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May 28, 2024

Guatemala
Latin America’s Demographic Opportunity Plus Arévalo’s First Four Months

Latin America’s openness to migration may offset downsides of aging populations; Arévalo’s reform agenda for Guatemala inches forward, but roadblocks are multiplying.

A woman holding a baby in Santiago, Chile, September 4, 2022.

March 28, 2024

United States
Summer Migration Uptick Likely to Inflame U.S. Politics, Plus Brazil’s Risky Bet on Soy

Migration will rise this summer, inflaming U.S. politics; Brazil’s risky bet on soy.

Migrants line up against the border wall in El Paso to surrender to immigration officials on March 25, 2024.

August 28, 2023

Guatemala
Guatemala Chose a New Pro-Reform President. Can He Stem Corruption and Migration?

Guatemala’s outsider, pro-reform candidate won against the odds, but can he govern?

Photo of President-Elect Bernardo Arévalo

May 13, 2024

Taiwan
Taiwan’s Democracy Is Thriving in China’s Shadow

Despite China’s growing pressure, Taiwan has developed one of the world’s strongest democracies—one that will be increasingly tested in the coming years. 

Electoral workers count votes for a 2021 referendum at a ballot counting center in Taipei, Taiwan.

March 30, 2024

Venezuela
Will the Biden Administration Abandon Democracy in Venezuela?

Biden administration policy toward Venezuela has abandoned concern about democracy and human rights, instead placing oil prices, migration, and presidential politics above them. Will it change?

August 23, 2022

Immigration and Migration
Is Western Policy on Migration Holding Africa Back?

More than a generous immigration policy, Africa desperately needs help holding on to its precious human capital.

People walk past medical workers as they sit outside a hospital during a strike.

July 23, 2020

Americas
Mexican Migration Could Be the First Crisis of 2021

The pandemic has worsened all the factors driving migrants north, not least from Mexico.

Mexican migrants deported from the U.S. are pictured at Paso del Norte International Border bridge after the U.S. and Mexico have agreed to restrict non-essential travel over their shared border to limit the spread of coronavirus disease (COVID-19), in Ciudad Juarez, Mexico March 21, 2020.