Military intervention after Carnival

As Rio de Janeiro’s Carnival came to an end, Brazilian President Michel Temer ordered the military to take control of public security in an effort to curb months of escalating violence. It is the first federal intervention in a state since Brazil’s return to democracy in the 1980’s. 

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Venezuela floating east

In a speech at the Center for Strategic and International Studies earlier this month, the United States Treasury Under Secretary for International Affairs David Malpass said China’s role in Venezuela, including oil-for-loan deals, is partly to blame for the country’s shrinking economy and poor governance.

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Brazil and Lula

Even after a Brazilian court upheld a corruption conviction against him, former President Luis Inácio Lula da Silva’s popularity continues to rise. 

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No reelection in Ecuador

Ecuadorians took to the polls to vote on a referendum that proposed to limit public officials to two terms limits. The proposal was a not-so-subtle effort to ban former President Rafael Correa from ever running for office again.

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Where did everyone go?

As President Trump and his administration push into their second year of government, the U.S.’s place in the world seems diminished.

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Entre la inseguridad y la impunidad

Crushed by insecurity and impunity, journalists in Latin America are left in a tight spot. It is no surprise then, that the region has become one of the most dangerous places in the world for investigative journalists. 

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Puerto Rican Exodus

As conditions fail to improve in Puerto Rico, Puerto Ricans have decided to flee the island. According to the Florida Division of Emergency Management, more than 269,000 people have arrived in Florida from Puerto Rico since the hurricane.

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A rollercoaster of a year

As we say goodbye to the dizzying and tumultuous year the region has had, we don’t have a lot of time to recover. With major presidential and legislative elections this year—including the U.S.’s midterm elections in November—2018 promises to be just as, if not more, memorable than 2017.

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Parks and Wreck?

In the largest rollback of federal land protection in the nation’s history, President Donald Trump reduced the size of two national monuments in Utah by about two million acres. His actions seem oddly familiar.

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 Dialogue in Venezuela

How many failed attempts at dialogue will it take for mediators and other outside parties to realize that unless they impose real costs on the government, the Maduro regime won’t change?

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