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Back to SearchWhat Trump Would Mean for Latin America Policy
Donald Trump is the presumptive Republican nominee, and polls show him with a chance of winning the election in November. With that in mind, in this …
2 years, 3 months ago
Ecuador’s Crossroads: Can Noboa Succeed?
Ecuador has become a critical front in the battle against criminal groups in Latin America. The country's 36-year-old president, Daniel Noboa, has tr…
2 years, 3 months ago
Guyana, Oil and the Resource Curse
Eight years ago, a consortium led by ExxonMobil discovered offshore oil in Guyana now believed to total at least 11 billion barrels. As a result, Guy…
2 years, 3 months ago
How to Think About Latin America's Security Crisis
The images coming out of Ecuador in the past week were just the latest reminder of the extraordinary power of drug cartels in Latin America. Despite …
2 years, 4 months ago
LatAm’s Economies in 2024: What to Expect
In 2023 Latin America’s economies performed better than analysts expected. 2024 also promises growth, although the picture will vary a lot by country…
2 years, 4 months ago
Lula 3 One Year On
When Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva took office in January 2023, the challenges ahead of him loomed large. A year on, the economy has grown more than expe…
2 years, 5 months ago
Guatemala, Guyana and Other Crises: A View From the OAS
Post-electoral tensions in Guatemala and the territorial spat between Guyana and Venezuela have the Western Hemisphere on alert. We speak to someone …
2 years, 5 months ago
Peru’s Perpetual Crisis
One year on from the political crisis that engulfed Peru in December 2022, with protests almost daily on the streets of Lima, the country is still fa…
2 years, 5 months ago
Javier Milei's Challenges
Since being elected on November 19, Javier Milei has changed the tone of some of the more radical policy proposals he campaigned on. He has backtrack…
2 years, 5 months ago
Mexico's Elections Begin to Take Shape
This past week, we started to get a sense of what Mexico's June 2024 general elections will look like. Samuel García, the young governor of Nuevo Leó…
2 years, 6 months ago