In addition to a sharp economic downturn, Venezuela faces a humanitarian crisis. The United States can do little to prevent a downward spiral, but it should take measures to mitigate the political, economic, and humanitarian consequences of a potential mass emigration.
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Diplomacy and International Institutions
Through an in-depth analysis of modern Mexico, Shannon O'Neil provides a roadmap for the United States' greatest overlooked foreign policy challenge of our time: relations with its southern neighbor.
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Americas
But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is wasting the opportunity.
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Americas
Dealing with Central American migrants, rising crime and faltering energy supplies will require more U.S. help.
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Mexico can’t end the migrant flow by itself. But it can—and likely will—raise tariffs that target swing states.
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