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July 25, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: July 25, 2023

Peru shows no economy is insulated from politics forever; Panama and few others bat above the average on anticorruption; Xóchitl Gálvez puts opposition on the map ahead of Mexico’s 2024 presidential …

Panama’s former President Ricardo Martinelli waves to supporters while leaving a courthouse in Panama City on August 10, 2019. Martinelli’s cap reads “I survived Varela,” referring to Panama’s former President Juan Carlos Varela.
Blog Post by Will Freeman and Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

January 26, 2024

Cybersecurity
Cyber Week in Review: January 26, 2024

Fake robocalls imitate Joe Biden in New Hampshire; U.S. launches AI research initiative; Microsoft breached by Russian hackers; Pegasus spyware found on phones of Togolese journalists; Australia, UK,…

Voters line up to cast their ballots in the New Hampshire presidential primary election, in Londonderry, New Hampshire.
Blog Post by Kat Duffy and Kyle Fendorf Net Politics

October 16, 2023

Guatemala
Guatemala's Protests Go National, Plus Meddling Ex-Presidents and a Thaw in U.S.-Venezuela Relations

Guatemala’s protest movement goes national; Latin America’s meddlesome ex-presidents; U.S. border crisis and geopolitical turmoil are taking the pressure off Maduro.

Guatemalan demonstrators participate in anti-corruption protest
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

November 20, 2023

Colombia
Petro's Total Peace Strategy Faces Challenges, Plus USMCA Brings Judgments But Not Punishments

Petro’s Total Peace strategy faces its greatest obstacle yet; USMCA brings judgments, even as countries delay enforcement

Photo of Colombian President Gustavo Petro
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America Studies Program

September 17, 2019

Americas
China’s Manufacturing Loss Should Be Mexico’s Gain

But President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is wasting the opportunity.

GENERAL MOTORS: GM projected $1 billion extra costs this year for tariffs and raw materials. Steel and aluminum prices have eased, but prices for other commodities such as palladium have risen, it said.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

November 12, 2020

Transition 2021
U.S.-Mexico Partnership Will Get More Prickly

Beyond his bluster on migration and trade, Donald Trump actually asked little of Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador. That will change under Joe Biden.

U.S. Vice President Joseph Biden (L) shakes hands with Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador, presidential candidate for the Party of the Democratic Revolution (PRD) during a photo opportunity in Mexico City March 5, 2012.
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil Latin America’s Moment

September 29, 2023

Mexico
Latin America This Week: September 29, 2023

Mexico will define the success of the U.S. State Department’s new synthetic drug initiative; In the Dominican Republic, politics trumps economics; Brazilian military mostly supported democracy.

Photo of U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment

August 22, 2023

Latin America Studies Program
Latin America This Week: August 22, 2023

In Guatemala, money can’t buy elections; external factors drive Latin America’s economic upside.

Photo of Bernardo Arévalo
Blog Post by Shannon K. O'Neil and Will Freeman Latin America’s Moment