New research from the Inter-American Dialogue and the Latin American Public Opinion Project (LAPOP) shows how crime avoidance influences everyday behaviors and has significant consequences for education, economic opportunity, development, and the rule of law—and help explain why intentions to migrate have risen sharply in every Central American country.
The constituyente could set the stage for the Maduro government to consolidate its power, criminalize the opposition, and usher in a new and even darker phase in Venezuela’s crisis.
The roots of Central America’s challenges run deep, and the Trump Administration’s policies seem unlikely to help Guatemala, El Salvador, and Honduras make significant progress.
There is a sense expressed by many in Caracas that these protests are a new chapter in Venezuela’s saga in which the government will have a tough time putting such unrest back in a box. But what comes next is difficult to know.
Recent years have brought unprecedented levels of attention to corruption in Latin America and the Caribbean, with heads of state in countries large and small removed from office amid allegations of bribery, self enrichment and mismanagement of public funds. However, advocates for increasing transparency and fighting corruption worry that superficial changes and isolated high-level prosecutions do not get to the deep and structural safeguards needed to tackle the problem in 2017 and beyond. Is the popular and political will to address graft and corruption waning?
US-Mexico relations are in a perilous downward spiral — one that threatens American jobs and security to an extent Trump may not even realize.
The country’s problems are profound and complex, with no easy answers in sight.
Latin Americans should pay close and cautious attention to the Brexit. They are not immune to the fallout.
Michel Temer is a deal-maker who took advantage of Dilma Rousseff’s downfall. What kind of leader will he be?
Bitter, complex and seemingly hopeless wars are all-too-common today. Negotiated resolutions are not.
Everything you need to know about Peru’s presidential elections.
American and Cuban leaders today are trying to bring a relationship once defined by antithetical ideologies into the 21st century.
Peru’s growing urban middle class is one of the country’s greatest assets, but it also brings political and governance challenges.
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Chile has been rocked with corruption scandals and political unease. Two of Latin America’s leading thinkers discuss why.
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Her visit to Washington approaching, Dilma Rousseff finds herself confronted by diverse challenges.
