, how I learned to stop worrying and love impeachment) by John Polga-Hecimovich
8. Latin American lessons on populism and the consequences of dramatic change by Grant Burrier
7. The interoceanic canal, and U.S. constructive engagement toward Nicaragua by Evan Ellis
6. Coup nouvelle: Did we just witness a new type of coup in Venezuela? by Javier Corrales and Franz von Bergen
5. Liberated Haiti: thirty years after Duvalier by Robert Maguire
4. Why Obama’s trip to Argentina is more important than to Cuba by Mariano Bertucci
3. The intangibles of U.S.-Latin American and Caribbean policymaking by Frank Mora
2. What Bolivia’s “No” vote means for its political future by Miguel Centellas
1. The 2015 Top 10 Events in LGBT Politics in Latin America and the Caribbean by Javier Corrales
