Venezuela’s Hugo Chávez finally emerged from his electoral slump. After mediocre results in municipal and state governors’ elections late last year, and a scathing defeat in a constitutional referendum in December 2007, in February he convincingly won a v
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How the presidential elections may affect the relationship between the United States and Latin America
Former Mexican foreign minister Jorge Castaneda talks to Katty Kay about how the presidential elections may affect the relationship between the United States and Latin America.
Russian Moves in the Americas
Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin’s surprising announcement in early August that his country would seek to “re-establish” ties with the Soviet Union’s old allies in Havana stirred up excitement in many foreign newsrooms, and raised eyebrows in a few f
Jabbing the U.S. and leading with his left
Evo morales, Bolivia’s new president, is not Latin America’s first chief executive of indigenous origins. That was Benito Juárez of Mexico during the second half of the 19th century. And Bolivia is not “Latin” America: It and Guatemala are the only nation
New Priorities for Latin America
“Populism must be seen as the symptom of a disease that plagues Latin American democracies, rather than the disease itself.”
In Search of Calderón
In style, at least, Mexico’s president Felipe Calderón’s first 100 days have been a success, for reasons on display when he met President George W. Bush last week. Calderón runs a tight ship, speaking only under highly controlled circumstances. In fact, h
Mexico needs to be freed from unhealthy monopolies
Felipe Calderón, Mexico’s new president, kicked off his domestic policy agenda by launching military campaigns against drug lords and violence in Michoacán and along the US border, in Tijuana. The winner of last year’s election – if only by a hair-thin ma