The Salvadoran president has skillfully wielded social media, especially Twitter, to control the country’s narrative, earning him an almost 90 percent approval rating.
Amid a flurry of recent gang violence in Mexico, Colombia, and Ecuador, a recent New York Times article argued that the Biden administration has an opportunity to decrease the flow of weapons across the southern border by passing legislation requiring universal background checks.
15 major commercial airlines—including AirFrance/KLM, Lufthansa Cargo, and United Airlines—have signed an agreement with UNICEF to support the delivery of COVID-19 vaccines to hundreds of countries around the world.
The end of the first month of the Biden administration has been accompanied by a host of Latin American policy changes as the United States continues to rework its immigration policies and confront mounting challenges to democracy in the Western Hemisphere.
Three candidates have emerged as the frontrunners in the presidential race: a young protégé of former President Rafael Correa, a pro-business social conservative, and an Indigenous activist.
As COVID-19 vaccines continue to be delivered across the world, countries in Latin America and the Caribbean are racing to secure supplies for their citizens. Countries across the region are procuring vaccines from diverse sources and accelerating medical approval to get vaccines administered as fast as possible.
President Biden also announced the signing of 15 executive orders, including reversing former President Trump’s withdrawal from the Paris Agreement; revoking the permit for the Keystone XL Pipeline; reversing the former administration’s policies on deportation and immigration enforcement; and eliminating multiple travel bans.
As the United States raggedly marches toward the January 20th inauguration, politicians and media pundits have, ironically, likened the tumultuous transition of power to “banana republics.”
The Venezuelan political chaos has raised additional concerns regarding the opposition’s authority to negotiate foreign policy on behalf of the country.
On December 6, Venezuela held its legislative elections, resulting in the Maduro regime seizing control over the incoming National Assembly, which had long been viewed as the final vestige of democratic power in Venezuela. It remains to be seen what will happen next with Juan Guaidó and the Venezuelan opposition. While most of Guaidó’s cabinet is already in exile, Guiadó has vowed to remain in Venezuela, despite some calls from within the opposition to dissolve the interim-government.
