What Should be Done About Child Migrants?
What is behind the spike in unaccompanied children crossing the border?
Analysis
How Successful Was Obama’s Trip to Latin America?
Which aspects of Obama’s recent trip to Latin America were a success and which were disappointments?
New Bipartisanship Over Haiti is Promising
The sudden U.S. presidential unity on Haiti is promising, because Haiti has long been the subject of bitter partisan bickering in Washington.
The Right Place for a Drug Policy Debate
Among Latin Americas, there is a growing consensus that the root cause of their violent crime wave is the massive use of narcotics in the US.
Obama & Latin America: New Beginnings, Old Frictions
Today, signs of frustration are unmistakable in Washington and in many Latin American capitals, despite Obama’s immense personal appeal and the continued promise of a more productive partnership.
A Disappointing First Year: Obama & Latin America
Inter-American relations have taken a disappointing course for the Obama Administration. The US has suffered several political setbacks in the region and little progress has been made on most of the “legacy” issues that Obama inherited.
Mujica Touts Education, Defends Marijuana
Uruguayan President José Mujica called on professors from the US to teach in Uruguay and defended his country’s creation of a legal marijuana market.
Rethinking US Drug Policy
Most Americans today believe that the US “war against drugs” has failed.
What Did the Summit of the Americas Accomplish, if Anything?
The Summit of the Americas was marked by discord between the US and Latin American countries. What did it accomplish, if anything?
Can Spain Solve the Cuba Problem?
By all accounts, Spain wants to bring change to the European Union’s Cuba policy. In so doing, it is tackling a foreign policy challenge that often sheds more heat than light.
Are Ecuador-United States Relations Looking Brighter?
Where do relations stand between Ecuador and the United States today, and how might the arrival of a new ambassador in Washington affect ties between the two countries?
Colombia Looks Past Washington
While Santos is familiar with Chávez’s unpredictability and knows as well as anyone where the FARC rebels are and what they are up to, he also knows the economic stakes for Colombia.
A New Normal for US-Brazil Relations
Vice President Biden’s meeting with President Rousseff turned out to be yet another sign of the deterioration of US-Brazil relations.
Earthquake Exposes Haiti’s Silent Crisis
Haiti represents one of the most complex and deeply rooted challenges facing U.S. foreign policy in the Western Hemisphere: a failing state on the doorstep of the world’s most powerful nation.
Washington’s Mixed Signals
It is not easy to interpret often mixed signals coming from Washington about US foreign policy. But with its wide-ranging agenda, Colombia seems especially complicated.