From a peace agreement in Colombia to major cross-border anti-corruption efforts, 2017 was shaping up to be a banner year for Latin America. Then came Donald Trump, whose threats of military intervention in Venezuela, together with anti-trade and anti-immigration policies at home, sent shock waves throughout the region.
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How to Improve NAFTA
Trade pacts like NAFTA must no longer be regarded merely as charters of rights for large corporations. Instead, they must serve ordinary citizens and address their problems, such as low wages, endemic corruption, and human-rights violations.
The End of the Trump Administration?
The world’s view of US President Donald Trump’s administration is changing for the worse.
The New Abraham Lincoln Brigade
During the Spanish Civil War, thousands of young Americans went to Spain to join the fight against fascism as part of the “Abraham Lincoln Brigade.” Today, as more people wake up to the threat that US President Donald Trump poses to the rule of law, human rights, and international order, a new global resistance movement is emerging to defend democracy and basic decency.
Poor leadership makes bad globalization
Since the 1950s, European countries have debated the costs and benefits of regional integration.
Salvar a Centroamérica
La región corre el riesgo de convertirse en el equivalente de una sociedad asistida
Why Cuba turned
The phone call between United States President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raúl Castro, followed by the exchange of an American prisoner for three Cuban intelligence agents detained in the US, marked the most important moment in the countries’ bilate
Brazil’s Cautious Voters
MEXICO CITY – Brazil has been in the global spotlight this year, and not always for the right reasons. Following the 2013 riots over the amount of money being spent on the 2014 soccer World Cup, protests continued up to, and even during, the tournament in
La deuxième révolution mexicaine
Le Mexique, un pays en stagnation, infesté par la violence ces dernières années, est finalement parvenu à surmonter son malaise en 2013, grâce à un président activiste et à une coalition de partis politiques déterminés à porter le pays vers l’avant. Mais
Even democracies are disgruntled now
In 2011 and 2012, tens of thousands of students demonstrated in Santiago, Chile, demanding greater access to higher education. Earlier this year, hundreds of thousands of Brazilians marched in São Paulo, Rio de Janeiro, and Belo Horizonte, calling for imp