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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Mexican Migration Could Be the First Crisis of 2021
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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.
What other countries can learn from CICIG’s first decade.
Lopez Obrador Can Save Mexico by Embracing Globalization
Strengthening global ties is the best way to escape a pandemic-induced recession and help the country’s poor.
Brazil’s Vote on the Cuban Embargo at the UN: An Unrequited Gamble for U.S. Goodwill?
Brazil's historic move to break with the rest of Latin America on the U.S. embargo of Cuba appears to have yielded few results.
Coronavirus Is Killing Lopez Obrador’s Big Plans for Mexico
His “Fourth Transformation” is a victim of his failure to take the pandemic seriously.
How to Pandemic-Proof Globalization
Redundancy, Not Reshoring, Is the Key to Supply Chain Security
Mexico’s Lopez Obrador Is Stoking Corruption, Not Fighting It
His shady associates and wrongheaded policies are making a bad problem worse.
AMLO’s ‘Hugs Not Bullets’ Is Failing Mexico
The president's softer approach to criminal gangs just suffered a serious setback in Sinaloa.
Free Trade Is Expanding, Just Not With the U.S.
Deals forged by countries accounting for more than one-third of global output leave America on the outside.
China’s Manufacturing Loss Should Be Mexico’s Gain
But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is wasting the opportunity.
Mexico Can’t Solve Its Three Biggest Crises Alone
Dealing with Central American migrants, rising crime and faltering energy supplies will require more U.S. help.
Mexico’s Response to Tariffs Won’t Make Trump Happy
Mexico can’t end the migrant flow by itself. But it can—and likely will—raise tariffs that target swing states.
