Ranked #1
How Nicaragua Became Latin America's New Crisis
How Nicaragua Became Latin America's New Crisis
Since protests broke out in April, the number of Nicaraguans killed in clashes between the government and protesters—now... Read more
31 Jul 2018
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36mins
Ranked #2
Latin America Has One Foot in China's Belt and Road
Latin America Has One Foot in China's Belt and Road
Just before taking off on his Latin America tour this month, U.S. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson warned about China's ... Read more
8 Feb 2018
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31mins
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How Asia-Brazil Trade Shifted Bolsonaro’s China View
How Asia-Brazil Trade Shifted Bolsonaro’s China View
President Jair Bolsonaro’s warming to China can be explained by the strong economic ties Brazil has with Asia, but there... Read more
6 Nov 2019
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36mins
Ranked #4
Argentina’s 2019 Election Brings in a New President
Argentina’s 2019 Election Brings in a New President
Argentina’s 2019 presidential competition ended on October 27, when Alberto Fernández and running mate ex-President Cris... Read more
30 Oct 2019
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38mins
Ranked #5
Mexico’s Fight against Femicide Reaches a Boiling Point
Mexico’s Fight against Femicide Reaches a Boiling Point
Abril, Ingrid, Fátima. It’d take seven more names to get to 10—the average number of women killed daily in Mexico. Thoug... Read more
3 Mar 2020
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37mins
Ranked #6
What's on the Docket for Latin America in 2020?
What's on the Docket for Latin America in 2020?
2019 closed with disruption and discontent across much of Latin America. If we didn’t see last year’s wave of protests c... Read more
14 Jan 2020
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22mins
Ranked #7
What the Summit of the Americas Was, Is, and Could Be
What the Summit of the Americas Was, Is, and Could Be
In 1994, the first Summit of the Americas took place just after the Cold War amid growing faith in democracy. But, over ... Read more
11 Apr 2018
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15mins
Ranked #8
Sizing Up the Start of AMLO's Presidency
Sizing Up the Start of AMLO's Presidency
As Andrés Manuel López Obrador rounds out his first 100 days in office as president of Mexico, CIDE’s Carlos Bravo Regid... Read more
7 Mar 2019
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44mins
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Dr. Julio Frenk on the Coronavirus Pandemic in an Age of Populism
Dr. Julio Frenk on the Coronavirus Pandemic in an Age of Populism
“We need to understand that health security is national and global security,” says the University of Miami president, a ... Read more
16 Mar 2020
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29mins
Ranked #10
The Venezuelan Exodus
The Venezuelan Exodus
For decades, Venezuela welcomed immigrants. Now, it’s Latin America’s time to welcome the 2.3 million migrants who’ve fl... Read more
12 Sep 2018
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25mins
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Behind Uruguay’s Presidential Vote
Behind Uruguay’s Presidential Vote
Uruguay’s 2019 race might not yield major political shifts, but the next president will still face unknown territory, sa... Read more
17 Oct 2019
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32mins
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How Healthy Is Democracy in Latin America?
How Healthy Is Democracy in Latin America?
“Latin Americans are not thrilled with democracy, but there’s very little evidence that…voters prefer any alternative,” ... Read more
17 Jan 2019
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19mins
Ranked #13
Creating, Rebuilding, and Reinventing Latin American Cities
Creating, Rebuilding, and Reinventing Latin American Cities
Some 80% of Latin Americans live in cities—more than twice 1950’s rate. How did these urban areas becom... Read more
23 May 2018
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36mins
Ranked #14
Have a Little Faith in Peru—and Its Constitution
Have a Little Faith in Peru—and Its Constitution
Ahead of January 26 special legislative elections in Peru, we talk with constitutional law expert Alonso Gurmendi of Uni... Read more
23 Jan 2020
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28mins
Ranked #15
What to Expect from an AMLO Presidency
What to Expect from an AMLO Presidency
Since Andrés Manuel López Obrador won the election by a landslide in July, observers have been looking for clues about w... Read more
29 Nov 2018
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41mins
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President-elect Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador
President-elect Nayib Bukele on His Plans for El Salvador
He’s 37, a social media maven, and he won El Salvador’s presidential election without the backing of the country’s two m... Read more
9 May 2019
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29mins
Ranked #17
Explaining Mexico’s National Guard
Explaining Mexico’s National Guard
Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador made a campaign pledge to stop using the military for policing. But last m... Read more
17 Jul 2019
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28mins
Ranked #18
What's Next in Venezuela's Tug of War?
What's Next in Venezuela's Tug of War?
If a crisis was already simmering in Venezuela, in the past month it’s boiled over. Guillermo Zubillaga, head of the AS/... Read more
5 Feb 2019
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43mins
Ranked #19
Latin America in the Era of Fake News
Latin America in the Era of Fake News
Separating fact from fiction is a growing challenge in an era of fake news and "infoxification," given that we consume f... Read more
7 Jun 2018
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37mins
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Making Sense of a New U.S.-Mexican Migration Deal
Making Sense of a New U.S.-Mexican Migration Deal
Donald Trump’s threat to impose tariffs on Mexican goods is over—for now. The next question is how a U.S.-Mexican deal s... Read more
11 Jun 2019
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31mins