The Human Cost of Operation Lone Star
Is the Biden administration, despite its legal posturing, content to abdicate some of its responsibilities on the ground and let Operation Lone Star take over?
Corrie Boudreaux
May 1, 2024
Austerity Measures Sink Cuba Further into Near Collapse
Overall, the move toward more liberal measures appears to be too little too late, despite pressures from Vietnamese and Chinese Communist Party representatives in recent years strongly advising that Cuba undergo free market-oriented reforms.
Otto Hernandez
April 29, 2024
Explaining and Predicting: The Dominican Republic’s Response to the Haitian Crisis
This explainer examines relations between the Dominican Republic and Haiti, analyzes Dominican President Luis Abinader’s response to the Haitian crisis, and explores the challenges his country faces in the coming months.
Global Americans Staff
March 28, 2024
International Cooperation and Women’s Inclusion in the Americas
It is timely to reevaluate the contributions that international cooperation makes in the countries of the Americas, especially regarding women’s inclusion and representation, and of all human diversity.
Betilde Muñoz-Pogossian
March 8, 2024
Sebastian Piñera, Statesman: A Personal Reflection
From the liberation of the miners to the liberation of same sex couples and their families, from the copper mines to the copper bowl, Piñera extolled a national pride and patriotism.
Hunter T. Carter
February 20, 2024
Explaining and Predicting: The Evolving Dynamics on the U.S. Southern Border
As the immigration debate heats up in the public discourse and Congress, this Explainer assesses how immigration dynamics in the U.S. have evolved under Presidents Biden, Trump, and prior administrations, and—more importantly—what to expect in 2024 and beyond.
Global Americans Staff
February 1, 2024
Explaining and Predicting: The Israel-Hamas War’s Impact in Latin America
This Explainer addresses how the conflict has affected Jewish and Palestinian diasporas, how governments have reacted, and what are the geopolitical ramifications.
Global Americans Staff
January 25, 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
An Era of Containment: Latin America’s Top 10 LGBTQ Stories of 2023
The era of net gains for the LGBTQ community seems to have been replaced by an era of containment.
Javier Corrales
January 5, 2024
A Global Americans Review of Authoritarian Police in Democracy, Contested Security in Latin America
Yanilda María González’s book examines why it is so difficult to reform Latin America’s police forces.
William Godnick
December 27, 2023