With responsible policy management, Latin American governments can use industrial clusters to shift from over-reliance on commodity production to more value-added sectors.
What can Latin America and the Caribbean gain from cluster formation and development?
By Javier Gutiérrez / jantgut /
Crime
The evolution of security challenges in Mexico
By Evan Ellis / REvanEllis /
Crime and violence have expanded in Mexico as the result of the fragmentation of criminal groups at the same time that it faces the prospect of electing a populist president.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
The month of the Americas: What was all the attention about?
By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO /
With three visits by high-ranking officials from the U.S. government, February was the busiest month for Latin America in the Trump administration.
Democracy & Elections
Mexico City’s 2018 elections: An end to the PRD’s 20-year dominance?
By Emiliano Segura /
After nearly two decades of uninterrupted control over Mexico’s financial, political, and cultural center, the PRD risks losing Mexico City in the face of a challenge from the far left.
Climate Change
Climate change and migration in Mexico: Fifth in our series
By Nic Wirtz /
Climate change is driving an increasing number of Latin Americans northwards toward Mexico and to the United States.
Foreign Policy & U.S./Latin America Relations
Mexico’s busy week
By Victoria Gaytan / VickyGO /
Mexico wrapped up the summer with an agenda heavy on the U.S. with the second round of NAFTA negotiation talks, the 5th State of the Union and a trip to China.
Human Rights & Multilateral Organizations
Investigative journalism: Latin America’s riskiest business
By Jimena Galindo and Victoria Gaytan /
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In the past decade, journalism has become a deadly profession in Latin America. Attacks on freedom of expression aren’t restricted to journalists; human rights and environmental activists have been targets as well.
From the Classroom
The U.S.-Mexico war on narcotics: One step forward, two steps back
By Luca Loggia /
Despite the rhetoric of the Trump administration, the goals of the U.S. and Mexican governments are more aligned than one might think. Now both countries have to get their acts together.
In the Media
Why Is Latin America the Most Dangerous Region in the World for Women?
By Jimena Galindo /
On the surface, Latin America may look like an exception to rising gender-based violence and femicide around the world, given the region’s ratification of international conventions to protect women. Yet too many Latin American states are
lagging behind in actually implementing these measures at home
Top of the Month
Five Latin American girls leading the way
By Jimena Galindo /
In honor of Malala Day, here are 5 girls in the hemisphere that have become courageous and active voices for rights.
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