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Haiti’s Humanitarian and Political Crash
| Haiti is headed toward a catastrophic humanitarian and political crash. With an estimated 90 percent of the Port-au-Prince region under the chaotic ...
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On the Trail of Suriname’s Illicit Gold Proceeds
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While gold plays an important role in Suriname’s economy, it has downsides, some of them related to transnational criminal activities, which benefit from ...
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Dominica Votes Amid Fears of Democratic Backsliding
Scott B. MacDonald and Alejandro Trenchi | 
If Dominican political actors do not engage in a serious discussion to modernize its electoral process, protests and electoral boycotts represent possible ...
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U.S. Backs Probe of OAS Head
Last Saturday, the U.S. backed calls for an external probe into a potentially intimate relationship involving OAS Secretary General Luis Almagro and a ...
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The Top Ten LGBTQ Stories of 2021 from Latin America and the Caribbean
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Brazilians learned they have a gay governor; LGBTQ acceptance is expanding in some countries; and Chile adopted full marriage equality.
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Ortega seizes another term following rigged elections in Nicaragua
On Sunday, Nicaraguan President Daniel Ortega and his wife, Vice President Rosario Murillo, won reelection following a year of political prosecutions, ...
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What to expect from the Nicaraguan elections
Ryan C. Berg and Robert Carlson | 
To be clear, November 7 is a complete farce. Rather than anything resembling a democratic election, the events of that day will approximate a coronation ...
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To participate or not to participate: The Venezuelan opposition’s Hamlet moment
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Once again Venezuela’s democratic opposition finds itself in an electoral dilemma. This time, though, it’s not (entirely) of their own doing. The moral ...
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Will the release of the Pandora Papers lead to any change?
Bruce Zagaris | 
The Pandora Papers illustrate the evils of financial secrecy, transnational corruption, and money laundering, as well as the ability of politicians, ...
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