Last week, Colombian kingpin Dairo Antonio Úsuga, better known as Otoniel, was extradited to the United States, where he will face drug- and ...
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Colombia’s Northern Region Paralyzed by Clan del Golfo
Uruguay’s Next Big Challenge: Social Security Reform
Alejandro Trenchi | 
President Lacalle Pou hoped that his referendum victory would offer him more time, as well as a stronger mandate, to pursue a series of reforms, including ...
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Oil, Water, and Climate Change in the Guyana-Suriname Basin
Ivelaw Lloyd Griffith | 
Yes, the rising sea levels might only affect offshore drilling operations minimally. But the rising waters and other manifestations of climate change ...
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Cuban Foreign Minister Rodríguez Denounces the United States
Last Monday, during a press conference in Havana, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez denounced the United States for excluding Cuba from the ...
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Russia’s Struggle for Hearts and Minds in the Western Hemisphere
Scott B. MacDonald | 
War is messy, and consequently, the Russo-Ukrainian War has required Russia to devise a new set of propaganda lines for Latin American audiences.
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Colombia Was Named a Major Non-NATO Ally: Now, it’s Mexico’s Turn
Joseph Bouchard | 
With the Biden administration enjoying a more productive relationship with the AMLO administration than its predecessor, now is the time for President ...
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Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s Failed Energy Reform
Last Sunday, Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador suffered the biggest legislative setback since he was sworn in in 2018.
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Geopolitical Realignments and the Southern Caribbean Energy Matrix
Georges A. Fauriol and Scott B. MacDonald | 
Looking ahead, more changes are coming [for the Southern Caribbean], both domestically in terms of dealing with a resource curse and externally in terms ...
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Mercosur’s Flexibilization Dilemma
Carolina Zaccato | 
Ultimately, the bloc’s future depends on the politico-ideological orientation of those presiding over its member countries in the coming years and on the ...
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