Uruguay
Uruguay’s Challenge: Populism Without Populists
Plebiscites to reform the Constitution for partisan ends pose a growing risk to the nation’s reputation for policy stability.
Mercosur
Will This Be the Year Mercosur Breaks?
Multiple threats, including a deadline for a deal with the EU, menace Latin America’s longest-lived regional bloc.
Argentina
How a Faded 1980s Party Explains Argentina’s 2023 Election
All three leading candidates have ties to the “Ucedé,” which has pushed a free-market agenda for decades.
Venezuela
Un Puente Dorado para el Gobierno de Maduro
Quienes detentan el poder necesitan incentivos para participar en una posible transición democrática. Las investigaciones penales sobre corrupción y otros delitos conexos pueden proporcionarlos.
Podcast
AQ Podcast | Bolivia: The Return of Evo Morales?
The longtime president wants to run again in 2025. What does it mean for the Andean nation?
Venezuela
A Golden Bridge for the Maduro Government
Those in power need incentives to engage in a potential democratic transition. Criminal investigations into corruption and related crimes can provide them.
Guatemala
Guatemala: A Strategy to Protect Bernardo Arévalo
International support will be key to ensuring Guatemala’s president-elect takes office, despite corrupt forces working against him.
Trade
On Trade, Petro Should Emulate Lula, AMLO
A former Colombian planning minister writes that instead of revising trade agreements, his country and others should focus on solving market and government failures.
Podcast
AQ Podcast: Who’s Who in Ecuador’s Election
A look ahead to the runoff on October 15. What can we expect from the candidates and what is at stake?
Foreign Policy
Republican Threats on Mexico Could Carry a Huge Cost
Even if it’s just rhetoric, Republican candidates’ discussion of military force against Mexican cartels risks souring relations across the region.
Left-Wing Politics
The Coming Crisis for Latin America’s Left-Wing Leaders
Social democrats now rule much of the region—but anti-incumbency, weak parties and more may soon make them an endangered species.
Mexico
Two Issues That Will Reveal the Real Claudia Sheinbaum
Mexico’s unusually high fiscal deficit and the complex energy sector demand a clearer vision from the presidential hopeful ahead of 2024.
Peru
What Caused Peru’s Economic Downfall?
Social cleavages have turned politics into a fight for spoils, draining the country’s productive potential, writes a former minister of economy and finance.
Podcast
AQ Podcast: Mexico’s Moment?
Is the country taking full advantage of the nearshoring trend, or could it be doing better?
Rule of Law
Courts, a Last Line of Defense for Latin American Democracies
Judiciaries have, with some exceptions, been a check on leaders trying to concentrate power.
