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By Brad W. Setser- Backgrounder
Argentina’s Struggle for Stability
![<p>A supporter holds up a $100 bill sign of then President-Elect Javier Milei in December 2023.</p>]()
- Backgrounder
China’s Growing Influence in Latin America
![<p>Chinese shipping giant COSCO owns a majority stake in a new megaport in Chancay, Peru.</p>]()
- By Elliott Abrams
![<p>Supporters of Colombian President Gustavo Petro protest outside the Supreme Court of Justice, demanding the selection of a new attorney general on February 8, 2024.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva attends the 63rd Summit of Heads of State of Mercosur and Associated States, at the Museum of Tomorrow in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, December 7, 2023.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil![<p>People line up in front of a butcher shop in Buenos Aires, Argentina.</p>]()
By Brad W. Setser![<p>The presidents of Brazil, Argentina, Paraguay, and Uruguay pose for a photo with representatives from Mercosur associate members, Guyana and Bolivia, at the Mercosur summit in Puerto Iguazu, Argentina on July 4, 2023.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Leaders of BRICS nations meet during the most recent BRICS Summit in Johannesburg</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Argentine Presidential Candidate Javier Milei speaks at campaign event in Buenos Aires.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Employees work on a solar energy panel of Chinese solar equipment manufacturer BYD in Campinas, Brazil, February 13, 2020.</p>]()
By Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman![<p>Paraguayan presidential candidate Santiago Peña from the ruling Colorado Party reacts at the party headquarters as he and his running mate Pedro Alliana won Paraguay’s presidential race, in Asunción, Paraguay, April 30, 2023.</p>]()
By Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil![<p>A woman casts her vote at a polling station during the 2018 general election in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. </p>]()
By James M. Lindsay- By Benn Steil and Benjamin Della Rocca
![<p>Then-President Mauricio Macri of Argentina speaks to journalists after casting his vote in Buenos Aires.</p>]()
By Guest Blogger for Latin America's Moment
