In Latin America, it is strategically important that the United States distinguish between principled left-oriented democratic regimes versus those which ...
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The Advance of China and Authoritarian Populism in Honduras
R. Evan Ellis | 
A Global Americans Review of Escaping the Governance Trap
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According to Shenai, El Salvador, Honduras, and Guatemala are entangled in a governance trap, which he defines as “a path-dependent equilibrium in which ...
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The 2022 top LGBTQ Stories from Latin America and the Caribbean
Javier Corrales | 
A number of important achievements in the fight for LGBTQ rights took place in the region in 2022, especially in countries with lagging records in this area.
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Honduras’ Former President Hernández to be Extradited to the U.S.
Last Monday, the Honduras Supreme Court unanimously ratified the decision taken earlier this month by Judge Edwin Ortez to extradite former President Juan ...
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Honduran police arrest former President Hernández
On Tuesday, Honduran authorities arrested former President Juan Orlando Hernández after receiving an extradition request from the U.S. Department of Justice.
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Xiomara Castro: An Unlikely U.S. Partner
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U.S. leaders have taken exactly the right approach with the new leader of Honduras, welcoming Castro as a partner to resolve the root causes of migration.
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USAID in Central America: Less Is Better
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Policymakers argue that more aid money will reduce the incentive to emigrate, while remaining stubbornly oblivious to the fact that past money did not ...
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Why Might Taiwan’s Allies in Latin America and the Caribbean Soon Look to China?
Wazim Mowla and Isabel Bernhard | 
Supportive rhetoric carries little weight in the face of economic challenges and countries’ objectives. Four key factors can incentivize a country to ...
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Latin America and the Caribbean: Predictions for 2022
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In 2022, the United States will find that after a few initial signs of hope, the hemisphere to which it is intimately bound by ties of geography, ...
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