In his first few weeks at the helm of Brazil, Bolsonaro has confirmed his intentions to drastically reduce preservation of the Amazon to boost economic activities, especially industrial agriculture.
While eliminating affirmative action policies may play well with Bolsonaro’s supporters, it risks weakening the Brazilian economy and geopolitical standing, status the country has spent decades building.
Latin America needs to forge alliances in a complex, changing world, but betting on extra-continental autocracies will not bring greater social equity and respect for human rights to the Americas.
Rarely has the region seen such an undiluted diplomatic fiasco as what occurred on the Colombia-Venezuela border. But then, perhaps that was the point. Stagecraft has replaced statecraft.
The European Union and Latin America and the Caribbean have laid the groundwork to place the low-carbon and climate-resilient agenda at the heart of their relationships.
The PT has an opportunity to frame itself as the progressive alternative to the Bolsonaro government, but it must reconnect with its base.
Twenty-five years after the bombing of Argentina’s largest Jewish community center, family members of the 85 victims are still haunted by the unsolved case and those who may have covered it up.
The 2018 elections in Mexico and Brazil turned on its head the investment norm driving Latin America’s two largest economies.
While Argentina and smaller countries from around the region have successfully improved perceived levels of corruption, many regional heavy hitters have slipped severely or remain among the world’s most corrupt governments.
Could China use its growing infrastructure investments and contacts in Latin America and the Caribbean in the event of a conflict with the United States?
