Forget all the talk about the region’s “pink tide” and focus on which candidate is most likely to lift the greatest number of boats.

Halfway through his term, President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador is moving from bending democratic norms and laws to breaking them—a slide that the U.S. cannot afford to ignore.

A series of troubling incidents within the U.S. Army—including the killing of Specialist Vanessa Guillén in 2020—has prompted the military service to push for major changes to its culture. 

This is the first time since World War II that there may be no cooperative way out.

Current History, Volume 122, Issue 841: 69-74