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

January 19, 2021

China
China’s Growing Trade and Investment in Latin America Outpaces Its Influence in the Region’s Media and Civil Society

The dramatic growth in trade and investment relations between China and Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC) has not yet translated into a significant expansion of Beijing’s influence over the regio…

Members of the Chinese Confucius institute take part in a Lunar New Year celebration in Viña del Mar, Chile on February 3, 2011.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Asia Unbound Asia Unbound

April 16, 2019

Republic of Congo
The Daughter of Republic of Congo's President and a $7 Million Apartment in New York

Globa1 Witness, a non-profit corruption watchdog, is reporting that the daughter of Denis Sassou-Nguesso, president of the Republic of the Congo (Brazzaville), purchased an apartment for $7 million i…

Congo-Brazzaville-Presdent-Sassou-Nguesso
Blog Post by John Campbell Africa in Transition

November 1, 2019

Colombia
Women This Week: First Female Mayor of Bogota

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering October 25 to November 1, was compiled by…

Claudia Lopez celebrates after winning local elections in Bogota, Colombia October 27, 2019.
Blog Post by Guest Blogger for Women Around the World Women Around the World

July 13, 2018

Women and Women's Rights
Women This Week: Ballot Breakthroughs in Mexico and Tunisia

Welcome to “Women Around the World: This Week,” a series that highlights noteworthy news related to women and U.S. foreign policy. This week’s post, covering July 5 to July 13, was compiled with supp…

Claudia Sheinbaum (L), candidate for Mexico City Mayor, and Mexican presidential candidate Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador gesture during a closing campaign rally.
Blog Post by Rachel B. Vogelstein Women Around the World