The Covid-19 pandemic combined with economic crisis and deteriorating living conditions has resulted in widespread protests in Cuba against the regime and the lack of basic goods and services, specifically… Read more »
Nayib Bukele won El Salvador’s presidency on an anti-corruption platform, excoriating the malfeasance of the two wartime parties that had governed the country since the 1980s, note Noah Bullock and… Read more »
When Ecuadoreans choose a new president and legislature on February 7th, they will begin a busy political year across Latin America. Chile, Haiti, Honduras, Peru and Nicaragua are due… Read more »
When Joe Biden left the White House in early 2017, democracy faced challenges in Latin America, especially in the countries that embraced 21st century socialism (Venezuela, Bolivia, Ecuador, and… Read more »
Citizens of Cuba, Nicaragua and Venezuela have suffered for too long under the despotic rule of Castrismo, Orteguismo and Chavismo-Madurismo, says Miriam Kornblith (right), the Senior Director for Latin America and the Caribbean… Read more »
Latin American democracy was already vulnerable before the pandemic due to crises of trust, legitimacy and representation, corruption, and the overall mixed results of the political system for citizens, according… Read more »
Civil society–led efforts to expose domestic and foreign state capture practices are the most effective check on potentially corrosive capital inflows—and their adverse knock-on effects, according to a new report…. Read more »
U.S. foreign policy needs to return to its past focus on human rights, democracy, and the rule of law, says a prominent analyst. This does not mean imposing American values… Read more »
When Bolivian voters went to the polls Sunday, they started writing a new chapter in the ideological contest that has buffeted Latin America since the turn of the century. Held… Read more »
When it comes to pandemics, politics cannot be wished away, say analysts Sara E Davies and Clare Wenham. Even the most democratic country can stumble over political ideologies and nationalism… Read more »