Politics, Business & Culture in the Americas

Visual Art

Left: Headdress by the Boe people of the Brazilian Amazon, on view at the Musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac. Right: Pablo Amaringo, "El baile de los Puca-bufeos," 2009, on view at Americas Society.
Two Museum Exhibitions Reframe Amazon Civilizations

In Paris and New York, curators present a new kaleidoscope of art from a critical region.

Cultura

Cristina Rivera Garza speaks in Berlin in 2025.
Visions of the U.S.-Mexico Borderlands

Family history, politics, and ecology remake one another in the new book “Autobiography of Cotton.”

Cultura

"La paga" depicts the life of an impoverished peasant.
A Lost Cinema Classic Reappears

Ciro Durán’s first feature film “La paga” shows the celebrated Colombian director in a new light.

Cultura

Students in Guerrero state protest in Mexico City, in 2014, to pressure authorities to solve the disappearance of 43 vanished Ayotzinapa students that same year.
Latin America’s Unfinished Revolutions

Alma Guillermoprieto’s reportage in “The Years of Blood” embodies the drama and complexity of our new century.

CULTURA

Exploring Bad Bunny’s Oeuvre

AQ’s music columnist examines the artist’s body of work ahead of his Super Bowl performance.

Podcast

AQ Podcast | A Realistic Look at Venezuelan Oil

A longtime PDVSA executive discusses what political and economic steps are necessary for the Venezuelan oil industry to begin its long recovery

Venezuela

This view shows a gas station in Maracaibo, Venezuela on January 7, 2026. US Energy Secretary Chris Wright said in January 7, Washington will control sales of Venezuelan oil "indefinitely," a day after President Donald Trump announced Venezuela's interim leaders had agreed to US-managed marketing of 30-50 million barrels of crude.
How U.S. Companies May Return to Venezuela and Be Compliant

Washington has three ways to provide sanctions relief to the country and PDVSA. The cases of Syria, Sudan, and Iraq serve as historical references.

Venezuela

Venezuelan Defense Minister Vladimir Padrino López, then-Vice President Delcy Rodríguez and Russian Ambassador Sergey Mélik-Bagdasárov appear at an event in Caracas in May 2025.
Washington’s Path to Displacing Rivals in Post-Maduro Venezuela

With Maduro removed, the U.S. faces the difficult task of limiting the influence of China, Russia and Iran without triggering instability.

Colombia

Colombian President Gustavo Petro at Plaza de Bolivar in Bogota, Colombia, Jan. 7, 2026.
Maduro’s Fall May Shape Colombia’s Election

Volatile relationships with Washington and Caracas are crucial wild cards in the upcoming presidential race.

Latin America

Fidel Castro addresses the UN General Assembly in New York in 1960.
Is This the End of the Fidel Castro Era?

Events in Venezuela, Cuba and beyond suggest that a particular brand of leftism is in its twilight in Latin America, writes AQ’s editor-in-chief.

Podcast

AQ Podcast | After Maduro: Risks in Venezuela and Beyond

Andrés Martínez-Fernández of the Heritage Foundation on what the capture of Nicolás Maduro might mean for the country and beyond.

Suriname

Suriname’s President Prepares for an Oil Boom

Jennifer Geerlings-Simons promises a novel blueprint for a delicate opportunity.

Venezuela

Delcy Rodriguez is sworn in as acting president of Venezuela, pledging loyalty to Maduro and to Chávez in Caracas on January 5, 2026.
Maduro’s Miscalculations Are a Cautionary Tale for Rodríguez

Venezuela’s interim president faces an existential balancing act: cooperating with the Trump administration while staying loyal to her base.

Venezuela

A sculpture of a hand holding an oil drilling rig outside the state-run Petroleos de Venezuela S.A. in Caracas in February 2025.
Venezuela: The Post-Maduro Oil, Gas and Mining Outlook 

The country could see a relatively rapid recovery of some oil production, depending on the leadership that emerges.

Venezuela

REACTION: Trump Says U.S. Will “Run” Venezuela After Maduro’s Capture

The historic military operation raises numerous questions about what’s next for Venezuela, and for U.S. relations with Latin America as a whole.

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