Given the complex crisis that Venezuela is going through, it is difficult to evaluate the difference that the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights visit can make.
After almost a quarter of a century of negotiations, a trade agreement between Mercosur and the EU could be signed soon. But the electoral uncertainty in South America as well as the protectionist tensions that emerged after Brexit could present risks for the agreement’s ratification.
Widespread corruption and an unpopular president with authoritarian tendencies have resulted in an overcrowded presidential race filled with mostly unknown hopefuls.
In June 2018, Global Americans launched our news monitoring initiative to flag false or misleading articles by extra-hemispheric state-owned media reporting in the Americas. This is what we learned.
Latin America is facing an historic wave of migration, not just from Venezuela but from other countries as well. And it’s only likely to grow. But when governments adopt the right policies, migrants can favor development.
In a democracy, policymaking at the local level is a privileged space for citizen participation. But in autocracies like Cuba’s, the one-party regime takes control of social mobilization at every level.
With Guatemala’s presidential election days away, a crowded field adds to the highly fluid and unstable political atmosphere in the country. To get a better understanding of the electoral field, learn more about the top five contenders in the race and where they stand.
A conversation with Cuban political and human rights activist Manuel Cuesta Morúa
Even as talks between Mexico and the U.S. continue, and as Mexico steps up its security along the porous Guatemala-Mexico border, the White House plans to proceed with tariffs on all Mexican imports.
Facing growing political and economic dysfunction, Haiti is on the cusp of a major crisis. Here’s why the US should pay attention to what’s happening on the Caribbean Island before it’s too late.
