The Andean country, a proponent of free trade but often a reluctant diplomatic leader, has taken a surprising outsized role in furthering economic integration between Latin America and the Asia Pacific region.
As President Trump and his administration push into their second year of government, the U.S.’s place in the world seems diminished.
As China continues to make diplomatic and economic inroads throughout the Western Hemisphere, the U.S. needs to act pragmatically to counter Chinese influence and maintain its own.
By the time 2018 draws to a close, three quarters of Latin Americans will have elected a new president. Though often taken for granted, the commissions responsible for ensuring free and fair elections will play a critical role in regional politics this year.
In a country long known as one of Latin America’s most stable democracies, a socially conservative outsider is leading polls ahead of Sunday’s first-round vote.
Crime and violence in the Northern Triangle is a regional issue that requires a collective response to the structural factors driving it: weak state capacity, corruption within police forces and the judiciary, and insufficient data. Deporting refugees back to the region doesn’t help.
Ecuador still has a long way to go to recover from a polarizing ten years under populist Rafael Correa, but the first eight months of Lenín Moreno’s presidency have re-confirmed the importance of succession and regularly held elections.
Illegal gold mining is more profitable than drug trafficking. The business is wreaking social and environmental damage in Latin America with no clear response in sight
Peru’s progress today toward equitable social and democratic development and effective democratic governance is hindered not by powerful interest groups, domestic or foreign, but by the weakness of state capacity and institutions.
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.
