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.
Global Americans news monitoring initiative: Lessons learned
On Trump’s Latin American team: Kenneth Cuccinelli named acting director of U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services
President Trump names Ken Cuccinelli as head of USCIS, the agency that runs the country’s legal immigration system.
America First? Trump tariffs on Mexican imports will hit the U.S. economy…and badly
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
On May 30, 2019 President Donald Trump announced a progressive five percent tariff on all Mexican imports to the United States. What does this mean for U.S. consumers, trade and the economy?
The return of the Cold War in the Caribbean
By Scott B. MacDonald /
Washington can no longer take the Caribbean for granted. That means more than just impotently warning partners south of the hemisphere about China and Russia. Instead it will require more effective diplomacy and economic statecraft.
Bolton’s Bay of Pigs Anniversary speech: Tough talk, election politics and failed policies
By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC /
The Trump administration has doubled down on a failed policy on Cuba, while
talking tough on socialism. Unpopular and ineffective, Cuba policy prescriptions aside, the
venue, policies and rhetoric were focused more on the 2020 elections.
Russia and Nicaragua: Progress in bilateral cooperation
By Armando Chaguaceda /
Russian-Nicaraguan military cooperation through training and weapons sales started to deepen in early 2008. Now that relationship is in full swing after years of planning.
The bear comes to the West: The Russian agenda in Latin America
By Armando Chaguaceda / MENU
Latin America needs to forge alliances in a complex, changing world, but betting on extra-continental autocracies will not bring greater social equity and respect for human rights to the Americas.
AMLO’s cautious foreign policy
By Greg Weeks / GregWeeksUNCC /
AMLO’s foreign policy is far from the populist, anti-American rhetoric of his campaign and much of his political life. Nevertheless, his make-no-waves position is fraught with contradictions.
Is it time for a Caribbean Basin Initiative 2.0?
By Georges Fauriol /
Recent U.S. involvement in the Caribbean Basin has been defined by Whac-A-Mole-like reactionary policy. It’s time for a new coherent strategy for security and development in the Caribbean.
An interview with Ambassador Tom Shannon, former Under Secretary of State for Political Affairs
On the third episode of “Two gringos with questions,” your hosts talked to Ambassador Shannon on the importance of U.S. presence in the region and his secrets for surviving thousands of meetings and briefings.
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