By helping [the hemisphere’s] democracies to deliver, the United States can prevent populist regimes from emerging, and thereby close down space for malign external actors to meddle and reinforce authoritarian tendencies.
Last week, Colombian kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was extradited to the United States, where he will face drug- and arms-trafficking charges in the Southern District Court of Florida. The 50-year-old Otoniel has been involved in crime since he was an adolescent, as a member of both the left-wing Ejército Popular del Pueblo (EPL) and the right-wing Autodefensas Unidas de Colombia (AUC).
President Lacalle Pou hoped that his referendum victory would offer him more time, as well as a stronger mandate, to pursue a series of reforms, including on social security, that are key to reducing Uruguay’s high public spending.
Yes, the rising sea levels might only affect offshore drilling operations minimally. But the rising waters and other manifestations of climate change disrupt habitation and the normal conduct of political, economic, and social business within those societies, such that having the wealth could be of little consequence for the people there.
Last Monday, during a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for excluding Cuba from the preparations for the XI Summit of the Americas.
War is messy, and consequently, the Russo-Ukrainian War has required Russia to devise a new set of propaganda lines for Latin American audiences.
With the Biden administration enjoying a more productive relationship with the AMLO administration than its predecessor, now is the time for President Biden to sign an MNNA agreement.
Last Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suffered the biggest legislative setback since he was sworn in in 2018.
Looking ahead, more changes are coming [for the Southern Caribbean], both domestically in terms of dealing with a resource curse and externally in terms of navigating a shifting global order.
Ultimately, the bloc’s future depends on the politico-ideological orientation of those presiding over its member countries in the coming years and on the relative value they assign to the region in their respective development strategies.
