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Venezuela Stops Pretending. The World Should, Too

The international community faces tough decisions once again, after a high-profile arrest and expulsion.

As cocaine flows to remoter markets, transnational illicit traffic poses a global risk.

Bukele needs an IMF assistance program to regain access to international markets. Bitcoin and the erosion of the rule of law are stumbling blocks.

Javier Milei’s voters aren’t just disaffected, a new survey suggests: They agree with him, and they’re disproportionately young and male.

The late Chilean president was a rare example of how to build bridges across the ideological divide.

Tarciana Medeiros has stepped into the role at a time when the bank is at the crossroads of some of Brazil’s core existential questions.

Maduro and the opposition must overcome differences to salvage this year’s presidential election, writes an expert on hemispheric relations.

Bukele’s party expanded its supermajority in El Salvador’s election, shaped by unprecedented reforms and court rulings.

What seems like a contradictory agenda for 2024 reflects the country’s deeper priorities, writes a Brazilian expert.

… but the Noboa government will need more money, from allies at home and in Washington, to fight organized crime.

Recent setbacks highlight how difficult it will be for the Milei government to slow price increases.

As the Barbados accord is in question, Venezuela’s regime faces the reinstatement of oil and economic sanctions on April 18. Is this game over?

The left-wing administration confronts mounting political setbacks, economic slowdown and unforced errors.

Neither legalization, nor a Bukele-style crackdown, look like politically viable alternatives to the war on drugs in most countries.