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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.

December 18, 2023

Latin America
Mercosur: South America’s Fractious Trade Bloc

Three decades after its founding, Latin America’s largest trade bloc continues to deal with internal divisions, including over a stalled trade deal with the European Union. New leadership in Argentina and Brazil could shake things up.

A truck driver waits to unload his cargo of cereal grain at a rail terminal in Brazil.

December 13, 2023

Trade
South America Can Still Save Its Trading Bloc

Stalemate over a trade deal with the European Union has left Mercosur on life support. Its revival depends on spurring greater intraregional trade.

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.

December 22, 2023

Venezuela
Venezuela: The Rise and Fall of a Petrostate

Venezuela’s ongoing descent into economic and political chaos is a cautionary tale of the dangerous influence that resource wealth can have on developing countries.

People walk past an oil-themed mural in Caracas, Venezuela.

August 16, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: August 16, 2023

Latin America’s anti-incumbency wave rolls through Argentina; Governments look to lithium to spur industrialization; assassination of Ecuadorian presidential candidate reveals state capture by organi…

Photo of Javier Milei

November 16, 2023

Argentina
Argentina Election Draws Wider Attention to Embattled Economy

The country’s massive economic problems will be a vexing challenge for whoever becomes president.

People line up in front a butcher shop next to signs showing meat prices.

August 31, 2023

Argentina
Latin America This Week: August 31, 2023

BRICS becomes BRICS+, though not all may join; Latin America looks West, not East, for its technology; more frequent droughts promise more slow downs in the Panama Canal.

Leaders of BRICS nations meet during the most recent BRICS Summit in Johannesburg.

August 15, 2023

United Nations
The Role of the UN Secretary-General

The United Nations’ top leadership position has broad authority to steer the organization’s agenda, but its impact has varied widely since 1946.

UN Secretary-General António Guterres is escorted by staff at a displaced persons camp in Somalia.

June 12, 2023

Latin America
Latin America This Week: June 12, 2023

Mexico’s 2024 campaign season officially begins; Petro’s window for reform narrows further; Latin American economies will stagnate through 2025.

Mexico City’s Governor Claudia Sheinbaum walks past Mexico’s President Andrés Manuel López Obrador during a news conference in Mexico City, Mexico, January 20, 2023.