Following the invasion, the Caribbean Community, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, and Uruguay condemned Russia’s attacks on the Ukrainian people. Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, and Panama called for the immediate cessation of hostilities but did not directly condemn Russia.
The Castillo government becomes less chaotic when viewed in the context of Peru’s geopolitical needs and constraints.
On Tuesday, Honduran authorities arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernández after receiving an extradition request from the U.S. Department of Justice.
Guyana can be a prominent player in the Latin America and Caribbean region only if it relies on good governance, not just abundant cash and oil resources, to achieve progress.
El Salvador today is emerging as a new version of the narco-state: a gang state, in which organized crime and authoritarian rule go hand-in-hand.
Last Sunday, Costa Rica held general elections to choose its next president and 57 members of the unicameral Legislative Assembly.
It is important to ensure that oil funds create a diversified, free-market economy that is not dependent on oil and gas. Guyana should look no further than the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to learn how to do this.
Will Colombia seize the moment and produce copper, or will it stand idly by and buy it at market prices later?
The ongoing political conflict in Haiti raises serious questions about the performance of political leadership and the roles of key sectors in the Haitian polity—notably political parties and civil society—in what is ostensibly a democratic state.
The collapse of Castillo’s second cabinet is the result of a corruption scandal that involves the National Police and Castillo’s inner circle advisors.
