Can Central America Break the Cycle of Drugs, Corruption and Gang War?
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.
Analysis
El populismo no pasa sin dejar huellas
Hay una tentación populista permanente nacida de injusticias acumuladas, crónicas debilidades institucionales y canonjías nacidas al amparo del poder.
Defeat at the OAS Meeting & US Influence in the Americas
Defeat at the OAS meeting was the first concrete setback for US interests as a result of the Trump Administration’s apparent ambivalence about defending democratic values.
The United States Can’t Go It Alone in Venezuela
The Trump administration’s desire for meaningful action towards Venezuela is understandable, but it risks learning the wrong lessons from recent failures.
Venezuela After the Constituent Assembly
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.
Fin de la democracia en Venezuela
¿Cuándo y cómo saldrá Venezuela de esta crisis interminable? No hay buenas opciones. Es urgente pensar instrumentos para que la comunidad internacional, una oposición unida con un liderazgo y estrategia claros, y miembros del régimen que saben que este experimento está agotado, puedan trabajar juntos para poner fin a esta tragedia en nuestro hemisferio.
Trump’s Comment on Venezuela Makes a Bad Situation Worse
No one should be worried about American military action anywhere in Latin America. The notion is risible. But President Trump’s cavalier remark last week referring to a “possible military option” to deal with the increasingly dictatorial regime led by President Nicolás Maduro in Venezuela has real consequences.
Ecuador’s Moreno Strikes Out on His Own, to the Anger of His Former Mentor, Correa
It is still too early to predict how Moreno will fare and whether his economic and anti-corruption approaches will ultimately succeed. But he has already defied predictions that he would act as Correa’s puppet.
Beneath the Violence: How Insecurity Shapes Daily Life and Emigration in Central America
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.
Why Is Venezuela Included in Trump’s Travel Ban?
President Trump’s sanctions strategy against Venezuela remains committed but ineffectual, and banning a smallish band of regime loyalists from traveling to the United States will do little to change that.
The Deterioration of Bilateral Relations with Cuba
Ultimately it is the Cuban government itself that will determine whether Cubans’ hopes and ambitions are met. The current deterioration in diplomatic relations is likely to strengthen those in both the United States and Cuba who favor the familiar comfort of a static Cold War antagonism over the rising expectations generated by a new US-Cuba dynamic.
Democracy in the Digital Age
A report on freedom of expression in the Americas and Europe’s ‘right to be forgotten’.
Latin America’s Presidential Elections: Are Mexico, Brazil and Colombia Ready for Anti-Establishment Candidates?
Next year, critical elections in Latin America’s three most populous countries—Colombia, Mexico and Brazil—are likely to reveal a distemper stemming from citizen disgust with a mix of corruption scandals, mediocre economies, unremitting violence and a largely discredited political class. All three presidential contests are wide open and ripe for anti-establishment challengers.
The Election Crisis in Honduras
For many Hondurans, the current scene is all too familiar: it is a possible repeat of the turmoil surrounding the 2009 coup d’état, and a tragic continuation of a progressive loss of credibility in its electoral institutions.
Sobre los monopolios éticos
Uno de los aspectos menos estudiados del ascenso de las opciones políticas de izquierda en América Latina durante la última década y media –hoy más bien en retirada—tiene que ver con la curiosa simbiosis discursiva que precedió a su llegada al poder.