Unresolved challenges of organized crime, weak governance and extra-hemispheric actors threaten instability and to erode U.S. influence. It’s time for U.S. policymakers to face some tough questions.
As 2018 came to a close, the Nicaraguan government entered a new phase in its efforts to destroy the protest movement against President Daniel Ortega and his wife and Vice President Rosario Murillo that began in April.
Christian evangelicals’ political influence has become a global phenomenon. No other region shows this theory better than Latin America.
Over the past two years, the Trump administrations participation at the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights has placed the U.S. alongside National Security Advisor John Bolton’s “troika of tyranny”—Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela.
Chile and Argentina should use COP25 as an opportunity to renew and strengthen the Antarctic Treaty System. It would benefit the environment, their diplomatic leadership and global stability.
An AIDS crisis in Venezuela, the first gay pride parade in Guyana, the rise of Evangelical movements, and an Oscar. These are the top ten LGBT issues from the region this past year.
A no-confidence vote in the parliament has triggered new elections, at a time—not coincidentally—that the country is grappling with how to manage its oil windfall. The U.S. can help.
Bolsonaro’s promise to govern all groups equally is a 180 turn from presidential candidate Bolsonaro, who made many offensive comments about women, LGBT Brazilians and other minorities.
The reports examine five specific areas—transnational security challenges, institutional capacity, economic growth, demographics, and technology—and how they will shape politics, economic and U.S. relations in South America by 2030.
Colectivos, or groups of self-organized citizens, have often served to push common causes. In Venezuela, collectives perform the exact opposite function, acting as one of many of Maduro’s tools to divide the country and silence dissenters.
