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Over the last several decades, governments have collectively pledged to slow global warming. But despite intensified diplomacy, the world is already facing the consequences of climate…
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July 20, 2023
Peru
In Peru, Opposition to Democratic Backsliding Is Growing. Without Leaders, it Might Not Get Far.
Peru's President Dina Boluarte and Congress have eroded democratic norms in the country, spurring protests. However, unless an opposition leader emerges, this new wave of protests will fall short.
October 6, 2023
Venezuela
Maduro Regime To Accept Venezuelans Returned Home: Why Now?
The Biden administration has announced that the Maduro regime will henceforth accept the return of Venezuelans deported from the United States. Will sanctions relief will soon follow?
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.
February 29, 2024
Immigration and Migration
Responding to Immigration Influx in the United States
Theresa Cardinal Brown, senior advisor of immigration and border policy at the Bipartisan Policy Center, discusses prospects for reforms to U.S. immigration policy and how state and local officials c…
February 23, 2012
Politics and Government
Press Freedom and Democracy in Latin America
Last Wednesday, Ecuador’s Supreme Court upheld sentences handed down in July 2011 for four members of the El Universo newspaper’s staff in the latest chapter of a lengthy and controversial trial. Thr…
August 27, 2023
Venezuela
Venezuela: U.S. Policy, U.S. Sanctions, and Humiliation by Maduro Regime
While the Biden administration says it will maintain sanctions on the Maduro regime unless there is progress toward free elections, there is progress instead toward lifting sanctions while repression…
August 4, 2023
Venezuela
Chevron, the Biden Administration, and the Maduro Regime
Concessions to the Maduro regime in Venezuela have permitted Chevron to produce more oil there, but have brought only more repression.
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?
