The Case for Containing, Not Coddling, Maduro
The inability of the U.S. to facilitate a return to democracy in Venezuela does not justify accommodating dictatorship in the name of engagement.
Evan Ellis
February 26, 2024
Latin America’s “Voto Castigo”
The results of this year’s elections are likely to have a profound effect on the region: either strengthening democratic values or burying them under a mountain of extremism and polarization.
Beatriz Nice
February 2, 2024
What Can U.S. Policymakers Learn from Mexico’s Attacks on Academia?
This power grab will likely gut the Mexican research and development capacity it seeks to protect—politicizing research doesn’t exactly have a stellar track record of success, especially when paired with cuts to already underfunded research budgets.
Jeffrey Zinsmeister
January 8, 2024
For Mexico’s Economy To Grow, Security Issues Need To Be Addressed
Until Mexico reduces the risk of cargo truck hijacking, the country is likely to miss out on billions of dollars of potential new foreign investment.
Mark Vickers
January 4, 2024
Panama and the Crossfire of Local Environmentalism and the Global Energy Transition
Cobre Panamá indicates that the process of extracting the critical materials is complicated, messy, and disruptive—for all parties involved.
Scott B. MacDonald
December 22, 2023
Petro’s Receding Power in Latin America’s Political Chessboard
Petro’s relevance is in decline and his relations with incoming governments far and near will be complicated.
Daniela Rueda
December 18, 2023
Chile Shifts Rightward on the Eve of Another Constitutional Vote
With so many Chileans willing to limit rights to solve the country’s security problems, the main question for the future seems to be who will reap the benefits of the country’s malaise, Chile’s traditional right or a hard-right autocrat.
Cynthia Arnson
December 14, 2023
How Long Will Chile’s Dissatisfied Democrats Remain Democrats?
The faltering constitutional process indeed captures Chileans’ portrayal as ‘dissatisfied democrats’: they believe in democracy but dislike its results.
Jennifer Piscopo
December 13, 2023
Caribbean Geopolitics and Curaçao’s Isla Refinery
The lengthy odyssey surrounding the reactivation of Curaçao’s refinery is pulling the Dutch Caribbean island into a complicated matrix of geopolitics between the United States, the Netherlands, China, and Venezuela.
Scott B. MacDonald
December 8, 2023
Will Paraguay Capitalize on Its Breakout Moment?
The current Paraguayan government understands the country’s advantageous moment and aims to leverage it in a way that elevates the country’s standing in the Americas.
Allison Fedirka
December 5, 2023